Re: [H] Outlook and Gmail no longer work
When did they fix it? I have been messing with it for over a week. Thanks, I just tried it out and it works On 11/22/2019 12:28 PM, GM wrote: Works for me. Using outlook 2019 Try letting outlook find servers (don't manually input), you just put address and password when asks. Gary -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of Tim Lider Sent: Friday, November 22, 2019 3:24 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Outlook and Gmail no longer work Sorry to say it does not work either. :) On 11/22/2019 12:11 PM, GM wrote: IMAP -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of Tim Lider Sent: Friday, November 22, 2019 3:02 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Outlook and Gmail no longer work Hello all, Is there a fix for Outlook not accessing Gmail anymore? First Outlook was unable to access Gmail at all, then used the direct IP address for the Gmail server and now it asking for passwords over and over. Get this, works fine in Thunderbird, which I am reading and writing email right now. Thanks, -- Tim Lider Red Belt / Student Instructor Cardenas Arnis -- Tim Lider Red Belt / Student Instructor Cardenas Arnis -- Tim Lider Red Belt / Student Instructor Cardenas Arnis
Re: [H] Outlook and Gmail no longer work
Sorry to say it does not work either. :) On 11/22/2019 12:11 PM, GM wrote: IMAP -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of Tim Lider Sent: Friday, November 22, 2019 3:02 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Outlook and Gmail no longer work Hello all, Is there a fix for Outlook not accessing Gmail anymore? First Outlook was unable to access Gmail at all, then used the direct IP address for the Gmail server and now it asking for passwords over and over. Get this, works fine in Thunderbird, which I am reading and writing email right now. Thanks, -- Tim Lider Red Belt / Student Instructor Cardenas Arnis -- Tim Lider Red Belt / Student Instructor Cardenas Arnis
[H] Outlook and Gmail no longer work
Hello all, Is there a fix for Outlook not accessing Gmail anymore? First Outlook was unable to access Gmail at all, then used the direct IP address for the Gmail server and now it asking for passwords over and over. Get this, works fine in Thunderbird, which I am reading and writing email right now. Thanks, -- Tim Lider Red Belt / Student Instructor Cardenas Arnis
Re: [H] eM Client
There is Outlook.com for online emails, although I have found it rather limited (can not use ports that are not standard ports in email.) Outlook 2019 (365). I use this for all my email needs. Only issue I have it does not work well when I'm on the road. Thunderbird looks like a good one. I am using it on my Windows 10 Pro Beta VM to check specific email addresses. Still have a problem that you can not read it on the road. What I do is: Outlook 2019 on my home computer. Ready email on my mobile phone (GMAIL and email). If there is an extended stay, I Remote access my computer and read the email that way. I'm old school and prefer to download and archive my emails. Tim Lider Red Belt Arnis de Mano https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 1:53 PM To: Hardware Group Subject: [H] eM Client It is time for me to move on and find a email client that works for me for all my addresses. Has anybody tried or is using eM client or have other suggestions? https://www.emclient.com/
Re: [H] Odd Windows 7 issue
I have seen this only once in Windows 7 Pro. I used: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2635447/how-to-resolve-an-issue-where-all-windows-7-desktop-icons-have-become This worked for us. The IconCache file gets corrupted and it created this problem. Tim Lider Red Belt Arnis de Mano https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of Thane K. Sherrington Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 1:09 PM To: Hardware Group Subject: [H] Odd Windows 7 issue I've run into this a few times before - the computer boots to Windows but there are no icons (but the text heading for the icons appear). The start menu doesn't. I've always fixed this with a repair install/inplace upgrade but this time this hangs at "collecting files". I believe it's related to damage in the Default User folder. Any ideas how to fix it? T
Re: [H] SSD drives ?
Hello Naushad, Compatibility in upgrading from Disk/SSD and Older computers are compatible. On the PCIe (NVMe) end they are excellent in all computers installed in. Tim Lider Red Belt Arnis de Mano https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of Naushad Zulfiqar Sent: Monday, September 23, 2019 10:34 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] SSD drives ? Compatibility? That's a first for me. Can you explain what you mean by compatibility? On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 12:57 PM Tim Lider <619be...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I prefer Samsung for compatibility sake and recoverability sake as well. > With WDC SSD's I have no information on them, other than what I have > seen on Review sites. > > Have a great day, > > Tim Lider > Red Belt Arnis de Mano > https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis > > -Original Message- > From: Hardware On Behalf Of > FORC5 > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2019 8:07 AM > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] SSD drives ? > > > always was fond of WD spinners. > > thanks > > fuf > > On 9/23/2019 7:56 AM, Z Vaper wrote: > > Yup I’ve used them. They are great. > > On Sep 23, 2019, 10:44 AM -0400, FORC5 , wrote: > >> Always use Samsung or Crucial, anyone ever used a WD SSD drive ? > >> > >> have a older customer build in need of new drives to replace the > >> wore out spinners > >> > >> fufman > >> > >> > > -- Best Regards, Zulfiqar Naushad
Re: [H] SSD drives ?
Hello, I prefer Samsung for compatibility sake and recoverability sake as well. With WDC SSD's I have no information on them, other than what I have seen on Review sites. Have a great day, Tim Lider Red Belt Arnis de Mano https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Monday, September 23, 2019 8:07 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] SSD drives ? always was fond of WD spinners. thanks fuf On 9/23/2019 7:56 AM, Z Vaper wrote: > Yup I’ve used them. They are great. > On Sep 23, 2019, 10:44 AM -0400, FORC5 , wrote: >> Always use Samsung or Crucial, anyone ever used a WD SSD drive ? >> >> have a older customer build in need of new drives to replace the wore >> out spinners >> >> fufman >> >>
Re: [H] List seems dead these days?
I've been a part of the list since 95 or 96. I remember when we have the get together in Vegas that year when ComDEX was happening. Those were the days, Tim Lider Red Belt Arnis de Mano https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of didymus7 Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2019 3:46 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] List seems dead these days? When did the list begin? I've only been here since '95. Not sure what month. On 8/8/2019 4:53 PM, Scott Sipe wrote: > I'm embarrassed to say my last serious build was an i7-4970 and a > Geforce970 (and also embarrassed I had to look up in my email to see > when that was -- 2014!). I do have an itch to try out AMD again. > > I put together a small AMD system a year or so ago with my son--who is > now 9. I think I first joined the HWG when I was around 13 or 14 (does > anybody remember when the list started?). Now THAT'S scary. > > Great to see so many people still around. > > Scott > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 9:01 PM Thane K. Sherrington < > th...@computerconnectionltd.com> wrote: > >> Anyone else getting double posts? >> >> On 07/08/2019 9:58 p.m., Thane K. Sherrington wrote: >>> Yeah, those were the days. :) >>> >>> T >>> >>> On 07/08/2019 3:16 p.m., Christopher Fisk wrote: >>> >>>> Gone are the days of getting a 50% overclock out of a slocket'ed >>>> Celeron 300a malaysia. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 1:37 PM Joshua MacCraw >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is there an issue at my end or is the list faded? >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>
Re: [H] List seems dead these days?
Still alive on the internet. New hobby at: https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis/ Good to see peeps are still around Tim Lider Red Belt Arnis de Mano https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of Lubomír Cabla Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 11:56 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] List seems dead these days? Still receiving... On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 7:37 PM Joshua MacCraw wrote: > Is there an issue at my end or is the list faded? >
Re: [H] w10 build 1809 ?
So far, the only problems I have seen are QuickBooks 2018 Pro and a corruption of the Temporary Internet Files Folder (Outlook did not display pictures.) Other than that all other programs and settings are good. Tim Lider Brown Belt Arnis de Mano https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018 7:04 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] w10 build 1809 ? so far only seems to be bad when I play this one game, error code thru a .dll that implies related to my Eset AV. probably work out. gonna mess with other games today to see what shakes. with every one of these major builds it kills my registry entry for manifest files so I have to redo that so my programs that do not do 4k well can be read. thanks fp On 10/5/2018 5:59 AM, Christopher Fisk wrote: > I've found reverts to be pretty good, so if it comes to that it's > likely worth a try. That said, it's likely worth doing the standard > drivers, firmware updates on everything, not just video cards. > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 8:43 PM FORC5 wrote: > >> BEGRUDGINGLY let w10 update to build 1809, been acting up all day, >> came crash straight to desktop and BSOD's with error codes when >> playing Sniper Elite 4. I also updated the video drivers so not sure >> WTF. >> >> ANYONE having trouble with this new build ? >> >> tempted to revert back but not sure I trust it to not completely >> screw that up. >> >> what does BIll do when he sees the blue screen of death :-( >> >> thanks >> >> list been quiet >> >> fp >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- Date: Friday, October 5th, 2018 ***Caution Tagline Below*** **Tallyho** *** ERROR: COLDBEER.CAN not found! USER.SYS not loaded. ***
Re: [H] Ipad with lost PIN
Hello Thane, If the iPad has been trusted by a computer, go to the computer and you should be able to access the photos thru Explorer. Hope this helps, Tim Lider Brown Belt Arnis de Mano https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of Thane K. Sherrington Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 12:50 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Ipad with lost PIN I have an older relative with an Ipad, and he's forgotten his PIN (this happened after an IOS update, so I'm not sure if the update caused part of the issue or not). I don't work with Ipads much, so I was wondering if: a)there's a way to break the PIN (I have the AppleID and password) b)If not, can I copy the pictures off the locked Ipad before resetting to factory defaults. c)If not, can get the locked Ipad to sync to the Icloud so I have a recent backup of pictures. I have no Itunes backup and no Icloud backup (but I do have some pictures synced to ICloud). T
Re: [H] New Win10 computer says some settings are restricted to administrators
Hello Brian, Go to Start and Type Control. Select Control Panel and all your good stuffz are there I hope this is what you're looking for. Have a good one, Tim Lider https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis -Original Message- From: Hardware On Behalf Of Brian Weeden Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 1:30 PM To: hwg Subject: [H] New Win10 computer says some settings are restricted to administrators Just ordered a new Lenovo laptop with Win10Pro on it and it's a great machine, with one problem. I'm not able to access a lot of the admin type stuff (add/remove programs, bitlocker, windows updates, etc). They're either not there, or have a message that says "some settings are managed by your system administrator". Well, I am the system administrator, and I can't figure out how to undo this. I did some googling and it seems that this is due to a group policy setting being enabled. Articles like this say you can fix it by toggling the windows diagnostics on or off, but it apparently doesn't work for the latest version of windows: https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/solved-how-to-fix-some-settings-are-managed-by-your-organization-error-on-windows-10/ Any ideas, particularly from those of you who've managed enterprise machines before? - Brian
Re: [H] Windows 8 on a dead HD
This might be incorrect information. What I do here at the shop for Windows 8.x and Windows 10 computers that had it previously installed, we just install from any related version. Ex: Windows 8.1 Pro OEM ISO 64-bit Once the OS is installed we log on the Microsoft account and it get the key from Microsoft. This also includes the computers in our domain as well. Just an idea, Tim Lider Brown Belt Arnis de Mano https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 12:52 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Windows 8 on a dead HD Yep, I'm almost 100% sure it's that. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Thane Sherrington < th...@computerconnectionltd.com> wrote: > On 25/08/2016 6:08 PM, Christopher Fisk wrote: > >> I think it is likely that the product key in BIOS is for Windows 8 >> and it was upgraded to Windows 8.1. Have you tried loading Windows 8 >> and then doing the upgrade? >> > Oh Christ, that might be it. I'll have to try to find a 8 ISO now. > > T > > >
Re: [H] SATA Add-in Card
I do not know about the Linux drivers. Although, it does seem to be working under Ubuntu very well. Windows 10 does not need drivers for the controller, not did the Linux Build at the shop. Tim Lider Brown Belt Arnis de Mano https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2016 8:13 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] SATA Add-in Card Linux drivers? On 7/5/2016 11:12 AM, Tim Lider wrote: > I personally use and professionally use: > > IO Crest 4 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x1 Controller Card Marvell Non-Raid with > Low Profile Bracket SI-PEX40064 > > You can get it on Amazon: > > https://www.amazon.com/IO-Crest-Controller-Non-Raid-SI-PEX40064/dp/B00AZ9T3OU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8=1467731417=8-3=pci-e+card+sata+6.0 > > This card works very well in an ACHI environment and supports Hot plugging (A > must for a Data Recovery guy such as myself. Personally it is used as an > add-on card to support more HD's that my motherboard cannot (So much Anime). > > Tim Lider > Brown Belt Arnis de Mano > https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis > > -Original Message- > From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of > Steve Tomporowski > Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2016 7:37 AM > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Subject: [H] SATA Add-in Card > > I'm upgrading my server (running UNRAID) and at this point I've run out of > SATA ports on the MB (all 6 full). So I'm looking for recommendations on an > add-on card, preferably PCI-E (I've got empty slots), but the card will need > Linux drivers. > > Any Ideas? > > Thanks...Steve >
Re: [H] SATA Add-in Card
I personally use and professionally use: IO Crest 4 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x1 Controller Card Marvell Non-Raid with Low Profile Bracket SI-PEX40064 You can get it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/IO-Crest-Controller-Non-Raid-SI-PEX40064/dp/B00AZ9T3OU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8=1467731417=8-3=pci-e+card+sata+6.0 This card works very well in an ACHI environment and supports Hot plugging (A must for a Data Recovery guy such as myself. Personally it is used as an add-on card to support more HD's that my motherboard cannot (So much Anime). Tim Lider Brown Belt Arnis de Mano https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2016 7:37 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] SATA Add-in Card I'm upgrading my server (running UNRAID) and at this point I've run out of SATA ports on the MB (all 6 full). So I'm looking for recommendations on an add-on card, preferably PCI-E (I've got empty slots), but the card will need Linux drivers. Any Ideas? Thanks...Steve
Re: [H] Any one there ?
