Vince--
No, no chkdsk, but I will, tonight. I guess I relied on the Hitachi disc
test.
I have ordered, and received, a replacement drive.
----- Original Message -----
From: "vincentwinterling" <vwinterling@verizon.net>
To: <simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 6:39 AM
Subject: [Simply Computers] Re: backup and restore
> Second thought: I'd be concerned about that drive. Have you run a chkdsk
> /r on it?
>
> --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "vincentwinterling"
> <vwinterling@...> wrote:
>>
>> Sounds like you've had your hands full!
>>
>> The bootable disks are for the situations when you can't boot the
>> machine. The addition of the BartPE component is somewhat detailed and
>> multi-step and is confusing at points. I got frustrated and quit a couple
>> of times. Not only were the instructions vague in some places, I couldn't
>> figure out why I would want another disk when I had Hiren's boot cd.
>>
>> With respect to your comments about Windows backup, I think for me it's
>> like sticking with software that consistently works.
>>
>> --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Aycock" <billaycock@>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > during boot-up)Vincent, Roger, Bob Austino, and other backup Buffs--
>> > This week I had a painful example of the need for backup, and related
>> > insurance. After recovering, I reviewed some recent posts here. Some
>> > comments about Bootable discs puzzled me.-- About that, later.
>> > My other machine (desktop, Win7 home Prem(64), adequate Ram and an
>> > internal,
>> > 500Gb HDD backup) didn't exactly die, but became unusable. Symptoms
>> > were
>> > extremely slow operation, during which it would have a flurry of Disk
>> > read
>> > sounds lasting about 1-2 seconds, followed by 36-38 seconds of
>> > silence,
>> > repeated. At this speed, any scan is either frustratingly slow, or
>> > impossible. Malwarebytes and Security Essentials were impossible. The
>> > Disc
>> > activity light was constantly on. Boot took over 30 Min. My first
>> > thought
>> > was Virus!!, but some of the symptoms were more hardware. I couldn't
>> > get to
>> > the back-up. after over a day of frustration and two restore attempts,
>> > I
>> > started getting a series of "File Corrupted" error signals. I finally
>> > found
>> > a bootable disc that let me get to the Windows back-up files. The first
>> > step
>> > back was no good (Remember how long this took to determine) but the
>> > second
>> > worked.
>> > Checking after recovery showed that the bulk of my data (Mail,
>> > technical
>> > calculations, etc) were OK. some recently installed Apps were gone, and
>> > the
>> > layout of my desktop was changed.
>> > One of the tests I did was a "Drive Fitness" test from Hitachi I was
>> > aimed
>> > at by one of you. This test took over 9 hours, but reported the C:
>> > Drive (1
>> > Tb, Hitachi) to be OK. Waiting for that took a gross amount of
>> > patience,
>> > and some faith. My thanks.
>> > I still don't know what happened. After apparent recovery, I ran a
>> > COMPLETE
>> > scan for malware, viruses, etc, using a fresh install of MS Security
>> > Essentials. That took a LOT of time, even at normal speed.
>> > Back to the recovery disc. I don't understand some comments Bob made
>> > about
>> > difficulty in making one. It is a normal step in setting up the Windows
>> > back-up system. I have just made a new one, for redundancy.
>> > Also- most of the back-up talk is about Acronis and similar programs,
>> > and
>> > the Widows set-up seems to be passed over. Why is that? It worked for
>> > me. I
>> > have Acronyms on this machine, but haven't needed it-----Yet.
>> > Thanks to all-- Bill--W4BSG
>> >
>>
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