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glennc

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Hello to all,
I just deleted the a partition and some unallocated space on a hard drive. I then formatted it the long way. As I look at it in the Computer view, the only thing that was installed was the $Recycle.bin. It was and labeled in blue. I began to copy files and make folders, and they all display in blue. Disk Manager states that it is a Healthy Primary Partion. Do I have a problem. My other drive and this one prior to the reformatting displayed the lettering in black.
What did I do wrong? Can anyone PLEASE help me fix it. Thanks
glennc
 

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Can you post a screen shot of Disk Management ?
 

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glennc said:
Hello to all,
I just deleted the a partition and some unallocated space on a hard drive. I then formatted it the long way. As I look at it in the Computer view, the only thing that was installed was the $Recycle.bin. It was and labeled in blue. I began to copy files and make folders, and they all display in blue. Disk Manager states that it is a Healthy Primary Partion. Do I have a problem. My other drive and this one prior to the reformatting displayed the lettering in black.
What did I do wrong? Can anyone PLEASE help me fix it. Thanks
glennc
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Hi -- Could you do two things to help us. Fill in your System Specs in the lower left hand corner of you last post and post a screen shot from your Control Panel of the Disk Management that shows how it is partitioned. Thanks,
 

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Hello to All,
Thank you for your time and assistance. Below is the current, haven't rebooted since the formatting and giving it its drive letter of E: which is was originally. I also changed the name from IIRC New Volume to MB2 which was it's original name.

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Now may not be the time, but I also need help in that the System Volume is missing as is the Windows created Folder with its group of System Images. I bulk copied over from the drive that was formatted to my C: MB1 drive into one folder. Finally does anyone recognize a folder called _SYNCAPP???
glennc
 

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Fresh install?
 

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Gentlemen,
This was a full format. It asked me to pick the drive letter. After it was created I went and did a rename back to the original.
glennc
 

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8192 MB DDR2-SDRAM
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ATI Radeon HD 4200
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ATI Radeon HD 4200 High Definition Audo
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LG Electronics W1943
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Blue colour

glennc said:
Hello to all,
I just deleted the a partition and some unallocated space on a hard drive. I then formatted it the long way. As I look at it in the Computer view, the only thing that was installed was the $Recycle.bin. It was and labeled in blue. I began to copy files and make folders, and they all display in blue. Disk Manager states that it is a Healthy Primary Partion. Do I have a problem. My other drive and this one prior to the reformatting displayed the lettering in black.
What did I do wrong? Can anyone PLEASE help me fix it. Thanks
glennc
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Correct me if I am wrong ... Is everything working ok but the only problem is the Blue colour ????
 

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Hello theog,
I used Windows Disk Manager and don't recall it asking me to clean or clean all. It showed as a full unallocated space prior to using DM to format it. Does that help any?

Hello madmansam,
Other than the items I listed under the snip of the Disk Manager, it seems to be. I mean I haven't tried to run anything. But I can view the contents and they seem the same except blue.
I am also concerned about the missing System Volume Information and now that you mention it there are two files that were there on the original, MediaID.bin dated 7/8/2010 and a hidden desktop.ini dated today. Should those be copied over also????
Appreciate it!
glennc
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self-Built
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU
AMD Phenom-II X4 965
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H
Memory
8192 MB DDR2-SDRAM
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 4200
Sound Card
ATI Radeon HD 4200 High Definition Audo
Monitor(s) Displays
LG Electronics W1943
Screen Resolution
1360 X 768
Hard Drives
C: 500 GB Caviar Black SATA
E: 500 GB Caviar Black SATA
PSU
Ultra LSP 750
Case
Ultra XBlaster
Cooling
2 Fans, CPU Fan, PS Fan
Keyboard
Acer
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Logitech
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6 MB
Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command
 

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Acer Aspire 5517-5427 Notebook
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MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
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Acer Aspire 5517 (Socket S1G1)
Memory
2.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 319MHz 5-5-5-15
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ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (Acer Incorporated [ALI])
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Realtek High Definition Audio
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Generic PnP Monitor @ 1366x768
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244.20GB Western Digital WDC WD2500BEVT-22A23T0 ATA Device (IDE)
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Stock
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Stock
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Gigaware-Wireless
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HA!
I need help with my copy paste.Sorry.
 