I'm also still around on the weekdays :) As for the Eudora problem, I do not know. I have not used it since 2005 Tim Lider Brown Belt Arnis de Mano https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2016 5:20 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Any one there ? Just wondering why the list has been so quiet also still using Eudora for email and wonder if anyone knows why sometimes some email come thru really scrambled, same email displays properly in TBird. American express email and siriusXM email I have to get in Tbird. from phones do not format well either but are readable. just wondering, Eudora is getting a little old but been using it a long time. tallyho fp Date: Saturday, June 25th, 2016 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** ** If you can't learn to do it well, enjoy doing it badly. **
Re: [H] Seasonic
Hello Thane, Yes, they are good power supplies. I like them and rate them as good as PC Power and Cooling. I do not know if they are rebranded, I thought Season made some of the PC Power and Cooling power supplies. I really do not remember. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 12:21 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Seasonic Am I right in remembering the Seasonic power supplies are good? Do they make all of them themselves, or are some rebadged? T
Re: [H] New M$ speculation?
From my Facebook Wall: System: Windows 10 is running in a Hyper-V Virtual Machine environment with 2 to 8GB of RAM allocated. My thoughts on Windows 10 so far: 1. Installation experience was much better than Windows 8 installation. 2. There was a little problem joining the domain. I attempted changing the computer name and joining the domain at the same time. I had to rename the PC after joining the domain. 3. Remote Access is similar to Windows 8. 4. Microsoft should add This PC to the Start Menu. 5. Windows 10 does not have the new Microsoft File System. I am still going through the OS to see how it is running. In comments: ReFS is not currently available in The Technical Release I found another issue. Copying files from a network share to the Program Files (x86) folder gives an error of Z:\ not accessible. But, you are able to copy the files from the Network to the Desktop then to the Program Files (x86) folder. System Database tests completed and it is working. If the other builds are working as the build i am using we can use it here at ADS. More is being posted on this topic. Tim Lider -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 12:41 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New M$ speculation? Tim, Thanks for the info, but I do zero social media. sorry. I read the collectivefor my info. Best, Duncan On 10/03/2014 15:10, Tim Lider wrote: Duncan, I am testing the OS tight now on a Hyper-V VM setting. So far it is running pretty good. I did find some problems. See my facebook wall for more info. https://www.facebook.com/tim.lider Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 11:56 AM To: HWG Subject: [H] New M$ speculation? My OB called driving home from his Village's Comuter meeting. A member of the group put forth a presentation that indicates Microsoft's new OS will be 'Windows 10,' not Windows 9.0. The release date is still Spring 2015. I can look forward to this information, if true. I am still updating my machines to Win7.0pro based on List comments! Comments, opinions? Best, Duncan
Re: [H] New M$ speculation?
Duncan, I am testing the OS tight now on a Hyper-V VM setting. So far it is running pretty good. I did find some problems. See my facebook wall for more info. https://www.facebook.com/tim.lider Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 11:56 AM To: HWG Subject: [H] New M$ speculation? My OB called driving home from his Village's Comuter meeting. A member of the group put forth a presentation that indicates Microsoft's new OS will be 'Windows 10,' not Windows 9.0. The release date is still Spring 2015. I can look forward to this information, if true. I am still updating my machines to Win7.0pro based on List comments! Comments, opinions? Best, Duncan
Re: [H] VGA to HDMI
At work we use this: http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-HD2VGAE2-Converter-Desktop-Ultrabooks/dp/ B00BUKO6CW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1409952849sr=8-1keywords=StarTech+HDMI+t o+VGA+Adapter+Converter It works from HDMI to our VGA Monitor connector on our setup. Good luck in your search, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 2:10 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] VGA to HDMI trying to connect a second monitor to my son's laptop ( for school) monitor is older with only VGA connector and the laptop only has HDMI input. Got there with two adapters but not detected. I see adapters on the egg but any with reviews say do not work. even a straight cable with no adapters. Any one done this ? I do not want him to take the home monitor to school. Suppose I could buy another monitor with HDMI outputs. :-[ Thanks fp Date: Friday, September 5th, 2014 ***Caution Tagline Below*** **Tallyho** *** Those acting classes are really paying off!' -- Yakko Warner ***
Re: [H] Question?
If you make a restore dis (USB or CD/DVD) you can restore the backup from there. Tim Lider -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 6:30 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Question? At 10:26 AM 12/08/2014, A L wrote: No, I think I'm missing something. The only backups I've ever done is to clone the entire drive with something like PartedMagic. When you use Win 7 backup, and, say have a drive failure, will it restore in one step? Or does one need to re-install the OS and then apply the backup? The Win7 backup has a image recovery system that doesn't require an OS install, I believe. T
Re: [H] How to do?
Right click My Computer, On left side select System Protection, on C Drive turn on System Protection. In Windows 8 it is the same. Tim Lider -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 1:34 PM To: HWG Subject: [H] How to do? In Windows 7pro-32, how does one install/enable/turn ON System Restore? I view SR as a must have feature. I allow it as a creator of local daily incremental 'backups' if you choose. I use CCleaner to view my past days adds. I have NONE! This learning curve is getting sour! Duncan
Re: [H] How to do?
OK. Try this. Go to Control Panel Select System Under Control Panel Home there is System protection, select it Select the C drive and turn on System protection. An image of the screen https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39587100/System%20protection.png Good luck, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 2:42 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] How to do? Interesting. I do NOT see System Protection. Maybe somewhere else? Does it matter that I have renamed the 'My Computer' icon to be 'TEST'? Duncan On 08/12/2014 17:31, Tim Lider wrote: Right click My Computer, On left side select System Protection, on C Drive turn on System Protection. In Windows 8 it is the same. Tim Lider -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 1:34 PM To: HWG Subject: [H] How to do? In Windows 7pro-32, how does one install/enable/turn ON System Restore? I view SR as a must have feature. I allow it as a creator of local daily incremental 'backups' if you choose. I use CCleaner to view my past days adds. I have NONE! This learning curve is getting sour! Duncan
Re: [H] Question?
Hello all, On a side note, I use VHD Tools from Sys Internals (now Microsoft Technet). To image the Boot HD I use disk2vhd and to extract the VHD to HD I use Vhd2Disk. For backup on Windows 8.1, the backup is really good, but it uses excessive amounts of space. So I use a free utility called AceBackup. I have it just copy the data over to the external HD. Of course I also have backup on the cloud as well using DropBox. Backup programs are user preference and I try not to tell users what specific software to use. Atronis True Image is a good product for paid, I am just using the free way :) Tim Lider -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 10:16 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Question? Winterlight, Thanks for this share. I will save it and check my 'gifted' version carefully for its' version. Duncan On 08/11/2014 12:52, Winterlight wrote: At 08:33 AM 8/11/2014, you wrote: Thane, Thanks for the share. I admit that the backup tool in Win7 is quirky. It records its' 'stuff' very differently than XP's simple dot-bkf file structure. OK tech moves on. I was gifted Aconis True Image. Acronis Version 2010 and above for Windows 7 Acronis Version 2013 and above for Windows 8
Re: [H] Question?
Hello Duncan, For Windows XP: 1. Right Click on an empty space on the desktop. 2. Select Properties 3. Switch to Desktop Tab 4. Select Customize Desktop... 5. In the General Tab under Desktop icon, make My Computer selected on 6. Select OK 7. Select Apply 8. Select OK The My Computer Icon should be there on the Desktop now. For Windows Vista / 7/ or 8.x 1. Right Click an empty spot on the desktop 2. Select Personalize 3. Select Change Desktop Icons 4. Select the Computer selection on 5. Select Apply Select OK The Computer or This PC icon should be on the Desktop now. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 12:27 PM To: HWG Subject: [H] Question? I know I asked this query this year. Sorry, I can not find the answer, but it worked. Can someone please share the 'HOW' to get my 'My Computer' Icon back on my old XP desktop Very much appreciated. Soon this PC will be W8.1, and I may have to ask again. I just do not understand WHY M$ seems to get pissy when I RENAME this Icon to some name more useful to me. OK. Everyone just call me a Jerk! Ready.GO! I grow so tired with Redmond 'improvements.' Yes,I am thinking Apple, YES, I am thinking Linux. Truly I need some peace. Thank you, Duncan
Re: [H] OB's new desktop PC
I agree with Christopher, If you add a Start Menu replacement app Windows 8.1 is perfect. Runs faster then Windows 7 on the same hardware as well. Although, I prefer Start8, even though it cost $5.00. -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Monday, July 7, 2014 7:01 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] OB's new desktop PC Frankly, just throw a start menu replacement into Windows 8 and use that. IMO no reason to stay on 7 or try hunting down windows 7 installers if you're getting a windows 8 license with your PC anyways at this point. Startisback has the button images already, if you prefer classicshell you can use the png from here: http://www.paxinnovation.com/technology/restore-start-button-tweak-windows-8/ On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: At 02:41 PM 05/07/2014, DSinc wrote: Thane, I may have to admit guilt for this. We had many conversations about how long MS may continue to support Win7; and, how soon MS launched W8 and W8.1. I still do not know, or, Windows 7 will be supported until April 2020 at a minimum, FWIW. T
Re: [H] Fwd: New Desktop specs from OB
I would make it at least 8GB of RAM at the minimum. Other than that it looks good. -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Monday, July 7, 2014 4:20 PM To: HWG Subject: [H] Fwd: New Desktop specs from OB Collective, The long road to replace my OB's desktop PC is over! YEA! I do so appreciate all of your suggestions, experiences, opinions. Now he and I wait for the Big Brown Truck to deliver it to him. Then phase 2 of this 'upgrade' commences. He does have a copy of the book, Windows 8.1 for Dummies, as do I. But I expect I will still be called upon to share queries from him to the Collective for some period of time. Both of us will get wiser together! Perhaps his new neighborhood contact can help wise him up a bit quicker.too..:) Please accept my heartfelt gratitude to all of the Collective for your patience these past 3 weeks. Duncan Original Message Subject:New Desktop specs Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 12:34:13 -0400 From: Bruce Sinclair rb...@comcast.net To: DUNCAN SINCLAIR dsinc...@epbfi.com Here are the specs for the Lenovo desktop I just ordered. ThinkCentre M83 - Mini-Tower Part number: 10ALCTO1WW, Ships in 5-7 business days . 10ALCTO1WW . Intel Core i5-4670 Processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.80GHz) . Windows 8.1 Pro 64 - English . Mini Tower 280W . 2 Front USB Ports . 4GB PC3-12800 1600MHz UDIMM (1 DIMM) . Integrated Video (will install the Nivida graphics card) . Integrated Audio . 1TB Hard Drive, 7200RPM, 3.5, SATA III . DVD Burner/CD-RW, SATA . Integrated Gigabit Ethernet . USB Fullsize key board- US English . Enhanced Optical USB Mouse (YIPPE, a free mouse - I'll use my wireless Logitech mouse when I find the driver disk) . PS2 Port Cable . Internal Speakers Tower (?) . Publication English . 3 Year On-site edit... Thank you for your help on technical questions and for being a great sounding board. I'll give you a few weeks rest and then we can start figuring out what laptop to buy...NOT I have already found the one I want, and I will probably bend plastic on it right after I get the desktop up and running. -- Regards, Bruce We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men [and women] stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. - George Orwell
Re: [H] Z97 chipset Driver
What I've done is installed the driver before the install of the motherboard. Also, you can use 7zip or winrar to extract the files in the exe (if possible). If you are running Windows 8 it will run, just need to install the drivers with the EXE once at desktop. This only works if the Storage driver is the same (ACHI, etc). Good luck, Also, Let us know how it goes. -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 7:24 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Z97 chipset Driver I'm about to upgrade my main box. In doing this, I need to maintain the current operating system (and tons of audio apps) install. I'll be going from a P55 board to a Z97 board (Asus Hero VII). So to preserve the install, I need the chipset drivers, but I can't use them bundled up in an exe file. If the system doesn't startup, I need to have the drivers to install them under the recovery console. So far I've been unable to find them un-exe'd, nor does trying to deconstruct the exe work (I get ? files). Anyone know where I can find the actual drivers, not the exe? Thanks...Steve
Re: [H] I lost a link!?
How about Anands and Maximumpc? http://www.anandtech.com/ http://www.maximumpc.com/ I read those as an addition to the ones you suggested. -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 11:23 AM To: HWG Subject: [H] I lost a link!? What is the other really good website that we usually refer to? Yes, know about Tom's Hardware. Yes, know about HardOCP. Missing the other link! Thanks, Duncan
Re: [H] SSD Clone or Reinstall question [Reinstall completed]
Hello Anthony, I'll look into it. -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 1:36 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] SSD Clone or Reinstall question [Reinstall completed] Cant you trim down the bios part of that? It had been almost a minute wehn you said 9 seconds! that can get below 30 seconds easy. On Jun 14, 2014, at 8:03 PM, Tim Lider 619be...@gmail.com wrote: Fresh install was completed and the computer takes 9 seconds to boot, once Windows starts loading. The desktop pops up really fast as well after logging in. Below is a video of t he computer booting up. It takes about 2 times longer to go through the Bios part than it does to boot Windows :) https://www.dropbox.com/s/0vq55846lfcl8o4/2014-06-14%2016.50.18.mp4 Thanks for the advice. I am still installing programs as they are needed.
