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Replacing an HDD 3.5" USB 3.0 Enclosure

Sat, 12 Aug 2017 21:22:01 +0000

Hello,

For the last few days, my Seagate srd00f2 3.5" 3 tb hard drive would not show up on either my work laptop or my work laptop when I plugged it in (its light would not come on when plugged in). In searching the Internet, the problem seemed to be the enclosure of the hard drive, so I went out and purchased an Orico 3.5" 3.0 USB enclosure (3588C3), removed the hard drive from the Seagate enclosure, and installed it in the new one. It powers up fine now, and both laptops recognized it and installed it. But when I try to access the hard drive on either laptop, I now get the message "D:\ is not accessible. The volume does not contain a recognized file system. Please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted". When I go into Disk Management, I see what is in the image below (RAW file system instead of NTFS, and with partitions that are "unallocated". The "unallocated" is actually data that I need to access - this is not a new drive.

I've no idea what to do to be able to access the information on here, and would greatly appreciate any assistance you might be able to lend. Thanks!

"The volume does note contain a recognized file system":

http://i.imgur.com/jmsyv67.jpg

Disk Management

http://i.imgur.com/X4lswPH.jpg

Blueray player/download for macintosh

Sat, 12 Aug 2017 19:24:15 +0000

Has anyone ever download for macintosh or windows are they safe and which one is the best download.

I use both macintosh/apple and windows.

HDD defragment and installing Linux in Win XP SP3

Sat, 12 Aug 2017 07:49:03 +0000

ABOUT

HDD defragment and installing Linux in Win XP SP3

I attach two JPGs

defrag.jpg

shows my one partition c:/

defrag21.jpg shows my second smaller partition d:/

Both after I defrag them already

Where you suggest install Linux? The HDD ribbon shows sectors of HDD exist data?

In c:/ (1st picture) data take all ribbon so take all hdd, because is first partition, and hence you canNot install Linux eg 50GB area Linux partition? correct?

But You can install in second d:/ BECAUSE ALL data are initially in hdd [ribbon in picture], so easily i can create a Partition [and because is last partition?] eg 40GB and install Ubuntu 17.04 in it???? correct???

Partition create from Live DVD Ubuntu.

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WS_FTP not opening maximized

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 05:04:22 +0000

My WS_FTP won't start up maximized. It opens as a small window each time I start it up. It's getting annoying. I'm comfortable with making changes to the registry so is there some registry fix that I can perform? I'm using WS_FTP 8.02 if that matters. If you need more information, post back. Thanks in advance.

Media Player.

Mon, 07 Aug 2017 19:28:43 +0000

Would someone please care to recommend a media/video player the automatically plays any format when activated. I'm using Win10 64bit and used to be able to click on any vid or media and it would open and play, these days very few vid/med actually plays. I often get a message stating that 'This type of video is not supported' or asking me to get adobe player or I click the appropriate video and it just doesn't play.

Any ideas anyone please.

Thank you. Have a nice day.

In order to flash my BIOS I have to extract a .CAP file

Sat, 05 Aug 2017 03:58:00 +0000

I thought I coud use win zip but a little reading makes me think I was wrong. ASUS says to extract the file, rename it and

save it to a flash drive. I thought I understood the necessary steps but I seem to be missing something.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

How do I reinstall OS for Lenovo Tab 10 tablet?

Fri, 04 Aug 2017 07:48:59 +0000

Hi. I have a fairly new Lenovo Tab 10 tablet that got stuck during an update so I turned it off. Now it won't come on all the way. I get the Lenovo icon on the screen with the orange box and white letters, but that's it. I can get to the box with the factory restore/wipe cache program and run it. It wipes the cache but doesn't do the factory restore.

I've read there are ways to get the OS and put it on a laptop and install the OS from that to the tablet. Or maybe use a micro-SD card instead. I don't trust what I've seen though. I don't know how safe the ones I've seen are.

Is there a way I can do this myself? Thanks for any advice.

