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Forum: Hardware & Devices 03 Mar 2013
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Forum: General Discussion 03 Mar 2013
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Forum: Hardware & Devices 28 Feb 2013
Replies: 18
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Posted By alan10
Please note that there is no mounting of...

Please note that there is no mounting of partitions required with my suggestion
Download Lazesoft Products (http://www.lazesoft.com/download.html)

That can see the physical drive and recover RAW...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 28 Feb 2013
Replies: 18
Views: 528
Posted By alan10
WARNING :- Minitool Partition Wizard is...

WARNING :-
Minitool Partition Wizard is generally suitable for both MBR and GPT style HDD.
UNFORTUNATELY its Partition Recovery Wizard is NOT suitable for use on GPT

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND the...
Forum: General Discussion 27 Feb 2013
Replies: 6
Views: 222
Posted By alan10
When I had a single core processor I found it...

When I had a single core processor I found it useful to launch Task Manager BEFORE any problem.

When Disaster struck the Task manager was already available.
I just had to be patient and wait for...
Forum: General Discussion 27 Feb 2013
Replies: 1
Views: 185
Posted By alan10
Are Reparse Points and MountVol broken when seen by WinPE or Linux ?

MountVol shows :-
\\?\Volume{7374db70-7389-11e2-8a06-001e8c888f33}\
I:\
E:\Images\
When I look at E:\Images I see the contents of
I:\ =...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 27 Feb 2013
Replies: 1
Views: 185
Posted By alan10
Will my HDD remain OFFLINE when seen by LINUX or WinPE or Win XP ?

My Secondary HDD is 600 GB HDD by WDC and was GPT.
DiskPart now sees this as MBR and is unable to revert.

I had used Windows Disk Management and changed its status from Online to Offline to write...
Forum: Backup and Restore 20 Feb 2013
Replies: 1,097
Views: 99,289
Posted By alan10
I disagree. The OCZ forum supply a LINUX and...

I disagree.
The OCZ forum supply a LINUX and also a Windows based Toolbox to Secure Erase their SSD.
Their Windows version is 32 bit, and on a 64 bit Windows System it has no access to System32....
Forum: Backup and Restore 12 Feb 2013
Replies: 4
Views: 407
Posted By alan10
I suggest that the new HDD was given the same...

I suggest that the new HDD was given the same disk identity as the HDD from which it was being cloned.
Windows would put it OFFLINE as soon as it sees that.
InDisk Management, select the word...
Forum: Hardware & Devices 10 Feb 2013
Replies: 0
Views: 355
Posted By alan10
How to change Disk Signature to GUID - DiskPart refuses to obey

My WDC HDD is shown by DISKPART as UNIQUEID DISK ID=000FA830
DISKPART is able to change this to UNIQUEID DISK ID=000FA832

This shows that it works to a degree, and I understand and control it to...
Forum: General Discussion 05 Feb 2013
Replies: 10
Views: 624
Posted By alan10
I have a standard BIOS which is only capable of...

I have a standard BIOS which is only capable of boot MBR disks.

Originally I had no SSD and the Samsung HDD was primary Boot and the WDC was setup as GPT due to perceived benefits of data...
Forum: General Discussion 05 Feb 2013
Replies: 10
Views: 624
Posted By alan10
Thanks I first used Recovery Wizard to Scan...

Thanks

I first used Recovery Wizard to Scan and it found 10 partitions with Volume Labels,
but since Windows was fooled into seeing this as an MBR disk and the partitions were created and...
Forum: General Discussion 05 Feb 2013
Replies: 10
Views: 624
Posted By alan10
I am thankful my MOBO has no UEFI SECURE BOOT etc...

I am thankful my MOBO has no UEFI SECURE BOOT etc capability.
Apparently a Linux Boot Flash can permanently destroy such a computer
Hardware neutrality: UEFI strikes again and again | TechRepublic...
Forum: General Discussion 05 Feb 2013
Replies: 10
Views: 624
Posted By alan10
The WDC is SATA II The Linux Glitch was a...

The WDC is SATA II

The Linux Glitch was a failure to launch.
Full details are at posts #31 and #33 in
http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/224449-how-create-multi-boot-flash-drive.html...
Forum: General Discussion 04 Feb 2013
Replies: 10
Views: 624
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Forum: General Discussion 02 Feb 2013
Replies: 10
Views: 624
Posted By alan10
How can I protect my Partitions and files from damage

My SSD with Windows 7 is O.K. - I can restore backup images.
My Primary SamSung HDD is O.K. - I can restore backup images.
My Secondary WDC HDD is what held my images and they vanished....
Forum: Installation & Setup 31 Jan 2013
Replies: 33
Views: 8,740
Posted By alan10
Thanks Situation Update :- Tried it -...

Thanks

Situation Update :-

Tried it - Didn't like it -Won't do it again.
I booted into the Flash drive and Linux failed.
I do not know if it was the YUMI linux launcher that failed to launch,...
Forum: Installation & Setup 30 Jan 2013
Replies: 33
Views: 8,740
Posted By alan10
YUMI initially formats a Flash Drive and gives it...

YUMI initially formats a Flash Drive and gives it the Label "MULTIBOOT".

If I change the Label to "MULTIBOOT-2" :-
Will the ISO APP's work the same; and
Will YUMI be able to continue...
Forum: Backup and Restore 30 Jan 2013
Replies: 45
Views: 2,255
Posted By alan10
My incremental backups are less than half the...

My incremental backups are less than half the size that they used to be.

This is because I have cut down on the frequency of imaging the 750 MB of used space in D:\.
This has more drastic changes...
Forum: Backup and Restore 30 Jan 2013
Replies: 22
Views: 996
Posted By alan10
You REALLY REALLY MUST apply sensible...

You REALLY REALLY MUST apply sensible recognisable Volume labels to partitions.
My partition D:\ has the label D_DATA_D.

When using a WinPE Recovery disk the drive letters are all wrong - but I...
Forum: Backup and Restore 29 Jan 2013
Replies: 1,097
Views: 99,289
Posted By alan10
I would right click a file for the benefit of the...

I would right click a file for the benefit of the context menu so that I could check its version number etc.
The context menu would hang for perhaps one minute because System Restore anticipated the...
Forum: Backup and Restore 29 Jan 2013
Replies: 1,097
Views: 99,289
Posted By alan10
Thanks for the explanation of what uses that...

Thanks for the explanation of what uses that space.

Restore Points were always an inconvenience with XP and when starting fresh with Windows 7 I decided that I would rather use an image to either...
Forum: Backup and Restore 29 Jan 2013
Replies: 1,097
Views: 99,289
Posted By alan10
I have just run vssadmin list shadowstorage and...

I have just run vssadmin list shadowstorage and the results are
C:\Users\Alan>vssadmin list shadowstorage
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright...
Forum: Installation & Setup 27 Jan 2013
Replies: 33
Views: 8,740
Posted By alan10
Thanks - I will do try that. If it fails I...

Thanks - I will do try that.

If it fails I can at least fall back to the previous version that is on the same Flash Drive.
So much better than the old way of one tool per Flash drive and having...
Forum: Installation & Setup 27 Jan 2013
Replies: 33
Views: 8,740
Posted By alan10
The obvious solution when hitting this problem...

The obvious solution when hitting this problem (and hopefully remembering this trick) is to delete the bad ISO from YUMI and remove spaces from the name of the original ISO file and then have YUMI...
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