Re: [H] SSD Clone or Reinstall question [Reinstall completed]
Fresh install was completed and the computer takes 9 seconds to boot, once Windows starts loading. The desktop pops up really fast as well after logging in. Below is a video of t he computer booting up. It takes about 2 times longer to go through the Bios part than it does to boot Windows :) https://www.dropbox.com/s/0vq55846lfcl8o4/2014-06-14%2016.50.18.mp4 Thanks for the advice. I am still installing programs as they are needed. -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Naushad Zulfiqar Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 11:25 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] SSD Clone or Reinstall question I would do a fresh install. I've had something similar happen, but a fresh install cured the problems. On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Tim Lider 619be...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I have purchased and installed a Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD in my computer. What I did is prepare the WDC VelociRaptor 10krpm 300GB HD so I can clone the HD over to the SSD. The HD was cloned over and the SSD booted up without any problems. There is not much of a speed increase during boot up of Windows 8.1 (I thought it would go much faster.) Although, the programs seem to run faster. So, my question is: would the SSD boot up faster if I did a fresh install of Windows 8.1 on it and reinstall my programs? Let's discuss... :) Tim Lider Sent from: Intel i7-2600K Running at 4.35GHz with 16GB of PC3 RAM running at 1,620MHz Boot HD Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB SSD. -- Best Regards, Zulfiqar Naushad
Re: [H] SSD Clone or Reinstall question [Reinstall completed]
Fresh install was completed and the computer takes 9 seconds to boot, once Windows starts loading. The desktop pops up really fast as well after logging in. Below is a video of t he computer booting up. It takes about 2 times longer to go through the Bios part than it does to boot Windows :) https://www.dropbox.com/s/0vq55846lfcl8o4/2014-06-14%2016.50.18.mp4 Thanks for the advice. I am still installing programs as they are needed.
[H] SSD Clone or Reinstall question
Hello all, I have purchased and installed a Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD in my computer. What I did is prepare the WDC VelociRaptor 10krpm 300GB HD so I can clone the HD over to the SSD. The HD was cloned over and the SSD booted up without any problems. There is not much of a speed increase during boot up of Windows 8.1 (I thought it would go much faster.) Although, the programs seem to run faster. So, my question is: would the SSD boot up faster if I did a fresh install of Windows 8.1 on it and reinstall my programs? Let's discuss... :) Tim Lider Sent from: Intel i7-2600K Running at 4.35GHz with 16GB of PC3 RAM running at 1,620MHz Boot HD Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB SSD.
Re: [H] SSD Clone or Reinstall question
I'm thinking that as well. I'll save the profile info over to a backup using Windows Easy Transfer. Of course do a backup the current settings too, then give it a try. Let's see if there is more input. Thanks, Tim Lider Sent from: Intel i7-2600K Running at 4.35GHz with 16GB of PC3 RAM running at 1,620MHz Boot HD Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB SSD. -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Naushad Zulfiqar Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 11:25 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] SSD Clone or Reinstall question I would do a fresh install. I've had something similar happen, but a fresh install cured the problems. On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Tim Lider 619be...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I have purchased and installed a Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD in my computer. What I did is prepare the WDC VelociRaptor 10krpm 300GB HD so I can clone the HD over to the SSD. The HD was cloned over and the SSD booted up without any problems. There is not much of a speed increase during boot up of Windows 8.1 (I thought it would go much faster.) Although, the programs seem to run faster. So, my question is: would the SSD boot up faster if I did a fresh install of Windows 8.1 on it and reinstall my programs? Let's discuss... :) Tim Lider Sent from: Intel i7-2600K Running at 4.35GHz with 16GB of PC3 RAM running at 1,620MHz Boot HD Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB SSD. -- Best Regards, Zulfiqar Naushad
Re: [H] Samsung 840PRO SSD?
Bryan, I was thinking of just double sided Velcro as well on my new SSD. But, I found a decent mounting rail for it and all is good. The SSD is running where my old 10k rpm SATA 3 HD was. Right now it is running at 88 Degrees F. The speed tests I have are awesome, it nearly saturates the SATA 3 bus (5.7Gb's). On boot up I was expecting a huge speed increase, but did not see much of one. But the programs zip along at warp 9 :) Tim Lider Sent from: Intel i7-2600K Running at 4.35GHz with 16GB of PC3 RAM running at 1,620MHz -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 5:55 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Samsung 840PRO SSD? Duncan secure it to the chassis any way you can there are no moving parts. You are putting too much thought into it :) I've used double sided velcro, screws, gravity :) Yes, SSDs are the bees knees nobody was lying about that :+) On 6/9/14, 7:30 PM, DSinc wrote: Tim, That link leads me to believe that the M2x3 is the proper screw. A trip to Ace hdw in the am will help confirm this. TNX. Best, Duncan On 06/09/2014 17:22, Tim Lider wrote: Here's some info: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1667508/samsung-840-pro-ssd- mounting. html M2 3mm is the size Regards, Tim Lider Sent from: Intel i7-2600K Running at 4.35GHz with 16GB of PC3 RAM running at 1,620MHz Boot HD WD3000HLHX 300GB VelociRaptor 10k rpm HD. -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Monday, June 9, 2014 2:02 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Samsung 840PRO SSD? Tim, Thanks. I'll dig some more. I don't install floppies anymore; and, my opticals use screws that have a much smaller diameter. TNX, Duncan On 06/09/2014 13:30, Tim Lider wrote: I just purchased one for my computer and I think it used Floppy type screws or screws that go in the Optical Drives. They did not look like 6-32 Hard Drive Screws. Sorry I do not know the measurement for the screws. BTW, I got a 2.5 to 3.5 mount bracket for it for like $4.99 at the store I bought it from. I have a screen shot of the speed test of both the new SSD and the old 10k rpm HD I had. Regards, Tim Lider Sent from: Intel i7-2600K Running at 4.35GHz with 16GB of PC3 RAM running at 1,620MHz Boot HD Samsung 840 Pro 256GB. -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Monday, June 9, 2014 10:20 AM To: HWG Subject: [H] Samsung 840PRO SSD? Can any Samsung 840PRO SSD user please confirm that the threaded mounting points are truly #6-32 as mentioned in the docs that come with the Samsung SSD. The #6-32 screws I've used in the past for my EMC hard drives (WD, Hitachi, Seagate, etc.) do not match the threads on the SSD at all. There is no purchase at all. Yes, I am leaning toward duct tape for future mounting of these SSDs. :) Thanks, Duncan
Re: [H] Samsung 840PRO SSD?
I just purchased one for my computer and I think it used Floppy type screws or screws that go in the Optical Drives. They did not look like 6-32 Hard Drive Screws. Sorry I do not know the measurement for the screws. BTW, I got a 2.5 to 3.5 mount bracket for it for like $4.99 at the store I bought it from. I have a screen shot of the speed test of both the new SSD and the old 10k rpm HD I had. Regards, Tim Lider Sent from: Intel i7-2600K Running at 4.35GHz with 16GB of PC3 RAM running at 1,620MHz Boot HD Samsung 840 Pro 256GB. -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Monday, June 9, 2014 10:20 AM To: HWG Subject: [H] Samsung 840PRO SSD? Can any Samsung 840PRO SSD user please confirm that the threaded mounting points are truly #6-32 as mentioned in the docs that come with the Samsung SSD. The #6-32 screws I've used in the past for my EMC hard drives (WD, Hitachi, Seagate, etc.) do not match the threads on the SSD at all. There is no purchase at all. Yes, I am leaning toward duct tape for future mounting of these SSDs. :) Thanks, Duncan
Re: [H] Samsung 840PRO SSD?
Here's some info: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1667508/samsung-840-pro-ssd-mounting. html M2 3mm is the size Regards, Tim Lider Sent from: Intel i7-2600K Running at 4.35GHz with 16GB of PC3 RAM running at 1,620MHz Boot HD WD3000HLHX 300GB VelociRaptor 10k rpm HD. -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Monday, June 9, 2014 2:02 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Samsung 840PRO SSD? Tim, Thanks. I'll dig some more. I don't install floppies anymore; and, my opticals use screws that have a much smaller diameter. TNX, Duncan On 06/09/2014 13:30, Tim Lider wrote: I just purchased one for my computer and I think it used Floppy type screws or screws that go in the Optical Drives. They did not look like 6-32 Hard Drive Screws. Sorry I do not know the measurement for the screws. BTW, I got a 2.5 to 3.5 mount bracket for it for like $4.99 at the store I bought it from. I have a screen shot of the speed test of both the new SSD and the old 10k rpm HD I had. Regards, Tim Lider Sent from: Intel i7-2600K Running at 4.35GHz with 16GB of PC3 RAM running at 1,620MHz Boot HD Samsung 840 Pro 256GB. -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Monday, June 9, 2014 10:20 AM To: HWG Subject: [H] Samsung 840PRO SSD? Can any Samsung 840PRO SSD user please confirm that the threaded mounting points are truly #6-32 as mentioned in the docs that come with the Samsung SSD. The #6-32 screws I've used in the past for my EMC hard drives (WD, Hitachi, Seagate, etc.) do not match the threads on the SSD at all. There is no purchase at all. Yes, I am leaning toward duct tape for future mounting of these SSDs. :) Thanks, Duncan
Re: [H] Win 8.1pro??
Duncan, Give this a try: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/feature-packs You can upgrade on the fly. It's like Windows 7's Anytime Upgrade. Regards, Tim Lider Sent from: Intel i7-2600K Running at 4.35GHz with 16GB of PC3 RAM running at 1,620MHz Boot HD WD3000HLHX 300GB VelociRaptor 10k rpm HD. -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 11:31 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Win 8.1pro?? Tim, OK, but I'll wait for other impressions. Ultimately, I figure I can just format the SSD and start from scratch. No real data to worry about atm! Duncan On 05/20/2014 12:31, Tim Lider wrote: Hello Duncan, I think you can change the product key and it should work. Not sure though. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 8:25 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Win 8.1pro?? Tim, Thank you for the share! Yes, I have seen this view. OK. Now, I get my confusion. I have loaded/activated plain old Win8.1-64bit. The large blue font in the upper-right must refer to the 'Windows 8' series (Win8.0-Win 8.9). At least that is how I read this. Two days ago the postman delivered my replacement OS box. It is labeled Windows 8.1 PRO (full version). So, now the question is: Can I use the 64-bit DVD to 'upgrade' to Win8.1 PRO, or, should I just hope that the DVD asks to format the SSD (C:\) and just start over again fresh. I will only loose my FF browser and my Eset AV install (fully backed up to NAS! Thanks again, Duncan On 05/19/2014 11:11, Tim Lider wrote: OK. Try this: http://www.adv-data.com/beave/sswin81.png Regards, Tim Lider Sent from: Intel i7-2600K Running at 4.35GHz with 16GB of PC3 RAM running at 1,620MHz Boot HD WD3000HLHX 300GB VelociRaptor 10k rpm HD. -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 7:15 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Win 8.1pro?? Tim, I get a 404 error from your link. Hmmm. Duncan On 05/18/2014 10:10, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: https://www.dropbox.com/s/clfz8qsfwb1vzyf/Screenshot%202014-05- 17%2021.23.13 .png
Re: [H] Win 8.1pro??
Hello everyone, If it does not say Windows 8.1 in System you do not have Windows 8.1 installed. To install Windows 8.1 you will need to go to the Store to download and install it. I am not sure if it is still free or not. Tim Lider -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Vincent Winterling Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 4:14 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Win 8.1pro?? Where I find I have the pro version is control panel | system. To see if you have the update to 8.1 you have to look for search icon. Kind of explains why they had to lose Sinofsky. Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 1:41 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Win 8.1pro?? Vincent, Thanks for the link. I tried it. What I get is that my new PC is running Window 8.1. The new PC is not running Windows 8.1 PRO. Shame On NewEgg! I will purchase another Win8.1 PRO SW set (blue box livery). Or search for a PRO upgrade solution. At least now I know. BtW, I completed 2 cycles of Winupdates. The first was 793.7MB. The 2d was 890.5MB. Makes one wonder just how dorked up the base code was! Thanks, Duncan On 05/15/2014 19:24, Vincent Winterling wrote: Take a look at this link: This is the level of complexity M/soft is introducing with 8.1 update: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/which-operating-system Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 2:05 PM To: HWG Subject: [H] Win 8.1pro?? When Windows 8.1 pro boots up, does it display/acknowledge any Service Pack(s)?? I'm several days from initial power-on ATM. Thanks, Duncan
Re: [H] Win 8.1pro??
