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Re: Urgent help needed: failing hard drive
Gerald Levy
Unless you have an extended warranty from Dell, they won't give you the time of day, and it will be up to you to decide whether to replace your failing hard drive on your own. Instead of replacing the bad hard drive, you might want to consider acquiring a refurbished computer from the Texas-based Computers for the Blind organization which makes refurbished Windows 7 desktops and laptops available to blind individuals upon request for the nominal fee of $110 or $140, respectively. Because these computers come with JAWS 17 demo and NVDA already installed, as well as a bunch of other blind-friendly programs like Windows Live Mail and Jarte word processor, getting up and running again will be much easier than buying a new computer and installing everything from scratch.
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Gerald
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From: Sylvia Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 7:53 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Urgent help needed: failing hard drive Hello, I have all of my data backed up on an external so this problem doesn't seem like a total disaster. This computer is about 6.5 years old so I might have to contact Dell to find out if the drive can be replaced at all. I'm not really looking forward to having to reinstall windows but if that's going to be my best option, I'm going to ask for help. On 9/11/16, Ann Parsons <akp@sero.email> wrote: Hi all,
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Re: Urgent help needed: failing hard drive
Gerald Levy
Not necessarily. My understanding is that on some computers you cannot restore a backup image to a new local hard drive unless it is essentially identical to the old drive it is replacing. Four years ago, the hard drive on my previous Dell XP desktop failed but because it was still covered by an extended warranty,a Dell technician visited my home and replaced it free of charge with essentially the same unit, and I was able to restore all my programs and files with the help of my techie friend from the image backup I had created using Paragon Drive Backup just before the old drive died forever. I asked the Dell technician whether I would have been able to restore my programs from the image backup if I had installed a different SADA hard drive instead of the Dell unit he had installed, and he replied that this would probably not have been possible.
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Gerald
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From: Carlos Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 8:14 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Urgent help needed: failing hard drive Yes, cloning or using an image from the old drive will restore everything. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylvia" <sylvia0647@gmail.com> To: <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Urgent help needed: failing hard drive Carlos, if I image from the old drive, will I be able to transfer all of my programs over without having to reinstall them from scratch? -----Original Message----- From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Carlos Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 8:03 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Urgent help needed: failing hard drive Not everyone is technically comfortable enough to replace a hard drive. I suspect that is probably true of the majority of list members. Besides, it's not just a matter of replacing the drive. You also have to reinstall Windows or clone/image from the old drive. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edmond Nazarian via Groups.io" <gocloud84=aol.com@groups.io> To: <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Urgent help needed: failing hard drive I'd try replacing the HDD on my own. Every tech could do it easily. If
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Re: Urgent help needed: failing hard drive
Carlos
These days any worthwhile imaging or cloning software can copy locked files while still booted into Windows using the Volume Shadow service. Although it is true that to restore the image you will have to boot into something like WinPE.
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From: "Austin Pinto" <austinpinto.xaviers@gmail.com> To: <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 4:21 AM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Urgent help needed: failing hard drive i would do the following.
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Re: Urgent help needed: failing hard drive
i would do the following.
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lets say if i have a 1tb internal drive which is failing. i will get a 1tb new internal drive. the drive should be of the same size as your original drive you can get a larger new drive but the partition will only count 1tb and the remaining space will be unalocated space which you must give to respective partitions. then using external drive i will boot in win7pe or win10pe. then i will use a clone software and clone my primary failing drive to my new drive. once that is done i will remove my primary drive which is installed to sata port 0 and connect my new drive to sata port 0 and test boot. i would advise not to image or cloan your drive when you are inside windows as some files that are in use may not image or cloan properly and i have had failed restores when doing that
On 9/12/16, Carlos <carlos1106@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
What seems easy to some, may not be easy for everyone. --
search for me on facebook, google+, orkut.. austinpinto.xaviers@gmail.com follow me on twitter. austinmpinto contact me on skype. austin.pinto3
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Re: Urgent help needed: failing hard drive
Carlos
What seems easy to some, may not be easy for everyone.
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From: "Edmond Nazarian via Groups.io" <gocloud84=aol.com@groups.io> To: <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 1:20 AM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Urgent help needed: failing hard drive Yes. Installing a second hard drive is pretty easy. The main issue that they also want to transfer their content to the new hard drive.
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Re: Urgent help needed: failing hard drive
Edmond <gocloud84@...>
Yes. Installing a second hard drive is pretty easy. The main issue that they also want to transfer their content to the new hard drive.
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I personally hope they become success. By the way, if you probably want the same hard drives on Amazon here is the links. these are the same hard drives on Amazon, if you prefer: WD Blue 1TB SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 RPM 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch Desktop Hard Drive WD10EZEX) https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Cache-Desktop-Drive-WD10EZEX/dp/B0088PUEPK (My Preferred) Seagate 1TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST1000DM003 https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Desktop-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST1000DM003/dp/B005T3GRNW I think this should be your original drive, or at least a newer version.
On 9/11/2016 10:06 PM, Byron Stephens wrote:
Replacing the drive shouldn't be hard. I had someone who's good with
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Re: Urgent help needed: failing hard drive
Byron Stephens
Replacing the drive shouldn't be hard. I had someone who's good with computers just show me how to do it myself and I practiced on a junker system. Most of these connectors are very easy to figure out and fool-proof.