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Acer Aspire 5517-5427 Notebook
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MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
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AMD K8/AMD Athlon(tm) Processor TF-20 @1.6G
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Acer Aspire 5517 (Socket S1G1)
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2.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 319MHz 5-5-5-15
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ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (Acer Incorporated [ALI])
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Realtek High Definition Audio
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Generic PnP Monitor @ 1366x768
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244.20GB Western Digital WDC WD2500BEVT-22A23T0 ATA Device (IDE)
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glennc said:
Hello theog,
I used Windows Disk Manager and don't recall it asking me to clean or clean all. It showed as a full unallocated space prior to using DM to format it. Does that help any?

Hello madmansam,
Other than the items I listed under the snip of the Disk Manager, it seems to be. I mean I haven't tried to run anything. But I can view the contents and they seem the same except blue.
I am also concerned about the missing System Volume Information and now that you mention it there are two files that were there on the original, MediaID.bin dated 7/8/2010 and a hidden desktop.ini dated today. Should those be copied over also????
Appreciate it!
glennc
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After formatting a HD the only folder on the HD will be Recycle bin.

Only copy & Paste your own data to your data HD.
 

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Hello bludgard69,
I wish I had written it down. But to the best of my recollection as I had a 99% healthy primary partition and to the left that was 200 MB of unallocated logical space, so I tried Extend Volume....... the partition took over all the space. Then maybe I had to format it. I clicked yes and chose full and at some point it asked me for a if I wanted to give it a drive letter. And a long time later it was done. Open Computer, say E: New Volume, clicked on it to rename it and noticed a blue $RECYCLE.BIN. Now I read somewhere in here that blue meant compressed to save space. But I figured I get in touch with you guys while I continued to copy the files back to it. Again somewhere along the line I lost the System Volume Information, am wary of copying those two files back and lost the folder and System Image files that Windows Backup and Recovery created on this drive. So there are many little question.
Please answer them in whatever order makes sense to you'all.
glennc
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU
AMD Phenom-II X4 965
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H
Memory
8192 MB DDR2-SDRAM
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 4200
Sound Card
ATI Radeon HD 4200 High Definition Audo
Monitor(s) Displays
LG Electronics W1943
Screen Resolution
1360 X 768
Hard Drives
C: 500 GB Caviar Black SATA
E: 500 GB Caviar Black SATA
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Ultra LSP 750
Case
Ultra XBlaster
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2 Fans, CPU Fan, PS Fan
Keyboard
Acer
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Logitech
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theog,
You saved me from a small heart attack. It used to be so easy. Thanks that has given me great relief on those issues.
glennc
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self-Built
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU
AMD Phenom-II X4 965
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H
Memory
8192 MB DDR2-SDRAM
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 4200
Sound Card
ATI Radeon HD 4200 High Definition Audo
Monitor(s) Displays
LG Electronics W1943
Screen Resolution
1360 X 768
Hard Drives
C: 500 GB Caviar Black SATA
E: 500 GB Caviar Black SATA
PSU
Ultra LSP 750
Case
Ultra XBlaster
Cooling
2 Fans, CPU Fan, PS Fan
Keyboard
Acer
Mouse
Logitech
Internet Speed
6 MB
I'll research.I do know the whole formating-thing is crucial to a clean OS.;)
 

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Acer Aspire 5517-5427 Notebook
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MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU
AMD K8/AMD Athlon(tm) Processor TF-20 @1.6G
Motherboard
Acer Aspire 5517 (Socket S1G1)
Memory
2.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 319MHz 5-5-5-15
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (Acer Incorporated [ALI])
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP Monitor @ 1366x768
Hard Drives
244.20GB Western Digital WDC WD2500BEVT-22A23T0 ATA Device (IDE)
PSU
Stock
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Stock
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Stock
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Gigaware-Wireless
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HA!
glennc said:
theog,
You saved me from a small heart attack. It used to be so easy. Thanks that has given me great relief on those issues.
glennc
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Solved?
 

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Acer Aspire 5517-5427 Notebook
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MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU
AMD K8/AMD Athlon(tm) Processor TF-20 @1.6G
Motherboard
Acer Aspire 5517 (Socket S1G1)
Memory
2.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 319MHz 5-5-5-15
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (Acer Incorporated [ALI])
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP Monitor @ 1366x768
Hard Drives
244.20GB Western Digital WDC WD2500BEVT-22A23T0 ATA Device (IDE)
PSU
Stock
Case
Stock
Cooling
Stock
Mouse
Gigaware-Wireless
Internet Speed
HA!
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