Yesterday's Adventure With Problems

[bigmck]

My computer had been running slow for the past few days. Yesterday I started have multiple problems. I decided to restore my Macrium Image. My PC was running so slow that it was taking hours for the restore. Midway through it just crashed. I reinstalled Windows but had no backup. It suddenly hit me that since my PC is running good, I will try the Macrium Restore again. Sure enough it restored perfectly. == I just thought I would post this as it might help someone in the future.

 

[Hopalong X]

That is good to know.
A new way to repair install (sort of) without having to do EVERYTHING after Windows installs.

Sounds like a major registry glitch or malware of sorts which was removed when Windows wiped the disk.

2 thumbs up!

 

[LittleJay]

Thanks for sharing that bigmck. Re-installing Windows only takes 15 minutes on an SSD, but it is all the updates that take forever on a slower internet connection like mine. So restoring a system image over the new windows installation sounds good to me.

 

[whs]

That sounds very strange. It could not have been a Windows problem because the Macrium restore does not use Windows. And even if you used the WinPE recovery DVD, it is a different Windows.

I suspect that you had an intermittent hardware problem which, unfortunately, may reoccur. Keep watching it.

 

[bigmck]

That sounds very strange. It could not have been a Windows problem because the Macrium restore does not use Windows. And even if you used the WinPE recovery DVD, it is a different Windows.

I suspect that you had an intermittent hardware problem which, unfortunately, may reoccur. Keep watching it.

See it this sounds like a HD problem. -- When I attempted to reinstall Windows the first time, it would not work because the partition showed "Unallocated". It could not Format due to an Error Message. I then tried a couple more times and it finally showed Primary instead of Unallocated. It installed fine. I have been considering a new HD for a while. Do you think it is time I buy it now instead of waiting until the price goes down?

 

[whs]

If it is a desktop, I would just install a second HDD as backup (if you order one e.g. from Newegg, do not forget the Sata cable). There I would configure a 60GB (bigger if you have big games) partition for the OS which you leave on standby in case the other HDD really fails. Then 1 partition for data and transfer my data out of the blinking disk. If there is a good chunk left, you can use it for a partition to which you can image.

On the blinking disk I would run a chkdsk /r

 

[kado897]

Might be worth checking the drive. Crystaldiskinfo will show any SMART data. Crystal Dew World

 

[OldMX]

Make sure the disk is plugged correctly to data and power cables, then if possible wipe it clean, then restore the macrium image.