It looks like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/clfz8qsfwb1vzyf/Screenshot%202014-05-17%2021.23.13 .png Tim Lider -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 4:32 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Win 8.1pro?? Hey Tim, Please explain, If it does not say Windows 8.1 in System ... What 'System' are your talking about? I am sharing exactly what I read off my screen. Just a bit confused atm. Thanks, Duncan On 05/17/2014 11:31, Tim Lider wrote: Hello everyone, If it does not say Windows 8.1 in System you do not have Windows 8.1 installed. To install Windows 8.1 you will need to go to the Store to download and install it. I am not sure if it is still free or not. Tim Lider -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Vincent Winterling Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 4:14 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Win 8.1pro?? Where I find I have the pro version is control panel | system. To see if you have the update to 8.1 you have to look for search icon. Kind of explains why they had to lose Sinofsky. Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 1:41 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Win 8.1pro?? Vincent, Thanks for the link. I tried it. What I get is that my new PC is running Window 8.1. The new PC is not running Windows 8.1 PRO. Shame On NewEgg! I will purchase another Win8.1 PRO SW set (blue box livery). Or search for a PRO upgrade solution. At least now I know. BtW, I completed 2 cycles of Winupdates. The first was 793.7MB. The 2d was 890.5MB. Makes one wonder just how dorked up the base code was! Thanks, Duncan On 05/15/2014 19:24, Vincent Winterling wrote: Take a look at this link: This is the level of complexity M/soft is introducing with 8.1 update: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/which-operating-system Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 2:05 PM To: HWG Subject: [H] Win 8.1pro?? When Windows 8.1 pro boots up, does it display/acknowledge any Service Pack(s)?? I'm several days from initial power-on ATM. Thanks, Duncan
Re: [H] Missing Icon
Hello Duncan, If you mean the My Computer Icon on the desktop, you will need to: 1. Right click the desktop 2. Select Properties 3. Go to the Desktop Tab 4. Select Customize Desktop 5. Select My Computer under Desktop Icons 6. Select OK 7. Select Apply and it will appear If needed, I can link a video with step by step instructions. Good luck and regards, Tim Lider Sent from: Intel i7-2600K Running at 4.35GHz with 16GB of PC3 RAM running at 1,620MHz Boot HD WD3000HLHX 300GB VelociRaptor 10k rpm HD. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 3:36 PM To: HWG Subject: [H] Missing Icon Yes, I still run XPpro.Sorry. Is there some way to recreate my 'My Computer' icon? Thanks, Duncan
Re: [H] Win8.1 question?
Hello Duncan, You got what you need. Since, Vista Retail kits up to now have had 32-bit and 64-bit versions in them. Keep in mind you only can use one of them at once (it watches what's installed.) If your computer is a 64-bit computer, I suggest using that version. Also, add an app called Start8 as well, if you want a Windows XP to Windows 7 Start menu on the desktop (BTW, I recommend adding a Start Menu to Windows 8.) Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 1:59 PM To: HWG Subject: [H] Win8.1 question? OK, so I bought Windows 8.1 also. It arrived this afternoon. Contains 2 DVDs (32-bit and 64-bit). OK, fine. But the package says 'Full version.' Can someone define just what 'Full version' really means to me? Yes, was a retail purchase. I was hoping for Win8.1 Professional. Not sure I got it? Thanks, Duncan
Re: [H] Are we alive?
:) Windows 7 is one of the best version of Windows. Even though, I am running Windows 8.1 Pro right now. Once, you should like Windows 7. There is not much difference for normal users. If go under the hood of the OS, you will like Windows 7 better. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 2:09 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Are we alive? Thanks Chris/Jeff/Tim, I was not seeking private family stuff. I was just wondering whether our email List was sorta working again. That was all. Glad all seems copacetic with youall. I am fighting terrible fear upgrading to Win7pro. I will get over it. Duncan On 02/21/2014 23:51, Chris Reeves wrote: Yep, still hanging in there. :) Mostly Home theater stuff at the moment, PS4/XB1 and all that jazz keeping the kids busy -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Tim Lider Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 13:16 To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Are we alive? I'm still alive. Just keeping busy with work, Martial Arts, and hobbies. Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:13 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Are we alive? Hm.and that would be?? Your six is clear, just rest the nose on the horizon and enjoy the sunset. Jeff ping: HWG Are we doing what we always do? Duncan
Re: [H] Are we alive?
I'm still alive. Just keeping busy with work, Martial Arts, and hobbies. Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:13 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Are we alive? Hm.and that would be?? Your six is clear, just rest the nose on the horizon and enjoy the sunset. Jeff ping: HWG Are we doing what we always do? Duncan
Re: [H] SSD drive question (TIM)
Hello, It could be there are dead sectors or there is something wrong with the controller IC on the SSD itself. I suggest imaging the SSD over to the new SSD. Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 1:31 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] SSD drive question (TIM) Have 4 ssd's in my system all check OK except my boot drive when I run chkdsk I get a volume bitmap is incorrect error. chkdsk /f does not fix it. I have a new drive on order to replace it but was wondering about this. System boots fine. other drives are backup and data. Occasionally get a system freeze, could this be the cause ? thanks fp Date: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** ** If everyone thinks alike then somebody isn't thinking. **
Re: [H] So, how much space does W7-64 need?
Duncan, I run Windows 7 and Windows 8 on 300GB HD's and put the data on larger HD's in the system. Right now I'm experimenting a Windows 7 install on a 250GB SSD. So fat the system has not even taken up 1/4th the space of the HD. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 12:41 PM To: HWG Subject: [H] So, how much space does W7-64 need? Questionsfrom my Brother: Q1: Can I just load W7-64 'over' XP? (like an 'upgrade') Q2: How much physical space does W7-64 take on a HDpost install? He is concerned because he has many programs loaded/running on the c: (?root?) partition, AND, he does not wish to catalog and move them elsewhere. Me, I plan to format my root (c:) partition prior to install of W7-64. I will deal with repercussions after the fact if/when possible. Thanks, Duncan
Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7
When I went from my old Core2 CPU to the new System with the i7 in it. All I did is turn it on and the drivers installed by themselves, did need to add drivers manually on the SATA. In Windows 8 it's basically the same way. Did a motherboard swap on a Windows 8 system and it worked like a champ afterward. Going about using the CD is something that is needed if the boot upgrade does not work. But, it also usually does not work if the boot upgrade does not work. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 10:48 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 When you boot to the install disk, the first window you see asks you Language/Time Currency format/Keyboard. After you click next, the next window has a big 'Install Now' in the center, however, in the lower left corner there are two options: What to know before installing Windows Repair Your Computer. Click on repair your computer and another window pops up where you can search for Windows installations on the disks. Once you select that, it will try to repair. After a while, it will come back and say either failed or no problem found. After you X out of that window, you now can get to the System Recovery Options and you can open up a command prompt. Since Win7 puts a Sys Exclusive partition, that usually shows up as C:, and the rest of the disk, with the Windows folder will be on another drive letter. For me, it put it at E: I found all this stuff here: http://www.dowdandassociates.com/blog/content/howto-repair-windows-7- install-after-replacing-motherboard/ On 2/13/2014 1:29 PM, FORC5 wrote: I thought repair installs could only be done from the desktop in W7 ? Disguised as upgrade install. I do not see that option when booting from the CD/DVD. fp At 10:20 AM 2/13/2014, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: If you remember a few days ago, my music computer had gone down and it looked like the MB was loading down the +5SB. New motherboard arrived, for Core2 Duo, there wasn't much choice, the new one is an Asrock with a G31 chipset. The previous was a P45. Since I have a ton of audio apps installed on this system (Complete 9 Ultimate alone takes 8 hours to install, then 4 hours of updates), I wanted to try and save the install. To be brief, letting the install CD try to repair the installation went nowhere. Since it's a chipset difference, the install is find just blue-screens on boot. Then I found a little trick on the web. There apparent is a DOS command that will tell windows to install drivers. You put all the new drivers on a CD, boot to the install DVD, after it finds the install location and fails to find a problem, you open up a command windows and do this (note that the drive letters, E F are for where my Windows installation and DVD drive were located on my system, YMMV): dism /image:E:\ /add-driver /Driver:F:\ /recurse After this, Windows booted from HD and proceeded to install drivers. It took a couple of reboots and so far everything is back to 'normal'. I need to check and see if every device is active. I had to reactivate windows (It gave me only 3 days!), but the new automated phone system was quick and easy. Obviously it refused to activate automatically online, it threw out a security error. I really did not have a big thing against a full reinstall. It would take a couple of days to finish, but it really cool to do something like this to 'fool' windows. Steve Date: Thursday, February 13th, 2014 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** ** I can't be stupid, I completed third grade. **
Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7
The SATA driver was for the eSATA. It was not needed for the boot drive. If needed for the boot drive, I'd probably need to use the Install DVD. Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:40 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 Tim, Interesting! How did you 'add drivers manually on SATA' if all you did was turn it on? Sounds like you booted from the install or recovery disks. Steve On 2/13/2014 2:01 PM, Tim Lider wrote: When I went from my old Core2 CPU to the new System with the i7 in it. All I did is turn it on and the drivers installed by themselves, did need to add drivers manually on the SATA. In Windows 8 it's basically the same way. Did a motherboard swap on a Windows 8 system and it worked like a champ afterward. Going about using the CD is something that is needed if the boot upgrade does not work. But, it also usually does not work if the boot upgrade does not work. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 10:48 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 When you boot to the install disk, the first window you see asks you Language/Time Currency format/Keyboard. After you click next, the next window has a big 'Install Now' in the center, however, in the lower left corner there are two options: What to know before installing Windows Repair Your Computer. Click on repair your computer and another window pops up where you can search for Windows installations on the disks. Once you select that, it will try to repair. After a while, it will come back and say either failed or no problem found. After you X out of that window, you now can get to the System Recovery Options and you can open up a command prompt. Since Win7 puts a Sys Exclusive partition, that usually shows up as C:, and the rest of the disk, with the Windows folder will be on another drive letter. For me, it put it at E: I found all this stuff here: http://www.dowdandassociates.com/blog/content/howto-repair-windows- 7- install-after-replacing-motherboard/ On 2/13/2014 1:29 PM, FORC5 wrote: I thought repair installs could only be done from the desktop in W7 ? Disguised as upgrade install. I do not see that option when booting from the CD/DVD. fp At 10:20 AM 2/13/2014, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: If you remember a few days ago, my music computer had gone down and it looked like the MB was loading down the +5SB. New motherboard arrived, for Core2 Duo, there wasn't much choice, the new one is an Asrock with a G31 chipset. The previous was a P45. Since I have a ton of audio apps installed on this system (Complete 9 Ultimate alone takes 8 hours to install, then 4 hours of updates), I wanted to try and save the install. To be brief, letting the install CD try to repair the installation went nowhere. Since it's a chipset difference, the install is find just blue-screens on boot. Then I found a little trick on the web. There apparent is a DOS command that will tell windows to install drivers. You put all the new drivers on a CD, boot to the install DVD, after it finds the install location and fails to find a problem, you open up a command windows and do this (note that the drive letters, E F are for where my Windows installation and DVD drive were located on my system, YMMV): dism /image:E:\ /add-driver /Driver:F:\ /recurse After this, Windows booted from HD and proceeded to install drivers. It took a couple of reboots and so far everything is back to 'normal'. I need to check and see if every device is active. I had to reactivate windows (It gave me only 3 days!), but the new automated phone system was quick and easy. Obviously it refused to activate automatically online, it threw out a security error. I really did not have a big thing against a full reinstall. It would take a couple of days to finish, but it really cool to do something like this to 'fool' windows. Steve Date: Thursday, February 13th, 2014 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** ** I can't be stupid, I completed third grade. **
Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7
I have done it from an Intel PentiumD to an Intel Core2 Dou system. The system just added drivers on its own. Maybe the New Motherboard was using nonstandard SATA Controllers. Some boards do not use the Intel SATA Controller. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 1:58 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 Just trying to find out where I went wrong...;-). I went from Intel to Intel, maybe Windows can discern two different manufacturers, but not two different chipsets from the same manufacturer? On 2/13/2014 4:15 PM, Tim Lider wrote: No I did not. It worked since it was an Intel Chipset. Keep in mind it went from an nVidia Chipset to an Intel Chipset as well. After it was all installed and Windows was running, I installed the ACHI driver and set the SATA to ACHI. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 1:02 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 Okay, that explains it, thanks. I've never seen Win7 do that, usually it blue screens because it has the wrong chipset drivers for disk access. This particular system went into a reboot loop and the blue screen would flash for an instant and then the system would reboot. Did you do any prep? Remember when we used to change the drive controller drivers back to standard (XP or 2000) so that we could change the MB? On 2/13/2014 3:51 PM, Tim Lider wrote: The SATA driver was for the eSATA. It was not needed for the boot drive. If needed for the boot drive, I'd probably need to use the Install DVD. Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:40 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 Tim, Interesting! How did you 'add drivers manually on SATA' if all you did was turn it on? Sounds like you booted from the install or recovery disks. Steve On 2/13/2014 2:01 PM, Tim Lider wrote: When I went from my old Core2 CPU to the new System with the i7 in it. All I did is turn it on and the drivers installed by themselves, did need to add drivers manually on the SATA. In Windows 8 it's basically the same way. Did a motherboard swap on a Windows 8 system and it worked like a champ afterward. Going about using the CD is something that is needed if the boot upgrade does not work. But, it also usually does not work if the boot upgrade does not work. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 10:48 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 When you boot to the install disk, the first window you see asks you Language/Time Currency format/Keyboard. After you click next, the next window has a big 'Install Now' in the center, however, in the lower left corner there are two options: What to know before installing Windows Repair Your Computer. Click on repair your computer and another window pops up where you can search for Windows installations on the disks. Once you select that, it will try to repair. After a while, it will come back and say either failed or no problem found. After you X out of that window, you now can get to the System Recovery Options and you can open up a command prompt. Since Win7 puts a Sys Exclusive partition, that usually shows up as C:, and the rest of the disk, with the Windows folder will be on another drive letter. For me, it put it at E: I found all this stuff here: http://www.dowdandassociates.com/blog/content/howto-repair- windows- 7- install-after-replacing-motherboard/ On 2/13/2014 1:29 PM, FORC5 wrote: I thought repair installs could only be done from the desktop in W7 ? Disguised as upgrade install. I do not see that option when booting from the CD/DVD. fp At 10:20 AM 2/13/2014, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: If you remember a few days ago, my music computer had gone down and it looked like the MB was loading down the +5SB. New motherboard arrived, for Core2 Duo, there wasn't much choice, the new one is an Asrock with a G31 chipset. The previous was a P45
Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7
At least it's up and running. That's important :) Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 2:28 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 The board has 4 SATA connectors and the manual says that they are off the ICH7 Southbridge. Maybe the G31 chipset with an ICH7 is a odd combination? Whatever. I'm back and running with minimal effort, and happy. On 2/13/2014 5:01 PM, Tim Lider wrote: I have done it from an Intel PentiumD to an Intel Core2 Dou system. The system just added drivers on its own. Maybe the New Motherboard was using nonstandard SATA Controllers. Some boards do not use the Intel SATA Controller. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 1:58 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 Just trying to find out where I went wrong...;-). I went from Intel to Intel, maybe Windows can discern two different manufacturers, but not two different chipsets from the same manufacturer? On 2/13/2014 4:15 PM, Tim Lider wrote: No I did not. It worked since it was an Intel Chipset. Keep in mind it went from an nVidia Chipset to an Intel Chipset as well. After it was all installed and Windows was running, I installed the ACHI driver and set the SATA to ACHI. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 1:02 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 Okay, that explains it, thanks. I've never seen Win7 do that, usually it blue screens because it has the wrong chipset drivers for disk access. This particular system went into a reboot loop and the blue screen would flash for an instant and then the system would reboot. Did you do any prep? Remember when we used to change the drive controller drivers back to standard (XP or 2000) so that we could change the MB? On 2/13/2014 3:51 PM, Tim Lider wrote: The SATA driver was for the eSATA. It was not needed for the boot drive. If needed for the boot drive, I'd probably need to use the Install DVD. Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:40 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 Tim, Interesting! How did you 'add drivers manually on SATA' if all you did was turn it on? Sounds like you booted from the install or recovery disks. Steve On 2/13/2014 2:01 PM, Tim Lider wrote: When I went from my old Core2 CPU to the new System with the i7 in it. All I did is turn it on and the drivers installed by themselves, did need to add drivers manually on the SATA. In Windows 8 it's basically the same way. Did a motherboard swap on a Windows 8 system and it worked like a champ afterward. Going about using the CD is something that is needed if the boot upgrade does not work. But, it also usually does not work if the boot upgrade does not work. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 10:48 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 When you boot to the install disk, the first window you see asks you Language/Time Currency format/Keyboard. After you click next, the next window has a big 'Install Now' in the center, however, in the lower left corner there are two options: What to know before installing Windows Repair Your Computer. Click on repair your computer and another window pops up where you can search for Windows installations on the disks. Once you select that, it will try to repair. After a while, it will come back and say either failed or no problem found. After you X out of that window, you now can get to the System Recovery Options and you can open up a command prompt. Since Win7 puts a Sys Exclusive partition, that usually shows up as C:, and the rest of the disk, with the Windows folder will be on another drive letter. For me, it put it at E: I found
Re: [H] test?