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From: "Carlos" <carlos1106@nyc.rr.com> To: <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Urgent help needed: failing hard drive Hi Sylvia,
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Re: A question on Filling Forms in Word Docs
Edmond <gocloud84@...>
Sorry it may effect the formatting of the document. I have a friends having almost the same issue in their workplace.
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On 9/11/2016 9:01 PM, Ashley Breger via Groups.io wrote:
The underscores are just signifying a blank. You can just get rid of them and put in the date.
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Re: A question on Filling Forms in Word Docs
The underscores are just signifying a blank. You can just get rid of them and put in the date.
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Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 11, 2016, at 10:06 PM, Rob <captinlogic@gmail.com> wrote:
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Re: Questions about system images
Carlos
Yes.
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From: "Edmond Nazarian via Groups.io" <gocloud84=aol.com@groups.io> To: <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 11:54 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Questions about system images Also, I think the free version still offers some compression.
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Re: Questions about system images
Edmond <gocloud84@...>
Also, I think the free version still offers some compression.
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On 9/11/2016 8:50 PM, Carlos wrote:
Hi Sylvia,
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Re: Questions about system images
Carlos
Hi Sylvia,
It is hard to say how much free space you will
need. It is dependant on how much data is on the drive you are trying to
image. Active@ Disk Image Lite should warn you if the drive where you are
saving the image does not have enough free space. If errors are found
which are serious enough to prevent the image from being created, Active@ Disk
Image Lite should warn you in this case as well.
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Questions about system images
Sylvia <sylvia0647@...>
Hi Carlos, I have a couple more questions about system images. When using active at disk image lite, how much space should I have available for a system image? If the program finds errors on the drive, will this affect the image in any way?
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Jonathan Moses podcast on apple Event
Matt
Well this is his team of Analyst on the Apple event . I think some might find it interesting! See link below.
http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/281867102-theblindsidepodcast-episode5.m4a
Thanks,
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Re: tasks scheduler, default tasks, and windows 10
Edmond <gocloud84@...>
As you might know, you should use the Settings app in Windows 10 to control Windows Defender in Windows 10. I am sure you are aware, but let's remind that you cannot disable, or enable automatic scanning in Windows 10's Windows Defender settings (I mean actually the Settings app) like you do in Windows 7. Fortuantely it's still possible to disable or enable the real time protection there if required.
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On 9/11/2016 8:17 PM, Gene wrote:
I would expect that such tasks would be set from within the programs
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Re: tasks scheduler, default tasks, and windows 10
Gene
I would expect that such tasks would be set from
within the programs themselves. I'm not saying that you couldn't tell from
Task Scheduler, but you would usually expect such settings to be set from within
the programs. Also, while Windows Defender may have been expanded to
included defrag and a check disk function, such were always handled by other
programs in the past. You really don't need to perform such tasks
routinely with modern systems unless you are concerned about whether you use a
laptop computer in a wreckless manner or whether an acciden has occurred.
But in the case of desktops. I wouldn't worry.
Gene
From: Melissa
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 8:57 PM
Subject: [TechTalk] tasks scheduler, default tasks, and windows
10 didn't have. I'm having trouble trying to figure out what tasks I do have.... One part tells me that I have no active tasks and no tasks have recently been run. The control panel for scheduled tasks was a lot easier to understand with earlier versions of windows. I can't make heads or tails of this one. I just wanted to make sure that I have windows defender to scan, defrag, and check disk. Wouldn't those already be set up? Any tips or resources to read would be appreciated. Melissa
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Re: FS Cast on new jaws features for jaws18
Edmond <gocloud84@...>
I do not see any impressive features.
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It was also possibleto use Windows+Volume key combination to launch JAWS if you set the option! Totally mess for a new version, and 1 SMA count.
On 9/11/2016 8:03 PM, Matt wrote:
I think some will be impressed with these new features. See link below.
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A question on Filling Forms in Word Docs
Rob <captinlogic@...>
This is a pretty basic question, but I have a form here in a .docx file. The Questions have a series of underscores after it.
Like Today's date _____ Do I get rid of the underscores or put the answer after them?
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FS Cast on new jaws features for jaws18
Matt
I think some will be impressed with these new features. See link below.
http://podcast.freedomscientific.com/FSCast/episodes/FSCast131-JAWS_18_part1.mp3
Thanks,
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Re: Active@ disk image lite
Sylvia <sylvia0647@...>
Carlos, thanks for these instructions. I’ve saved them and I’m going to attempt to create an image. I’ll let you know if I need more help.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Carlos
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 10:33 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Active@ disk image lite
Hi Sylvia,
Creating an image is fairly straight forward once you know how. You don't have to use the JAWS cursor. To create an image do the following.
1. Run Active@ Disk Image Lite.
2. Press Alt T to activate the "Tools" menu.
3. Select "Disk to Image"
4. A list of disks will be displayed. Select "Disk 0" from the list and press the Spacebar to check it.
5. Select the "Next" button.
6. A name for the folder and the drive where the image will be saved are suggested. If you want to use a different folder name or drive, use the "Browse" button to select the location.
7. Make sure the "Local or network file" radio button is selected.
8. Select the "Next" button.
9. Make sure the "Compression" radio button is set to "High" and the "Image splitting" radio button is set to "Automatic (try single file)"
10. Select the "Next" button.
11. Leave all settings in this dialog at their defaults and select the "Next" button.
12. Active@ Disk Image Lite will begin creating the image.
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