Here's the description from amazon.

Lenovo Tab 10 Tablet, 10.1" HD Touchscreen, Qualcomm Quad-core Processor 1.30GHz, 1GB Memory, 16GB Storage, Wifi, Bluetooth, Webcam, Up to 10 hours battery life, Android 6.0 OS

Series Lenovo TB-X103F TAB 1G+16GBL-US

Item model number ZA1U0000US

Is processor support PAE...? for installing Linux or install Linux for

Thu, 03 Aug 2017 07:30:49 +0000

I have a very old PC and want install Linux...

SONY DESKTOP 2002-2003

SONY PCV-RZ20C

MS-WINDOWS XP 2002 SP3 (UPGRADE FROM SP2)

P4 3.06Ghz 1GB RAM

P/N: 7669654

S/N: **********

Is processor support PAE...? for installing Linux or install Linux for non-pae?

I bring it to Europe from USA.

Outside label says 110V but when i opened it, inside the power supply labelled 110-240V... So works on 240V...? So far having it on 110V....

This posted and here but yet replied as of now

http://community.sony.com/t5/VAIO-Hardware-Networking/SONY-PCV-RZ20C-is-processor-support-PAE/m-p/640912#M34726

connecting HDMI PC to TV

Wed, 02 Aug 2017 02:01:55 +0000

I Have the HDMI plugged into both pc and tv. I get perfect sound on the tv from the pc, but no picture. just screen saver image.

Anyone have any ideas? Please!

location is not available

Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:34:14 +0000

i was trying to download a plugin for sony vegas, but it gave me an error message saying " C:\Users\Aaron\Desktop\clips for videos\mlg plugins is unavailable " . so i guessed it was a problem with sony vegas. i re-downloaded after effects so that i could use that instead to edit but it gave me the same message. the "mlg plugins" file was a plugin i downloaded for sony vegas and installed, but later deleted the file aswell as the "clips for videos" folder. if anyone could help me out with fixing this error i would appreciate it

Running Windows 7 from a USB Drive

Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:32:16 +0000

Hello, I'm looking for advice.

I have this HP notebook whose hard drive failed, and installing a new one is a real pain. I have to basically take the whole thing apart to get to the hard drive. (HP Sleekbook 15 - no optical drive).

Is there a way to run the operating system from an external Hard Drive? I have a Windows 7 iso and a license key. I'd need to run the OS from the usb drive. I've read it might be possible by using a Virtual Drive, but I've also read it doesn't really work out.

Can it be done successfully, and is it worth the hassle to install and run from a usb drive or should I simply sell the laptop for parts?

Thank you.

Windows 10 and Problems with Systray/Taskbar icons

Mon, 31 Jul 2017 09:42:25 +0000

I'm currently using Windows 10 Pro. I've noticed that at seemingly random times that I will lose icons in my system tray area. Whenever this happens I immediately right click the tray, bring up the settings, and click on "Select Which Icons Appear on the Taskbar" under "Notification Area".

The programs I've lost from the System Tray are listed and are set as being on, but the icon next to them is blank. The unaffected programs that are still in the System Tray are also still set to being on and they have their icons where they should on the list. Switching the button next to the affected icons from On to Off and On again does not fix the issue. Only manually starting up each program again and restarting their system tray icon options fixes them.

I've run Event Viewer after the most recent occurrence and it did not show anything odd having happened at the time.

I'm attaching a screenshot. Two of the programs in question are NVIDIA Settings and PowerChute System Tray Power Icon (my surge protector program). Hopefully someone knows what causes this to happen. It's never a set time of day when this happens. Seems to be completely random and it doesn't happen everyday either.

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Battery

Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:43:26 +0000

Should I be unplugging my battery from my asus laptop? I have it plugged in all the time

Brother HL2270DW laser printer

Sun, 16 Jul 2017 19:26:41 +0000

I cannot find paper anywhere in the printer to be causing the jams. The problem started after I tried to print an envelope, which jammed. Now it continually jams upon trying to enter the print cartridge. It does this even on a manual paper feed. Any ideas please.