Hello Duncan, The test worked getting to San Diego, CA :) BTW, Surfs up here in San Diego :) Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:18 AM To: HWG Subject: [H] test? test?
Re: [H] (no subject)
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Tim
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Happy Turkey day to all.
no T here, beef :{()
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Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.
As Lopaka said mine is also Windows 8 Pro install as well and it does boot the system and is capable of installing clean. Also, I did get Windows 8 Pro when it was for $40.00 from Microsoft. Maybe their is a difference there? On November 20, 2013 at 9:52 PM Robert Martin Jr. lopaka_...@yahoo.com wrote: Both of my win 8 upgrade CD's boot and install fine. I did clean installs with all my win 7 upgrades too (all 13 of them). I was under the impression that all the discs are the same and the only difference is the key to determine which version loads. FYI, mine were both win 8 pro upgrades. Don't know if that makes any difference. They are bootable though. lopaka From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 12:27 PM Subject: Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install. How do you install it clean when the upgrade disk is not made to boot? You must have a OEM or retail disk. At 08:20 AM 11/20/2013, you wrote: I decided to give it a try this time around, the Windows 7 to Windows 8 upgrade. Lets just say it was messy and did not work well at all. The clean install with Windows Easy Transfer worked a lot better. Regards, On November 20, 2013 at 8:15 AM Robert Martin Jr. lopaka_...@yahoo.com wrote: I was always curious how well that worked. Never tried that way before. I always did every windows 7 8 upgrade as a clean install. I didn't realize any of the THG guys installed from within the prior OS, seems a little messy to me ;) lopaka Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.
I decided to give it a try this time around, the Windows 7 to Windows 8 upgrade. Lets just say it was messy and did not work well at all. The clean install with Windows Easy Transfer worked a lot better. Regards, On November 20, 2013 at 8:15 AM Robert Martin Jr. lopaka_...@yahoo.com wrote: I was always curious how well that worked. Never tried that way before. I always did every windows 7 8 upgrade as a clean install. I didn't realize any of the THG guys installed from within the prior OS, seems a little messy to me ;) lopaka From: Tim Lider timli...@adv-data.com To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 8:12 AM Subject: Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install. I have some info I would like to add. When I did an upgrade from Windows 7 there was a lot of problems. I decided to do a clean install of Windows 8 Pro. What I did was first was use Windows Easy Transfer on the current install of Windows 8 Pro. I only copied the profiles I needed. Second I installed Windows 8 Pro, asked it to format the C Drive. After Windows 8 Pro was installed I used the Windows File Transfer Wizard to put the Profile and settings back. It worked like a charm, it even told me what Programs I needed to install :) I then used the free key for Windows Media Center and it ran perfectly. Regards, On November 18, 2013 at 5:32 PM Robert Martin Jr. lopaka_...@yahoo.com wrote: Just google clean win 8 upgrade install. Lots of sites have the tutorial. lopaka From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install. what instructions? At 01:46 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote: I did clean install from boot on both of my win8 upgrade discs. You do need to follow instructions to do registry hack to get it to authenticate when using an upgrade key for clean install. Much more stable than an upgrade. lopaka From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:19 PM Subject: [H] Win 8 upgrade install. Last year I bought one of the 25 dollar Windows 8 Pro upgrade iso download deals from MS. I am now ready to install it and have a few questions. I have all ready installed Win7 on another hard drive with the boot drive located on a clean SSD ready for Windows 8 to do the upgrade. Can I boot off the Win 8 DVD and install that way or do I need to start the install from within windows 7? I guess there is no way I can just install Windows 8.1 direct.. can I? thanks m Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.
Winterlight, If you opt the DVD version, you get a DVD shipped to you. Before I did a clean install I waited for the DVD to arrive. Those days were hard on my nerves :) On November 20, 2013 at 2:34 PM FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: in the old days I think they did or we booted to a boot disk with cd support and ran setup from there. I think the new stuff if smarter. Memory is a little fussy. Remember when cd installs needed drivers ? fp At 01:27 PM 11/20/2013, Winterlight Poked the stick with: How do you install it clean when the upgrade disk is not made to boot? You must have a OEM or retail disk. At 08:20 AM 11/20/2013, you wrote: I decided to give it a try this time around, the Windows 7 to Windows 8 upgrade. Lets just say it was messy and did not work well at all. The clean install with Windows Easy Transfer worked a lot better. Regards, On November 20, 2013 at 8:15 AM Robert Martin Jr. lopaka_...@yahoo.com wrote: I was always curious how well that worked. Never tried that way before. I always did every windows 7 8 upgrade as a clean install. I didn't realize any of the THG guys installed from within the prior OS, seems a little messy to me ;) lopaka Date: Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** ** Guns only have two enemies: rust and liberals. ** Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.
I have some info I would like to add. When I did an upgrade from Windows 7 there was a lot of problems. I decided to do a clean install of Windows 8 Pro. What I did was first was use Windows Easy Transfer on the current install of Windows 8 Pro. I only copied the profiles I needed. Second I installed Windows 8 Pro, asked it to format the C Drive. After Windows 8 Pro was installed I used the Windows File Transfer Wizard to put the Profile and settings back. It worked like a charm, it even told me what Programs I needed to install :) I then used the free key for Windows Media Center and it ran perfectly. Regards, On November 18, 2013 at 5:32 PM Robert Martin Jr. lopaka_...@yahoo.com wrote: Just google clean win 8 upgrade install. Lots of sites have the tutorial. lopaka From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install. what instructions? At 01:46 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote: I did clean install from boot on both of my win8 upgrade discs. You do need to follow instructions to do registry hack to get it to authenticate when using an upgrade key for clean install. Much more stable than an upgrade. lopaka From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:19 PM Subject: [H] Win 8 upgrade install. Last year I bought one of the 25 dollar Windows 8 Pro upgrade iso download deals from MS. I am now ready to install it and have a few questions. I have all ready installed Win7 on another hard drive with the boot drive located on a clean SSD ready for Windows 8 to do the upgrade. Can I boot off the Win 8 DVD and install that way or do I need to start the install from within windows 7? I guess there is no way I can just install Windows 8.1 direct.. can I? thanks m Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] IE11
+1 :) On November 14, 2013 at 4:37 PM Bryan Seitz se...@bsd-unix.net wrote: Friends don't let friends use IE :) On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 04:33:28PM -0800, Jeff wrote: I tried it last night. Seemed faster and not much different on the surface. Tried my paid proxy server and it locked me up. They said they had trouble with IE11 and were working on it. There's 10 minutes worth of testing..:) Your six is clear, just rest the nose on the horizon and enjoy the sunset. Jeff Anyone tried this yet? Is it ready for roll out, or should we wait like every other new version of IE? :) T -- Bryan G. Seitz Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] W8 classic menu ?
Yes in Windows 8 or Windows 8.1. This is were Start8 helps out. There is a the Windows Vista/7 Devices and Printers Window. There is also a Control Panel as well. Admin is so much easier with Start8 installed. On November 1, 2013 at 8:03 AM FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: u mean win 8 ? fp At 06:27 AM 11/1/2013, Tim Lider Poked the stick with: I know what you mean. If Start8 is installed it is difficult to get to the correct devices and printers screen. I do say it makes it harder to repair Windows now. But, it is a lot faster and more fun to use. Regards, On October 31, 2013 at 10:24 PM FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: playing with this all day, leaning towards one of the programs to get the start menu back, updated to 8.1 and had to re install the drivers to get the nVidia card back. what a pain. is quick and responsive. definitely not designed for anyone who likes to look under the hood :-D quite a learning curve for a old guy. thanks fp At 05:09 PM 10/31/2013, Bryan Seitz Poked the stick with: I feel like if you read down a bit, I mention startisback.com :) But that was my response to when he said 'currently leaving stock'. On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 03:08:32PM -0700, Tim Lider wrote: If you do not want to see the Metro start menu get an app that makes so a Windows 7 start menu appears. There are a few of them. My personal favorite is Start8. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39587100/Screenshot%202013-10-20%2006.35.38.png The link shows a picture with Windows 8.1 running with Start8 running. Regards, Date: Thursday, October 31st, 2013 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** ** Ever stop to think and forget to start again? ** Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com Date: Friday, November 1st, 2013 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** ** Trust God, but always tie and watch your camel all night. ** Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] W8 classic menu ?
If you do not want to see the Metro start menu get an app that makes so a Windows 7 start menu appears. There are a few of them. My personal favorite is Start8. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39587100/Screenshot%202013-10-20%2006.35.38.png The link shows a picture with Windows 8.1 running with Start8 running. Regards, On October 31, 2013 at 1:45 PM Bryan Seitz se...@bsd-unix.net wrote: My issue is I don't ever ever ever want to see metro, ever ever ever. :) On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 01:17:21PM -0700, FORC5 wrote: currently leaving it stock, am finding pretty much what I need to find. Only real bug is I can not get it to boot to the ODD. ( blue ray burner ) reset boot order in bios but somewhere I read that W8 does not turn off but goto advanced hybernation, where can I fix that ? thanks At 10:37 AM 10/31/2013, Bryan Seitz Poked the stick with: startisback.com is the best hands down, I've used them all. On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:36:13AM -0600, Jamie Furtner wrote: Not from Microsoft - I've used Classic Shell and it can be pretty close to Windows 7. If you haven't already, I'd suggest updating to 8.1 (free through the Windows Store). It does bring the start button back, but not any of the menus. You can also configure 8.1 to boot to the desktop, and to default to showing all apps. Jamie -- Jamie Furtner (ja...@furtner.ca) On Oct 31, 2013, at 8:38 AM, FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: Is the classic menu available in windows 8 ? I see on Google add on ones. got my son's new laptop, not fired it up yet. have a replacement MB for the old one. games a foot 8-) thanks FP Date: Thursday, October 31st, 2013 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** ** If guns are outlawed, can we use swords? ** -- Bryan G. Seitz Date: Thursday, October 31st, 2013 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** ** Each young doctor means a new graveyard. ** -- Bryan G. Seitz Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Dropbox deletes local files?
