-=PCTechTalk=- Re: D drive backup
- From: "Tech Rose - LoveBytes" <TechRose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 12:17:15 -0700
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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