Additionally this is what the manual says, and if there is a work around for this, I'd like to know as the estimate just to look at it was $100 and I don't know if it is worth it. The manual says if all the light light up a service call is needed.

HP envy 4526 setup w airport extreme

Fri, 30 Jun 2017 17:01:18 +0000

i need your help guys.

Airport extreme is connected to a zyxel router, i'm installing the printer through a windows PC with 10.

i'm assuming the router is in bridge mode, i haven't set that or the airport up myself, but the airport is just for boosting their signal.

i've logged into the zyxel router and set a static IP for the printer 192.168.1.39 - does air extreme know this aswell? or do i need to get into that also somehow to make .39 static for printer?

i've never dealt with airport extreme before

it'l work perfectly well for a day or x hours but then overnight through the windows pc the printer will show as offline and wont "wake up" when told to print via word.

it will still print when prompted to from mobile. but not through windows. so... it's like it's being assigned a new ip and windows somehow doesnt know or something?

i've been called back there 3 times now back and forth and i have absoloutely no idea what to do now.

Laptop not powering on completely

Sat, 24 Jun 2017 22:14:54 +0000

A friend just gave me an HP Pavilion dv6700 with model number dv6915nr.

The led for charging lights up. Pressing the power button gets it to turn on but only for a second. The fan spins up to full speed during this time. It then goes into a loop where it starts then shuts off every 5 seconds or so.

It's got an AND Turion X2 64 CPU, 3 gigs of PC2-5300 and nvidia graphics. Not sure which gpu it is though.

I tried reseating ram and testing with and without ram, hdd, battery. All tests yield the same result.

Any idea what could be the issue?

pink screen

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:00:58 +0000

hey guys fixing a friends laptop.... its boots up... as its about to load the desktop.... screen turns pink and theres a window that opens up... slimcleaner debug console.... and in that window it says..... warning resource_bundle.cc 255 locale_file_path.empty and a few other things like that.... and then after a few seconds it says slimcleaner plus has stop responding ... it closes and leave me with a pink screen...., im able to do atl ctrl del and that pops up ... ive tried safemode and it loaded into a blackcreen with with safemode in the each corner but nothing else loads up... ive tried F8 and repair says everything is ok ... tried restore but theres no restore points.... ive done last known working... still nothing .....

any ideas?

toshiba

windows 7 build 7601 SP1

thanks in advance

Why doesnt my processor and graphics card allow for good graphics in g

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 19:13:37 +0000

I have an Intel i7 processor and an AMD Radeon HD 5800 Series graphics card, but for some reason, I can't play graphically intensive games without putting all the setting to the minimum. Two games that have this problem are Doom 2016 and Overwatch. In the case of Doom, even with minimum settings i still experience high amounts of lag.

PRINTER OFFLINE PROBLEMS

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 06:51:32 +0000

Hi, have encountered a nerve wrecking situation with my network printers. They are showing status as offline even though my colleagues are using them fine. I tried to search on line for every possible reason and solution but been running into a brick wall.

Some basic information about my notebook:

Lenovo E460

Intel ® Core™ i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30Ghz 2.40Ghz

Installed memory (RAM) : 4.00 Gb

System Type: 64 bit Operating System, x64 based processor

Win 10 Pro

I normally does my printing to Samsung M288X and HP Photosmart 6520. I am facing the same problem for both printers.