In my experience, if you delete files from the Dropbox site, the files in the sync folder will also be deleted after sync. To me this make sense. This is why I keep a sync folder and a data folder for the files going to Dropbox. Hope this clears things up, On October 2, 2013 at 7:28 AM Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: I have a client who claims that she she uploaded to Dropbox were deleted from her hard drive once the sync completed. Does that sound right? T Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] AC1900: Netgear R7000 (Nighthawk) vs Asus RT-AC68U
The reviews I read on both of them are fantastic. I would go the Asus Router myself. Hit has a USN 3.0 port :) Regards, On October 2, 2013 at 10:08 AM Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net wrote: Which is the overall best? My mine says the ASUS before for some reason I want to go Nighthawk. I guess I just like some of the features in Netgear Genie. Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Again MSHOME vs. WORKGROUP?
Usually you set that up yourself when installing Windows or other OS's. My router domain at home is Beave.net, but when I install Windows it defaults to workgroup and the domain/workgroup. At work the domain is ADV-DATA.local and it is setup that way on the router. Although, I have it setup if anyone uses the DHCP to access the network they will not be able to access the domain services, this is due to the fact the Router has one DNS server and the Domain uses others to access the active directory and network itself. Looks to see if their DNS is setup manually or it is automatic and check their subnet as well. Those 2 would make it difficult to access net appliances and shares across the network. Regards, On September 19, 2013 at 2:56 PM DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com wrote: All of my Brother's LAN clients appear to be: WORKGROUP=MSHOME. Is this an OS default? I do know how to change this value. And, all of my Brother's clients are set to get their network specs automatically - the MS Default (like from his router). Fine. When he brings his laptop to my home once a year, he can somehow get to the internet via my router, but he can not get to any of my other LAN services/PC's//appliances. Odd. I used to admin his laptop 'into' my LAN, but this never really fixed everything. Confusing? Is WORKGROUP= ? a router DHCP assigned value? I have recently turned on my router's DHCP server, and the logic seems to work fine. My home LAN and all of my PC clients us WORKGROUP=WORKGROUP (probably from back in Win2K times). All of my PC's and appliances work just fine. If this makes little sense, I apologize. I just had to ask. Duncan Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
[H] 750 watt power supply
Need to get a new power supply for my PC. My old PC Power and Cooling finally gave up the ghost after 7 years of service. Currently I am using a replacement Power Supply (does not work as nice as the one I had). I am looking at the PC Power and Cooling Silencer MKIII series 750 watt power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703038 I would like to get some input on this power supply or any other power supplies that would either be comparable or better than the one I have selected. I am up for any ideas, although I would like it to be in the 750 watt range. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] 750 watt power supply
Greg, Do you use the one you showed a link for? I see there is a lot of reviews stating that the power supply has a wine noise. Could this noise be from the components inside the power supply? I see it at amazon for $30.00 more. I do get free shipping from Amazon. Also they have another that is about $25.00 less expensive: http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Professional-Modular-Platinum-AX760/dp/B00A0HZMEM/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronicsie=UTF8qid=1376070784sr=1-3keywords=SS-760XP2 Hmm... On August 9, 2013 at 10:07 AM Greg Sevart ad...@xfury.net wrote: Seasonic Platinum. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151120 (though I suggest using other vendors...Newegg is not the store it used to be IMO) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Tim Lider Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 10:48 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] 750 watt power supply Need to get a new power supply for my PC. My old PC Power and Cooling finally gave up the ghost after 7 years of service. Currently I am using a replacement Power Supply (does not work as nice as the one I had). I am looking at the PC Power and Cooling Silencer MKIII series 750 watt power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703038 I would like to get some input on this power supply or any other power supplies that would either be comparable or better than the one I have selected. I am up for any ideas, although I would like it to be in the 750 watt range. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] 750 watt power supply
Duncan, I have installed 2 Season power supplies at work. One of them not working correctly on boot sometimes. The 5 volt line drops on power up and gives a beep error for the video card. The video card was replaced and it is still beeping every so often. The power supply has been installed in the computer for about 3 years now. On August 9, 2013 at 10:16 AM DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com wrote: Tim, Seasonic... :) I did not even look at your link, sorry. I would suggest Seasonicinstead. IIRC Greg broached Seasonic many moons ago. I now have 2 machines using Seasonic replacements of older PCPC psus,I have a Seasonic in spares just in case. Sorry, I fell off of the PCPC wagon 2 years ago. I just do not think their current product justifies their high cost any longer. JMHO Duncan On 08/09/2013 11:47, Tim Lider wrote: Need to get a new power supply for my PC. My old PC Power and Cooling finally gave up the ghost after 7 years of service. Currently I am using a replacement Power Supply (does not work as nice as the one I had). I am looking at the PC Power and Cooling Silencer MKIII series 750 watt power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703038 I would like to get some input on this power supply or any other power supplies that would either be comparable or better than the one I have selected. I am up for any ideas, although I would like it to be in the 750 watt range. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Windows 7 - explorer won't load at boot
Are there any other problems set as the shell? If so remove them. Also, could be a virus. I see that some people have fixed it with Spybot Search and Destroy. Good luck, On August 1, 2013 at 12:28 PM Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: I've got a Windows 7 machine which boots to a blank screen, but I can bring up task manager and run explorer and then the desktop appears. Checking the \HKLM\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current VersionWinlogon, Explorer is set as the shell. Any ideas? T Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Windows 7 - explorer won't load at boot
Err. Programs set in the shell. On August 1, 2013 at 12:39 PM Tim Lider timli...@adv-data.com wrote: Are there any other problems set as the shell? If so remove them. Also, could be a virus. I see that some people have fixed it with Spybot Search and Destroy. Good luck, On August 1, 2013 at 12:28 PM Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: I've got a Windows 7 machine which boots to a blank screen, but I can bring up task manager and run explorer and then the desktop appears. Checking the \HKLM\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current VersionWinlogon, Explorer is set as the shell. Any ideas? T Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Windows 7 - explorer won't load at boot
Awesome! On August 1, 2013 at 1:03 PM Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: At 04:39 PM 01/08/2013, Tim Lider wrote: Are there any other problems set as the shell? If so remove them. Also, could be a virus. I see that some people have fixed it with Spybot Search and Destroy. Found it. There is another key: HKCU\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Winlogon That had a string value shell set to cmd.exe. Removed it and I'm back. Thanks! T Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Change of status
I also use DOS, Linux, Unix, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 Pro (Current OS at home). I am loosing a little touch with OS's other than Windows 8 and Windows 7, but still using windows XP on some of the Data Recovery Machines. For me to fix Windows XP I need to look it up online were as it is a lot simpler to fix Windows 7 and Windows 8 problems when they arise. Duncan I know how it is I'm like the Grandpa/Old guy/Old Fart here at were I work. There are times i walk up to the other techs trying to fix a computer and tell them to do this and that and it works. Techs now a days just don't know beep codes and other things we learned back in the 80's. Have a good one all, On July 30, 2013 at 11:48 AM Lubomír ?abla kla...@gmail.com wrote: Duncan, I still often use a good old DOS, do not change your status :-) On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 6:24 AM, Chris Reeves tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: I still keep some XP in my VMware. -Original Message- From: Brian Weeden brian.wee...@gmail.com Sent: 7/29/2013 5:32 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Change of status As does most of the business world --- Brian Weeden Secure World Foundation +1 202 683-8534 On Jul 29, 2013, at 17:47, Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: At 05:59 PM 29/07/2013, DSinc wrote: As a founding member of our List, I have decided to move from semi-active to Lurker status. It seems that most on our List now use W7 or W8. I do not. I still use WinXPpro. BTW, 'Geforce Experience' does not work on WinXP. Shame on me. No trouble, I just removed it! I still have some XP machines as well. :) T Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] External drive issue
I've also noticed that AMD chipset motherboards have this problem as well. I only have a problem with large files copy to external HD's on one computer at the shop and it is a AMD system. Although, I have no problems with the nVidia intel based motherboards. I do not know if the OP has stated if it is an USB 2 or USB 3 HD. If USB 2 it could be that he should try another port, same if it is USB 3 :) It may fix the problem. I do not have problems on the Intel machines with Windows 7 64 bit or Windows 8 64 bit. I copy images and backup files that are in upwards to 200GB each with no problems. Also, note all motherboards are Asus (except for Dell machine used for Data Checks). On July 28, 2013 at 3:07 PM Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: It seems to be a known issue with Win7: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/8a0ac171-7bd1-4b8d-8e93-c3b05f969255/windows-7-64-bit-usb-external-hard-drives-lose-its-connection-and-stops-working Steve On 7/28/2013 6:01 PM, Bobby Heid wrote: Hey, I have a 3TB WD external USB 2.0 drive. When I try to copy large files (~50GB), the pc loses the connection and the copy fails after 15-20GB. Any idea as to what causes this or how to correct the issue? The drive seems to work normally except for this. Thanks, Bobby Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Windows 8 Copy function
Duncan, The problem of copying large amount of files has been a problem with Windows since I can remember. So, this is not really a problem with Windows 8. On Windows 8's defense it does a lot better at handling the files while copying them. Regards, On July 6, 2013 at 2:52 PM DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com wrote: Another W8 glitch? Sheesh! Read in the paper last weekend that MS will release 'something' called Windows 8.1 this September. Don't know whether this is an upgrade, a patch, or whatever. Article mentions many fixes from their 'complaints' mail. WUP? Still no 'START button' Bummer... :( Duncan On 07/05/2013 21:57, tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: Well, points for style, it appears MS has tried to really improve this. But, in copying over a large amount of files today, I realize this thing can get VERY confused.. I get to the end of a 4Tb copy, and it says your target already has 868 of these files.. Oh.. Hmm. Interesting. So, I let it show me where the target has these files.. I see them. I try to open them (any of them) they do not open (period). Since this was a fresh copy onto blank drives, I don't know how they could be there originally anyway, but still interesting. Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Windows 8 Copy function
Also, when copying a large amount of data it is a good idea to break the copy down into smaller amounts. What I mean by this is the number of files. This was also true in earlier versions of Windows as well. I copy vast amounts of data everyday so it's a little tip there :) On July 6, 2013 at 5:34 AM Al Anger li...@alanger.net wrote: I keep telling people, don't use the right click - move. If it dies, you in a world of hurt trying to figure what got moved. Only use the copy and then delete after the copy is successful. al On Fri, 05 Jul 2013 21:57:21 -0400 tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: Well, points for style, it appears MS has tried to really improve this. But, in copying over a large amount of files today, I realize this thing can get VERY confused.. I get to the end of a 4Tb copy, and it says your target already has 868 of these files.. Oh.. Hmm. Interesting. So, I let it show me where the target has these files.. I see them. I try to open them (any of them) they do not open (period). Since this was a fresh copy onto blank drives, I don't know how they could be there originally anyway, but still interesting. Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Windows 8 Copy function
Anthony, I meant a large amount of files. In some cases we copy over 1 to 2 million files in one recovery for a clients. Usually if the file count gets over 200,000 we copy the data in parts. Multiple copying is where Windows 8 excels at, at times we have 3 to 5 copy processes running at he same time and it runs well with no errors. Regards, On July 6, 2013 at 9:50 AM Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net wrote: Is the problem in Windows the number of files or the size of the copy? I regularly move: 30+ GB files with no problem. I also move 10s of files each in the 2GB range, too. On..this is Win8. Sorry, silly me. :) On 7/6/2013 12:09 PM, Tim Lider wrote: Also, when copying a large amount of data it is a good idea to break the copy down into smaller amounts. What I mean by this is the number of files. This was also true in earlier versions of Windows as well. I copy vast amounts of data everyday so it's a little tip there :) On July 6, 2013 at 5:34 AM Al Anger li...@alanger.net wrote: I keep telling people, don't use the right click - move. If it dies, you in a world of hurt trying to figure what got moved. Only use the copy and then delete after the copy is successful. al On Fri, 05 Jul 2013 21:57:21 -0400 tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: Well, points for style, it appears MS has tried to really improve this. But, in copying over a large amount of files today, I realize this thing can get VERY confused.. I get to the end of a 4Tb copy, and it says your target already has 868 of these files.. Oh.. Hmm. Interesting. So, I let it show me where the target has these files.. I see them. I try to open them (any of them) they do not open (period). Since this was a fresh copy onto blank drives, I don't know how they could be there originally anyway, but still interesting. Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Nas 3.0
I have not done a project like that . When I price out a NAS project it is actually less expensive (when you think of equipment and time) to get one premade. The NAS' we use are WD's right now. The boss also does not like to have the TB size of the NAS' too large, I limit the size to around 8TB to 12TB. If you do make a NAS with NAS4Free, I have looked into it, remember it is a software RAID not a Hardware RAID. What do I mean by that? Software RAID's are basically made using a Volume Manager (usually Linux VLM or VLM2), hardware RAID's are actually considered a 1 physical disk to the PC when managing the Volume(s) at the operating system level. I myself prefer hardware RAID setups. This is due to the ease of replacing disks if needed. Also, Hardware RAID's are a bit easier to recover when things go bad. Have a great weekend all, On July 4, 2013 at 12:51 PM Chris Reeves tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: Tim- I'm weighing redoing my home NAS I'm thinking about either going with FlexRAID or Storage Spaces. Right now it would be two pools, about 30tb each. I'm just going to demote the old whs and convert it to NAS4free and make it a backup target. I'm somewhat drawn to Flexraids logic of if multiple drives die you can still just pull the disc drives out and read them on another machine. This wouldn't necessarily be true in storage spaces. Just thinking on it. -Original Message- From: Tim Lider timli...@adv-data.com Sent: 7/3/2013 8:57 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] External drives (USB) and power requirements The reason is that the ROM/ROM Modules (Specifically ROM Module 47 (Adaptives)) have information on it that is specific to the HD it is mated to. Some times you can be lucky to get a PCB to work with a HD, but do not run it too long, bad things will happen. What the Adaptives are is information on head weight, voltage needed to spin HD up, voltage needed to for thermal assist metals inside the HD (Gimbal) and the exact spindle rate (7211rpm). There is more, but those are the main issues. Regards, On July 2, 2013 at 4:16 PM Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: At 05:49 PM 02/07/2013, Tim Lider wrote: You have a point there. In most cases, the jobs that go through our shop here, the HD fail due to power problems. These power problems are either power spikes, power drops, or shorts. Keep in mind HD's can not be repaired by replacing the PCB anymore, there is so much more involved. Why can't you replace the PCB? T Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Happy 4th to the pack
