I'm with you: puzzled. I would back up everything just to be sure. If it's me I would move everything to a new drive and put stuff on the old drive and monitor its performance.
With Acronis, just image the partition (c:\ and whatever else you want to include). It's a pretty straightforward process: Backup from one and restore to the other. No need to talk to MS. That's the beauty of Acronis. Pick up the file and put it on another drive.
--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Aycock" <billaycock@...> wrote:
>
> Vince--
> I have run chkdsk and got a clean result. I am still VERY puzzled.
> Can Acronis make a complete bootable transfer to a slightly smaller new
> disk, to replace the current one, and-- HOW. Do I need to talk to MS,
> because the machine "signature" will be different?
> Thanks--Bill--W4BSG
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Aycock" <billaycock@...>
> To: <simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 8:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] Re: backup and restore
>
>
> > 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@...>
> > 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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