Appreciate some guidance to resolving this.

my computer's internet cuts off at 8 o'clock exactly every day

Mon, 19 Jun 2017 23:10:54 +0000

My PC stops getting internet connection at 8:00 pm every day, i asked my dad if he put a parental control on my internet to shut off at a certain time and even called the service provider for help and they said they can't help me after a diagnosis because its a problem in my computer. i've checked countless forums and haven't found anything like this. when i try to look something up it says my connection timed out. I also checked something that showed the connection going out right after it gets to my computer. The connection before 8 is completely fine though. I don't know if this is unrelated but, sometimes the computer doesn't recognize the LAN cable in the port, and doesn't light up, but after unplugging from both sides and plugging back in multiple times it works. please help

Remaining concerns

Fri, 16 Jun 2017 07:11:37 +0000

Hi all,

So, :filtered: night and I made a colossal :filtered:-up and installed some software but did it manually around my sandbox and then just assigned it safe as well. He seemed straight and I let my guards down and trusted him ... :filtered: but okay.. I was gone 10 mins. and cave back to a machine running overdrive, I spotted webs already massively spreading and I had zero control of anything able to go online so I pulled the LAN from the socket actually, and it started to ease back a bit. I am the command line guy and not very strong on in depth GUI but I figured I would try to monitor app manager and fix times of start / stop and see if I could spot something acting suspicious and just match the company with with the tag and try by eliminating one by one... I hit a gryplaur.exe that seemed off,and didn't really think it trough, cause when I blocked it, :filtered: got crazy and when I soon after began being denied making changes to register I thought it best to run. My plan was to run for the linux distro on the other side, so I pulled out and then I wasn't really sure if to try and safeboot me back in or just remotely try and extract the data my concerns was about. But when I tried to boot back into Grub and was presented with some "root" access is delayed, please wait boxes that did :filtered: and just idled everything I got svared. Never seen that, ever. I waited, tried some things but nothing. Then I panicked, rushed to try if so could access any data somehow. Kudos to Microsoft for their DRT supplied bootkit that I knew nothing about but was able to get me accessing data from a safe drive.

I have moved the data heavy stuff and tried to collect it into smaller "piles" that are easy to handle if needed, slowly trying to isolate the windows root and was now lucky to isolate enough to just 4pass the entire partition. I really wish I hadnt, cause why kill it again and again when only the gained is the huge wait this is bound to give.

How should have acted, and how you reckon I am standing now?
What worries me most, is the linux part. I would never have guessed or thought it would spread across a boot separation, but why the :filtered: not. It is still only a software solution doing HWs works I suppose.
What do you think I can expect my linux distro ? Should I learn this one and burn it all to be safe, or what are your views?
Sorry for me probably writing like a crazy guy, I do that when a little out of it. Thanks so much guys, hoping the best. Cheers

Avast free antivirus

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 21:45:51 +0000

Since renewing my free avast, it only scans to 99%. Is there a way to correct this? Thank you

SSD 120 GIG drive

Mon, 05 Jun 2017 10:53:52 +0000

Hi Everyone I'm new here, Thanks. I have bought my first SSD drive a 120 GIG Western Digital, I'm a bit slow and lived in the past fo to long with old drives, I was after any help on what's the best way to move all my OS which is Windows 10 from my old I TB hard drive to the SSD ?? my OS is basically new and clean, do I need to defrag after it's on the SSD ?? any advice would be much appreciated, Thanks

Shaun.

sort a long numbered list with multiple lines in word

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 08:08:10 +0000

hi，

I create a long numbered list with multiple lines in Word document, like this:

1.   C
       SAMPLE1
2.   A
       SAMPLE2
3.   D
       SAMPLE3

And I want to sort them by the first line by text. So I select them and choose sort by text, they just become like this.

1.   A
2.   C
3.   D
       SAMPLE1
       SAMPLE2
       SAMPLE3

But actually I want to sort them like below.

1.   A
       SAMPLE2
2.   C
       SAMPLE1
3.   D
       SAMPLE3

How can I do this? Any ideas? Thank you !

Facebook

Mon, 29 May 2017 22:30:53 +0000

why does Facebook tell me i am in

Windows PC · Srinagar, India

2 days ago it told me i was in Saudi Arabia so i changed my password Question Am i Hacked??