+1 :0 On July 4, 2013 at 6:34 AM DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com wrote: Right back atcha! And to all! Duncan On 07/04/2013 09:26, FORC5 wrote: fp Date: Thursday, July 4th, 2013 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** ** ~ The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton ** Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] External drives (USB) and power requirements
The reason is that the ROM/ROM Modules (Specifically ROM Module 47 (Adaptives)) have information on it that is specific to the HD it is mated to. Some times you can be lucky to get a PCB to work with a HD, but do not run it too long, bad things will happen. What the Adaptives are is information on head weight, voltage needed to spin HD up, voltage needed to for thermal assist metals inside the HD (Gimbal) and the exact spindle rate (7211rpm). There is more, but those are the main issues. Regards, On July 2, 2013 at 4:16 PM Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: At 05:49 PM 02/07/2013, Tim Lider wrote: You have a point there. In most cases, the jobs that go through our shop here, the HD fail due to power problems. These power problems are either power spikes, power drops, or shorts. Keep in mind HD's can not be repaired by replacing the PCB anymore, there is so much more involved. Why can't you replace the PCB? T Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] External drives (USB) and power requirements
Hello Thane, Those external HD's are not for the purpose of running 24/7. Also, note some laptops on battery power can not power up those HD's either. Regards, On July 2, 2013 at 7:34 AM Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: I notice a lot of external drives (2.5) come with a single headed USB cable, yet the drive requires 750 to 1000 mA. How can a single USB plug provide enough power to keep the drive viable over the long term? (I also notice I see a lot of dead drives like this - the dual headed-USB ones seem to last longer.) T Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] External drives (USB) and power requirements
Hello Thane, Even those with the 2 USB connector type cables should not be used 24/7. In fact all External HD's should not be run 24/7 due to inadequate Power source, of course those SCSI/iSCSI/Fiber externals are exempt. Why, you ask? Well the power source on even the 3.5 USB drives in not good enough for 24/7 use. I've seen and experienced many power supplies for External HD's failing or shorting out the HD itself. You can use them for backup purposes or archival purposes(what they are originally intended for). If you want an HD to run 24/7 get an internal HD installed inside of a Computer (Most of us here use very good to excellent power supplies anyway). Regards, On July 2, 2013 at 8:38 AM Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: At 12:12 PM 02/07/2013, Tim Lider wrote: Hello Thane, Those external HD's are not for the purpose of running 24/7. Also, note some laptops on battery power can not power up those HD's either. Hi Tim, I was hoping for a reponse from you. When you say they aren't made for 24/7 use, do you mean that they don't need as much power for short bursts, or that the lack of power causes them to fail, so you should use them lightly? If you have a dual head USB (so they're getting a full amp available) is that better for the drive? T Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] External drives (USB) and power requirements
Hello Thane, Yes, do the business and shut them off. With the new SATA HD's out now it does not require much power to run them. Just don't run them 24/7 On July 2, 2013 at 12:10 PM Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: At 01:59 PM 02/07/2013, Tim Lider wrote: Hello Thane, Even those with the 2 USB connector type cables should not be used 24/7. In fact all External HD's should not be run 24/7 due to inadequate Power source, of course those SCSI/iSCSI/Fiber externals are exempt. Ok, thanks Tim. Is it reasonable to assume that a single head USB cable (with a max power output of 500mA) would be less reliable than a drive with a double head, or does that not really matter? So effectively, turn plug them in, do the backup, then shut them off. T Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] External drives (USB) and power requirements
You have a point there. In most cases, the jobs that go through our shop here, the HD fail due to power problems. These power problems are either power spikes, power drops, or shorts. Keep in mind HD's can not be repaired by replacing the PCB anymore, there is so much more involved. Regards, On July 2, 2013 at 1:35 PM Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org wrote: I had an external WD Book that went bad ... but I wasn't running it 24/7... just occasionally, but sometimes I would forget to power it off and leave it running for days. When it did die I figured it was the heat rather then then anything to do with power adaptor. Thermal test showed me that high RPM desktop external drives can get very hot in those cases. I am now running a Fathom External SATA enclosure that came with a Hitachi drive ... it also supports USB2. It runs 24/7 and I have been operating it continuously for three plus years. The difference is that i hooked up a case fan in front of it that constantly blows air through the enclosure. I haven't had any issues at all with the drive. I think heat has more to do with external drive failure then does an external power adaptor. At 01:23 PM 7/2/2013, you wrote: Hello Thane, Yes, do the business and shut them off. With the new SATA HD's out now it does not require much power to run them. Just don't run them 24/7 On July 2, 2013 at 12:10 PM Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: At 01:59 PM 02/07/2013, Tim Lider wrote: Hello Thane, Even those with the 2 USB connector type cables should not be used 24/7. In fact all External HD's should not be run 24/7 due to inadequate Power source, of course those SCSI/iSCSI/Fiber externals are exempt. Ok, thanks Tim. Is it reasonable to assume that a single head USB cable (with a max power output of 500mA) would be less reliable than a drive with a double head, or does that not really matter? So effectively, turn plug them in, do the backup, then shut them off. T Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Odd hard drive issue
Hello Thane, I see this a lot. It could either be that it is taking longer to calibrate and go ready, if this is happening replace it quickly. Another thing is that the power supply is not powering the hard drive enough on the first boot after power is turned on. This is one of the most problems that do occur with hard drives. I would check the power supply to see if it is sending enough Amps to the HD during initial Boot. This means the DC +12v and +5v could be good, just not enough amps to turn on the HD correctly. Good luck, On May 28, 2013 at 11:03 AM Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: I have a WD SATA drive that passes all SMART tests, and appears to work fine, but when I cold boot, it doesn't detect (and I get a boot disk error). If I immediately warm boot, it detects and boots up fine. It does this in two PCs, so it's the drive, not the machine. Any ideas? T Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] New Router Recommendations
+1 On May 7, 2013 at 12:24 PM Naushad Zulfiqar z00...@gmail.com wrote: The Asus dark knight is awesome On May 7, 2013 10:18 PM, James Maki jwm_maill...@comcast.net wrote: Hi, Just lost my router this morning (along with keyboard, but that's another story) and am looking for recommendations for a replacement. I have read the group's new favorite is the ASUS brand. Which model(s) are favorites and which (if any) should be avoided? Need 4 or more LAN connections and wireless. Thanks for your input. Money is an object, but future proofing is also good. The defunct router is a D-Link DGL-4300 I purchased almost 10 years ago. It has given good service, except for a power supply replacement about 5 years ago. P.S. Any suggestions for confirming the death of the D-Link? Thanks, Jim Maki jwm_maill...@comcast.net Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] ASUS P8p67 Pro to what?
on me when doing stuff like this, where I can't do an auto save. Any ideas? Maybe I should get a new mobo? Thinking of maybe a Gigabyte this time. I'm running a 2500k. Any reason to upgrade that? I don't know if I can wait til June for the new chips. I'm a desktop guy. Don't really enjoy using a laptop day-after-day. Also, thinking about building a dual boot Hackintoshjust because I'm bored with Windows an am now really super interested in Win8. If a new board, what board? I like to get some features on the board...my current system has crappy usb 3.0, so I want lots of usb 3.0. And BT support for the Hackintosh, if I decide to do that. Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] New PSU?
Hello Duncan, I have never taped over them myself on the PS's I have had. I really do not see the reason to put tape on them, unless you get a dirty case and there is more than average dust flying around in there. Regards, On March 6, 2013 at 2:21 PM DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com wrote: So I now have a minor failure with a PSU. The fan is making noise. I do not care for the noise. I do 'quiet' PC's now. BTW, all the PSU rails are still within tolerance. The fan is shot! Greg, please get ready to laugh! I will finally use one of the Seasonic PSUs I bought 2 years ago!!! Anyway, the new PSU is modular. After I decide which, and, how many snakes to connect,should I tape over the remaining open connections? Wondering, Duncan Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Loss of power, followed by overheated smell
Hello, Check your memory. Pull them out and put them all back in. 1 long and 3 short usually means a memory error. Regards, On February 26, 2013 at 4:31 PM Brian Weeden brian.wee...@gmail.com wrote: Got the new power supply in and just as I'd feared it still doesn't work. I get the 1 long beep, 3 short beep error (memory) and the onboard diagnostic gives a 8.7. error (check CPU core voltage). It could be the motherboard but at this point I think I'm just going to bite the bullet and build a new machine. Yay! Time to spec and build a new machine! - Brian On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.orgwrote: I have had similar episodes that turned out to be the video fan happened to me twice... and the CPU fan ... happened to me once. The fans don't die they just slow down and stop pushing enough air. The MB over heats and shuts down the computer and every thing feels and smells hot. Good luck. w At 07:42 AM 2/25/2013, you wrote: Was working on a paper this morning and suddenly my desktop computer powered off by itself. This is a Q6600 machine that I built a few years ago and has been in nearly constant use since then with little to no trouble. It's been rock-sold and aside from upgrading the video card a year ago I haven't had to touch it. I waited a few seconds, then hit the power button. It came back on briefly and then shut off again, followed by the smell of overheated electronics. Disconnected the power and opened it up. Nothing was visibly smoking. Took everything apart. Inspected the CPU and it appeared ok. Replaced the thermal compound and re-seated the heatsink. Smell appeared to be coming from the power supply but I can't be positive. Put the bare essentials backtogether (CPU, RAM, video card) and powered it back on. Getting a variety of beep and error codes from the on-board diagnostic unit. At first there was a 1 long, 3 short beep code for the RAM . Reseated and it's gone. POST sequence was hanging on 8.7. (Check CPU Voltage) and now it's hanging on 8.2. (Check Power Supply). I get the sense that perhaps the power supply went bad. However, I really can't afford to be down on this system very long, so if I'm going to order parts I want to do it as soon as possible and not go through a long trouble-shooting process. Thoughts from the collective? Is it likely that if the power supply is indeed the culprit that the damage was contained there? Or should I be worried about the CPU, RAM, mobo, etc? - Brian Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] numerous instances of iexplore.exe in task manager ?
Hello all, Chris has a point. It could be the Trojan and worms have corrupted NIS. The drive out of the computer and scan it in a known clean computer with the Virus definitions updated. Please keep this in mind. Most of the item marked as free, are not free at all. Trojans, Worms, viruses are a pain in the ass to deal with. Hope thing work out well. Also, Scan the complete drive, there might be copies in temp folders and other areas of the drive. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 5:49 AM To: hardw...@hardwaregroup.org Subject: Re: [H] numerous instances of iexplore.exe in task manager ? You're infected. Yank the drive, put into known clean system and scan: \Windows\System32\Drivers Whichever of those files are infected replace with a known good. (I would actually scan everything, but it is likely that folder that is infected). Christopher Fisk -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Re: [H] Degraded RAID array question
Hello Brian, Your best bet is to replace the hard drive with another 1TB of the same size. Insert the drive into the RAID and it will rebuild. Pretty easy, eh? Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 3:21 AM To: hwg Subject: [H] Degraded RAID array question Came home from a week of traveling to find my HTPC non-functional. Power supply failure. Swapped in a new power supply, and on reboot I get the dreaded constant error beep from my Areca 1220 RAID controller. And yep, the array is degraded. I have a 8 x 1 TB RAID 5 array. The RAID config software says that the drive on channel 4 failed and that the array is in a degraded state. But looking at the HW info screen, it correctly identifies the HD attached to channel 4 with all normal readings and stats as free. All of my data is there but I am anxious to get the array back to a normal state before something else bad happens. How do I recover from this? I don't see any notification that it is rebuilding the array. If I hit volume set check it says there is no volume to check. It says I cannot expand the RAID set while the status is degraded. Do I need to modify the array to confirm it only has 7 drives now, and then expand it? --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US
Re: [H] dead drive
To confirm it stays in Busy state use MHDD and read the status registers coming from the drive. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Lubomír Cabla Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 4:07 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] dead drive 1. ST31000340?AS w/ SD15 has firmware symptoms http://forums.seagate.com/t5/Barracuda-XT-Barracuda-and/ST31000340AS-w- SD15-has-firmware-symptoms-but-Tech-Support-says/m-p/39556 2. Fixing a Seagate 7200.11 Hard Drive These are instructions for fixing a Seagate 7200.11 hard drive that is stuck in the BSY state. This can be determined by the fact that it won't be recognized by the computer's BIOS. http://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/ Good luck. On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:10 AM, Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.orgwrote: I have a 18 month old 1TB Seagate HD that has apparently died. I had about 800GB of video on it, two thirds of the space were backups of my DVD collection and I still have the DVDs so it could of been a lot worse. I was running it in an external drive bay, pretty much 24/7 when it just disappeared. I have never lost a drive by just disappearing, two others I have lost in the past all died slowly with failed access warnings or just screwing things up but this just went silently. After trying restarts and reboots I put it in another USB2 external drive bay with no change, then I stuck it in a PC and the same problem. If the BIOS can't see it then I can't recover anything so I guess I'm done... unless somebody has another idea?
