-=PCTechTalk=- Re: D drive backup
- From: "Tech Rose - LoveBytes" <TechRose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 13:41:12 -0700
I am 100% with you. It surely SHOULD have told you to make the copies when the
machine was turned on!
It is like having a fire extinguisher in the house, but not telling you there
is one unless you stumble across it at some time in the future.
You could easily put out a fire if you knew there was a way to do so. Duh! on
them!
They do a good job of providing a System Restore process and then forget to
tell you about it!
I would like to see a big red piece of tape over the DVD/CD drives saying...
use these to make a System Restore disk as soon as your turn on your new
machine! I also would like to see it on the opening screen when it powers up!
Maybe we should write this to all the computer manufacturer's. They have the
brains to create the system, but not the marketing skills to make them have
less work later. If the Tech Dept had to sign off on the interface you can bet
they would have that info up front!
Ok...Ok..I inhaled ...and now I am slowly exhaling...I am over having a cow
now..... lol!
Have a happy....
Rose
Las Vegas
----- Original Message -----
From: Miz ML
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 12:23 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: D drive backup
I have the restore DVD I made... What got me was that saying you had to MAKE
the restore DVD was hidden in the back of some insignificant small booklet
with no identifying matter on the front..The computer should have been set
so when you first turn it on a dialogue comes up that won't let you go
further until that is made...I didn't find out about it until weeks after I
had the computer...It's also a reformat if I have to go that route.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tech Rose - LoveBytes" <TechRose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 12:17 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: D drive backup
I suggest you ask the company who made the PC about making Cd/DVD copies of
that partition in case the hard drive should fail.
Ask Tech support..... or..have you done that and they want you to buy the
disks from them?
I personally see absolutely NO need to defrag/optimize that partition. It
is there, it is not being changed and when and if it is ever needed, the
amount of fragmentation will not stop it from doing its job. Again, this is
MY humble opinion. I think protecting this section is the manufacturer's
way of protecting the user from themselves. lol! (I am glad I have that
protection.. ha ha!)
Defragging this section will not help make anything else on the physical
hard drive run faster or slower.
Rose----- Original Message -----
From: Miz ML
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 7:47 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: D drive backup
I tried to burn to CD several times but the instalation refused to go...I
tried to copy to another place on C: and it refused to go...None of the
folders or CABS or whatever will open...Sooooooo?
----- Original Message -----
From: "GMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 8:31 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: D drive backup
Oh, so this is a manufacturer's preinstalled recovery partition (basically
the old recovery CD concept without the need for the actual CD).
As far as I know, that warning is to prevent you from making changes to
the
data on that partition, but you're not looking to do that. You only want
to
make the files contiguous (unfragmented). I don't have enough experience
with backing up those partitions, so I won't say that it can't hurt it.
Still, I don't really see any way a simple defrag could do anything to
damage the function of anything in there. Since I can't just give you a
green light without caution, I'm going to strongly suggest that you back
up
the data that's on that partition before attempting to defrag it.
If you have been following the thread for Rose's "re-organization", she
mentioned twice that she had burned the contents of hers to DVD twice,
just
to be safe. Perhaps she will see this reference and explain what she did
to
accomplish that.
Peace,
GMan
"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miz ML" <my2punkin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 1:18 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: D drive backup
> Good ideas..I am not familiar enough with the does and don'ts to know
what
> to do. D has 14% free space..the notice from defrag was it is a mess.
and
> I
> noticed when I tried to enter D that I get a message saying I can't
enter
> so
> I have no idea what is there. It says any change could prevent recovery
> latter. which bothers me. All I see are locks with the various items it
> contains--preload, recovery, tools, 1386
> just don't know quite how to handle it. or is this warning really
> relevant?.
> ml
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