Win 10 wil not see 2 Tera h/d from win 8will not boot

Sat, 27 May 2017 23:12:49 +0000

Back when MS let us upgrade to win 10 I installed on a new SS h/d. I am finally switching over to the win 10. Was having trouble trying to load both win 8 and win 10. So I unplugged the win 8 and the 2 Tera h/d that I had named win 8 data that ran on the win 8 system. I plugged in the win 10 and have done updates and started to install software. I formatted a new 2 Tera h/d and named it win 10 data. In order to transfer a lot of files I plugged in the win8 data h/d but the system would not boot up. I was told --an operating system was not found.Try disconnecting any drive that don't contain an operating system--.

I then unplugged the win8 data h/d and I was able to boot right up into the win 10 system. When I ran the win 8 system I had load most programs on the win8 data h/d. The SS h/d win8 (c drive) only had 128 gigs. In order to transfer files I installed the win8 data h/d into external h/d holder (rocket stor5411A) and was abler to transfer files. I unplugged the win10 and the win10 data h/d and plugged back in the win8 and the win8 data h/d. The system would not boot any more unless I unplugged the win8 data h/d.

The question is why can I not load the win 10 system when I have the win8 data h/d plugged in. Plus why can I not have the win 8 data plugged in when trying to load the win 8 system now?

End-of-Life Dates for Windows 10 Versions

Wed, 24 May 2017 22:57:46 +0000

I just upgraded my wife's computer to Windows 10 and I wasn't even aware there were different versions of Windows 10. Could you please let me know if I should have concern with this article in the link please? Thank you!

http://www.thundercloud.net/infoave/new/end-of-life-dates-for-windows-10-versions/

A little bit crazy...

Thu, 11 May 2017 23:01:46 +0000

I ran out yesterday and bought an RCA 42 in. Plasma flat screen TV. Model # 42PA3ORQ...
Hooked up to my home built HTPC > Gigabyte GA-990FXA UD3 mobo, AMD FX-8350 cpu, Visiontek Radeon R9 280x and 8Gb RAM. All was fine UNTIL I tried to install the latest video drivers from AMD...now I get a message onscreen that says "unsupport". I've tried playing with the resolution, no help. Tried uninstalling the drivers in Safe Mode and reinstalling a different driver, no help, I get an Error 99 that says installation cannot continue because the driver is not digitally signed my M$...always thought if it was WHQL that it should be good...

Open to ideas and suggestions to fix this issue.

Missing Operating System

Thu, 11 May 2017 01:05:12 +0000

I could use some help please. Wife went on her computer this morning and all it showed was Operating System Missing. I installed Win 10 a few months ago USB Boot Disk.

Is there any way of getting system back? Went in to try and reinstall, but did not have USB Boot option.

Registry Error

Mon, 08 May 2017 12:45:26 +0000

I'm working on a friend's PC. The brand is unfamiliar to me (EMachines), W7 operating system.. Brought it home and booted up, but no way I was getting connected to go on line. It boots up fine, but I'm thinking some kind of virus got in. I try and update, but it refuses to complete all updates. I'm getting error codes 80246005 and MFC 90.dll.

I tried to run a registry cleaner Auslogics and without success. Is it possible that the Hard Drive is shot and there's no getting it back? Also tried an System Restore and it wouldn't take.

Spilled milk on witreless keyboard attached to desktop Dell computer

Tue, 02 May 2017 21:01:58 +0000

While computer was on strawberry milk spilled in rt hand upper cornor of keyboard. Disconnected right away and dried keyboard and turned upside down to get any milk out. Looked dry Hooked back up and worked fine. Three days later computer turns on shows Dell logo and circle of dots underneath and then goes to blank gray colored monitor picture. Got new keyboard and mouse and still does the same thing. Once in a while will come on and say to recover in safe mode. I have pressed F8 but it does not have any effect on picture on monotor, still has gray screen. Why would a wireless keyboard getting wet affect a desktop computer? What can I do?