Re: [H] dead drive
Hello, First of all is it spinning? If it is, does it click? What's the model number? There can be so many things wrong with it, it's not funny. Some of the fixes that were posted do work, but do these at your own risk. If you fail you only make it harder for a professional to recover your data. If the drive is a 7200.10 then the Firmware fix will not work. If the drive is a 7200.12, there is a different fix for the firmware. That one fix only works on 7200.11 style HD's (F3). Good luck, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 7:11 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] dead drive I have a 18 month old 1TB Seagate HD that has apparently died. I had about 800GB of video on it, two thirds of the space were backups of my DVD collection and I still have the DVDs so it could of been a lot worse. I was running it in an external drive bay, pretty much 24/7 when it just disappeared. I have never lost a drive by just disappearing, two others I have lost in the past all died slowly with failed access warnings or just screwing things up but this just went silently. After trying restarts and reboots I put it in another USB2 external drive bay with no change, then I stuck it in a PC and the same problem. If the BIOS can't see it then I can't recover anything so I guess I'm done... unless somebody has another idea?
Re: [H] dead drive
Hello, First of all is it spinning? yes That's a good thing. If it is, does it click? no That's a good thing as well. What's the model number? ST31000340AS you can see front and back here www.winterlight.org/ST31000340AS.pdf It is a F3 style Seagate HD. This makes a bit easier. There can be so many things wrong with it, it's not funny. my best guess is the controller Some of the fixes that were posted do work, but do these at your own risk. If you fail you only make it harder for a professional to recover your data. This is mostly 70 plus percent backup of my DVDs so I am not doing any data recovery. If the drive is a 7200.10 then the Firmware fix will not work. I don't see how I could load the firmware anyway if no computer BIOS will see and mount the drive. If the HD does not mount you need to connect the drive via HyperTerminal via the Serial connector of the drive. This way you can fix the drive. But, if you have no way of connecting the drive to a RS-232 connector you will not be able to fix it. Look for HHD Lock problem with Seagate HD's. There are a lot of fixes on the internet for it. Beware it can make the drive worse as well. Good luck,
Re: [H] Old pata disk?
Duncan, You can always send it to me and if there is nothing wrong with the drive physically I can edit the other volumes in using a hex editor. This will cost shipping to and from where I am at. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 8:44 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Old pata disk? JRS, Thanks. I do see your point. But, for so many years I have tried to avoid having the OS and DATA on the same partition. Yet, I may still just do as you suggest. ATM, I suspect either a problem in the MBR (dorked sectors, rootkit?, whatever?), or, missing/corrupt XP boot files in the C:\ partition. I have seen fixes/repairs for both of these situations on my XP CD's recovery console. Investigation continues. Worst case: I'll just kiss off the contents of D/E/F and just start completely fresh. And, then do all the normal monkey-business I need to do for MS to be happy! Best, Duncan On 06/24/2010 23:09, JRS wrote: If it's only 160 gigs, just reformat and make it all one partition. :) -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. - Original Message From: DSincdx7...@bellsouth.net To: Hardware Grouphardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Thu, June 24, 2010 5:23:14 PM Subject: [H] Old pata disk? So, it does not boot (Old WinXP). Older pata 160GB HD. Previously used to test Pata/Sata converters (Sabrent). Stuff happened. OK!!! :) M/B Bios sees this HD fine. Boots to/from this HD NOT. Boots to/from this CRROM OK. The C:\ partition seems to be dorked up. No boot. Not a bit surprised. Not a real problem yet. I stopped dorking around.. :) The D:\ partition looks OK via my BART-CMD-DIR The E:\ partition looks OK via my BART-CMD-DIR The F:\ partition looks OK via my BART-CMD-DIR Is this one of those ReFormat/Re-Load WinXP to C:\ and hope for the best for D, E, and F? Wondering I am. Best, Duncan
Re: [H] SATA PCI Express cards
Hello Chris, I am not able to find much: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124032 this is 5 internal and 1 external for $75.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132018 this is 4 internal and 2 external for $90.00 I am not really sure about quality. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 5:49 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] SATA PCI Express cards Hi Folks, I'm looking for an inexpensive addon card that has at least 4 internal SATA ports and one eSATA port for storage expansion on my system. eSATA will be used for my backup and rotate between a couple of drives, so hot plug there is best. the SATA ports will mostly be data storage. I've been using my system as a Tivo server and converting my DVD's to watch directly on the tivo, and I am out of space on my 4TB. (Well, down to less than 300GB and it is time to expand.) I've found a few with 2 internal SATA and 1 eSATA port, for a reasonable amount, but the cards that support more than that seem to be over the $100 range. You know anything that isn't total crap that will do what I want for around $50? Christopher Fisk -- seemant because more and more I'm thinking that xfree is just a fluke on top of another set of flukes
Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix
Hello Rick, I am not sure if we can repair those. Although, I'm willing to give it a try and see. There is a few fixes to the Seagate F3 HD's I do on a daily basis. I'm not sure if the fix will fix that problem. Clients do not tell us they Bricked the drive, LOL. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Rick Glazier Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:18 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix I have a quick question (I hope). I used the drive and serial number checking stuff at the Seagate site a while back, (06-12-09) and found a couple drives that needed their firmware upgraded manually BY ME, done locally, AND in ADVANCE of problems with NEW firmware provided by the Seagate site for my SPECIFIC drives. This was a proactive step to prevent the drive bricking itself. (Hopefully.) Is this the same problem, but a manual repair to un-brick a drive that was never firmware updated? Sure sounds the same... Thanks in advance. Rick Glazier From: Tim Lider Here's a site that explains the fix a bit. Although they go overboard. http://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/Home Also, go to http://forum.hddguru.com/ for more hard drive info. IT is a good site for info and tools for hard drives.
Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix
Hello Rick, If a Drive is bricked (we call HDD Lock) or says it has 0GB on the drive. Those are usually a Firmware Fix I can do. To fix those you need to use a RS-232 serial connection to the drive and run a process of getting the firmware to restart and rebuild. At the company we work for we actually have a computer just for rebuilding firmware on drives. Happens a lot :) Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Rick Glazier Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 7:41 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix I totally lost you. Sorry. (I'll try to be more clear.) I edited the quoting (slightly), to leave the original question. I (personally and locally) flashed a couple Seagate HDs with-in the last year that the Seagate WEB site *model and serial number look-up* thing/program said required an OFFICIAL SEAGATE HD firmware patch/upgrade. http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207 951 I'm bringing it up now as I was TOTALLY surprised a *certain* one of my drives needed the patch. I was NOT expecting that drive, AND the one I was most worried about shipped with the patch (new firmware version) installed... It would be wise for everyone to use the checker thing to see if their drives are in the old firmware group. There was NOTHING wrong with MY drives, then or now. This is a flash in advance, or brick your drive scenario. And yes, some drives with *bad* firmware may never trigger the bug. Such is the randon nature of computers... grin More info: (The other side of the coin.) With no patch installed: Anyone that had ALREADY bricked their drive needed to send it in to Seagate.(Free.) IF it was the *firmware bug*, there would be no DATA loss. My definition of bricked drive in this case would be one totally inaccessible. I assume IF you had any other normal early hard drive failures, you were screwed, same as always... (Other than a free blank replacement.) This sounded like the same problem, but AFTER a drive was NOT patched, AND had already bricked itself. I brought it up in case anyone had not heard of the bug, or the patch/(new firmware). Note that Seagate stonewalled this at first, and then begrudgingly posted the firmware patches. Firmware patching was something they had *always* said was too dangerous to do locally. HTH, Rick Glazier From: Tim Lider Hello Rick, I am not sure if we can repair those. Although, I'm willing to give it a try and see. There is a few fixes to the Seagate F3 HD's I do on a daily basis. I'm not sure if the fix will fix that problem. Clients do not tell us they Bricked the drive, LOL. On Behalf Of Rick Glazier Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:18 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix I have a quick question (I hope). I used the drive and serial number checking stuff at the Seagate site a while back, (06-12-09) and found a couple drives that needed their firmware upgraded manually BY ME, done locally, AND in ADVANCE of problems with NEW firmware provided by the Seagate site for my SPECIFIC drives. This was a proactive step to prevent the drive bricking itself. (Hopefully.) Is this the same problem, but a manual repair to un-brick a drive that was never firmware updated? Sure sounds the same... Thanks in advance. Rick Glazier
Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix
Hello Bobby, The site is good. There is some utilities in there that give off false positives. Think about it, you're going to change something on the hard drive, it could be mistaken for a virus :) Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 4:03 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix Norton thinks that site might not be ok because of: Total threats found: 1 Viruses (what's this?) Threats found: 1 Here is a complete list: Threat Name: W32.SillyFDC Location: http://hddguru.com/download/software/HDDScan/HDDScan_v30.zip Just an FYI. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Tim Lider Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 10:01 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix Hello, Here's a site that explains the fix a bit. Although they go overboard. http://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/Home Also, go to http://forum.hddguru.com/ for more hard drive info. IT is a good site for info and tools for hard drives. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Joshua MacCraw Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 11:18 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix Well randomly at reboot I had my Seagate 750GB stop detecting. So I verify it's spinning up go looking for a logic board only to find there is a known firmware bug known as BSY which I gather is the drive thinking it's busy not responding. So it looks like the fix is a serial link to the logic board where you can issue a series of commands to reset it. Anyone else run it this tired the fix? Tim, can you offer insights? I've ordered a USB-TTL adapter to give it try since I have all my AV crap on it don't want to loose it if possible. Really need scrape up the $280 for a pair of WD20EARS but this is my 2nd newest drive about 1.5yr old! Will be my last Seagate for the near future for sure!
Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix
Hello, Yes, you will need a serial link to the PCBA to get a majority of these drives fixed. Also, you will need to short out 2 points in the PCBA as well. I've fixed many of these for recovery, nut I would not recommend using the drive much afterward. It's a temporary fix and the same problem or worse will occur if you keep using the drive. I've seen this happen on a bench drive. If you are not sure what to do I can work on it for you. I'll charge ya shipping and a small fee :) Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Joshua MacCraw Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 11:18 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix Well randomly at reboot I had my Seagate 750GB stop detecting. So I verify it's spinning up go looking for a logic board only to find there is a known firmware bug known as BSY which I gather is the drive thinking it's busy not responding. So it looks like the fix is a serial link to the logic board where you can issue a series of commands to reset it. Anyone else run it this tired the fix? Tim, can you offer insights? I've ordered a USB-TTL adapter to give it try since I have all my AV crap on it don't want to loose it if possible. Really need scrape up the $280 for a pair of WD20EARS but this is my 2nd newest drive about 1.5yr old! Will be my last Seagate for the near future for sure!
Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix
Hello, Here's a site that explains the fix a bit. Although they go overboard. http://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/Home Also, go to http://forum.hddguru.com/ for more hard drive info. IT is a good site for info and tools for hard drives. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Joshua MacCraw Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 11:18 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix Well randomly at reboot I had my Seagate 750GB stop detecting. So I verify it's spinning up go looking for a logic board only to find there is a known firmware bug known as BSY which I gather is the drive thinking it's busy not responding. So it looks like the fix is a serial link to the logic board where you can issue a series of commands to reset it. Anyone else run it this tired the fix? Tim, can you offer insights? I've ordered a USB-TTL adapter to give it try since I have all my AV crap on it don't want to loose it if possible. Really need scrape up the $280 for a pair of WD20EARS but this is my 2nd newest drive about 1.5yr old! Will be my last Seagate for the near future for sure!
Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer.
I use Windows Easy Transfer if it is Windows Vista or Windows 7. Its easy mode and free. :) Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 9:30 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer. Anyone use this thing? http://www.thetornado.com/backup_files.asp I've written a program to do this, but this looks pretty good. T
Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer.
Hello Thane, There is a work around to make it work with XP. But it not only copies the Settings your system has , but moves over cookies and documents. Even data you select that are not part of the profiles. It works well and I have used many times. For the work around use Google and use keywords, Windows Easy Transfer XP. There is also this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2b6f1631-973a-45c7- a4ec-4928fa173266displaylang=en Hope this helps out, Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 10:37 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer. At 01:42 PM 27/05/2010, Tim Lider wrote: I use Windows Easy Transfer if it is Windows Vista or Windows 7. Its easy mode and free. :) Does that work when the new PC is 7 and the old one is XP or 9x? Does it do non-MS stuff (like Firefox profiles?) T
Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer.
Anthony, It does you need to tell it to copy the Application data folders over. Trust me it worked for me from Windows Vista to Windows 7 and Windows 7 Beta to Windows 7 Ultimate. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 10:41 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer. On 5/27/2010 1:37 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 01:42 PM 27/05/2010, Tim Lider wrote: I use Windows Easy Transfer if it is Windows Vista or Windows 7. Its easy mode and free. :) Does that work when the new PC is 7 and the old one is XP or 9x? No...I got burned on this one... Does it do non-MS stuff (like Firefox profiles?) No, I got burned on this one tooworks great as Tim described it above, though. T No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2899 - Release Date: 05/27/10 02:25:00