Autoplay

Sun, 23 Apr 2017 11:35:20 +0000

I'm trying to add autoplay to a Blog, but it seems not matter how I fix the code it still won't work. Could someone please take a look at this code and see where I am going wrong?

Thank you!

Never mind, solved the problem.

Dead computer. Where to start...

Sat, 22 Apr 2017 22:44:47 +0000

We have a computer that has

AMD KM3 8350 8-core cpu
Asus M5A99FX Pro w/ 4 8-gig blocks of Corsair Vengenance
2 Radeon R9 290x 4-gig video cards
4 Seagate 1-TB HDs in a raid array
Windows 7 64 pro

It had a Enermax 1350 pos PS

It now has a Corsair HX1000i PS

About 2 weeks ago it crashed. It had been unstable and we thought the bios had been

corrupted. Bought another MB and got everything switched over. Turned it on and

it ran fine for a week. He was playing Fallout 4 and *boom* it dropped like a rock.

Checked and the PS wasn't working. Did some reasearch and bought a new PS.

But after installing the new PS there is nothing that comes on but the cpu lite on the

MB but no other ones. And the fans on the case and PS spin up.

Is there any way of testing a cpu? Any ideas? We have decided that the PS must have

been failing for a while and finally gave up the ghost. I'm afraid it took out the cpu and

the video cards.

Thanx in advance. Appreciate any ideas/suggestions you have.

DISK READ ERROR

Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:56:39 +0000

Hello fellow users. I have an HP Pavillion with windows 10. last night my pc was running fine and this morning when I turned it on my screen was black and "disk read error, press ctl/alt/delete to restart" was written on the screen. When I do that it continues to return to that page, I am unable to access anything because my mouse is in my keypad and basically it is frozen in that mode.

I am thinking maybe the safe mode but how in the heck do I find that in this mode. Also, the Windows icon plus "R" does not bring up the search box or allow me to do anything.

Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks!!

Laptop repair woes

Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:56:40 +0000

Hoping that I'm posting this in the right section.

My girlfriend bought an HP laptop back in May of last year. It stopped powering on a couple months later and had to be sent in for repair (under warranty). They changed the motherboard and it worked fine. Just last month the same problem happened again and we sent it in again (still under warranty). This time they changed the battery as that's what they claimed the problem was. When I went to pick it up after repair (Geek Squad) they couldn't get it to power on. So it was sent back in again. When it was returned again it was working but they said the hard drive was dead and that's why it wouldn't power on.

Well HP repair center put in a new hard drive, but they kept the original one with all her data on it.

The laptop still has some problems, I think the problem is motherboard related. The sound port works only intermittently, the wifi card sometimes drops off connection and sometimes it has trouble with plugging in the power cord and charging.

Any idea if it's really possible that a completely dead hard drive could really cause this problem?

Also is it legal for HP to keep the original hard drive with her data? They said they can do data recover for $2000 but that it's not possible for me to do it. She bought the computer and owns it out right, how is the hard drive their "property"?

Foxit reader

Wed, 19 Apr 2017 07:31:16 +0000

I have a really old version of foxit reader, 5.1. How do I update to the most current version? Uninstall and download the current version or just download over the old one? I have an asus windows 10 laptop. Thanks in advance for any help

Set as background.

Mon, 17 Apr 2017 12:31:23 +0000

Hi everyone, happy Easter.

I have two PCs running side by side. I work on the main PC and run supporting instructional material on the other. I like to have a different picture as a background on both PCs, at the moment I have a Steam-punk airship. When I select a picture from the internet and 'set it' as a background it also appears on the other PC without any action on my part. Bizarre!

Can anyone tell me how to prevent this from happening please? I'd like to have two different background pictures.

Thank you and have a nice day.

Factory reset for Lenovo Tab 10 tablet wont work

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 07:54:11 +0000

I have a fairly new Lenovo Tab 10 tablet (two months) that said it needed an update so I started it going. It seemed to freeze, so I powered it off and turned it back on, but now it wont come on all the way. I just get a black screen and a window that says "Unfortunately system UI has stopped". It turns itself off over and over, coming back on with this same message appearing. I tried to do a factory reset, but all that happens is it clears it but never resets it. I tried to reset it by going to the Chinese language screen, where I was supposed to find some English letters, MMC, I think, to enter to reset it, but couldn't find them anywhere. What the hell did I do? Is there any way to fix this? I don't know if tablets are talked about here, so I'm sorry if I shouldn't have posted about it. Thanks for any help.

Plugged in and not charging

Wed, 12 Apr 2017 07:27:13 +0000

On the task bar of my laptop there is a gizmo which shows the charging of the laptop. And recently it started saying "92% available, plugged in and not charging. I took the battery out and reinserted it and things were charging OK. Now it's back to giving me the plugged in and not charging. What could this mean?

Video Downloader for Youtube

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 17:01:36 +0000

Can anyone recommend a video downloader to download and watch Youtube videos? I'm using Windows XP.

Avast Pro vs Malwarebytes Premium

Sun, 26 Mar 2017 15:04:16 +0000

I am using both pay programs on my computer. Getting close to renewal time.

Should I continue to pay for both?

Get rid of one and keep the other?

Is there something better than both of them?

Thanks for any info/suggestions.

Recovered files, only to be unopenable

Sun, 19 Mar 2017 13:47:44 +0000

On Thursday morning, my computer has crashed to a non-bootable state. I have made a successful reset but lost the files afterwards, on which I had to use Easeus Data Recovery Pro.

I managed to recover those files successfully, but I didn't expect that these files come as duplicates, and also, they cannot be opened. Like if they were fragmented, damaged, corrupted or what!

If anything can be done to undo the damage, it'll be fine. And afterwards I undergo a more agressive backup regime to prwvent those from happening again.

I forgot to say that my PC is a Windows 10 (Dell Inspiron 20, Model 3048)

My book E from WD--WD25001032

Thu, 16 Mar 2017 02:33:14 +0000

I use this back up h/d 2-3 times a year just to store info. I just tried to load and all I see is--$recycle.BIN. I downed utilities from WD and they do not see h/d. Any hope or is info gone and just trash it.

Subway sandwich shop free WiFi really slow. Not getting fixed.

Tue, 14 Mar 2017 03:40:27 +0000

I've been going to a Subway sandwich shop a few days a week for two years. I like to ride my bicycle there as it's near my grocery store and it has good free WiFi. Or used to. For the past two weeks it's been slow as molasses. A YouTube video takes 40 or more seconds to load and start playing and websites can take about that long to load too. They used to take just a few seconds. I use the same tablet at home and in the Chinese restaurant I go to and no problems. I tried using the free XFinity trial at the Subway and it worked fine too. They use Comcast. I checked my tablet's connection strength there and it's always says excellent. I tried a free speed test there and it wouldn't even load.

I've complained about it several times to the people working there, in a very friendly way, but nothing gets done. They say they told the manager and one said a Comcast guy was there earlier but the problem remains. I can't reach the manger as there's no e-mail address or phone number to reach him. Just the store's number. I enjoy going there and would hate to go elsewhere but this keeps going on. I never bother anybody, always buy a sandwich and a drink, tip well, clean up after myself, and a woman working there said the manager can see me sitting in the back where I always sit, using the store's security camera hanging from the ceiling, and is glad I'm there. She says she feels safer when I'm there. I do look like a retired cop, I guess.

So why doesn't the manager get the problem fixed? He's just hurting himself because any other customers who want to have free WiFi will go elsewhere. I've seen a few with laptops and tablets. Odd he's letting this drag on for so long. I wonder what's going on?

Windows 10 Flash Drive

Tue, 14 Mar 2017 03:36:46 +0000

Put in W10 Flash Drive, bit it will not boot Windows 10.

Weird behavior with Windows 10 and certain games

Tue, 07 Mar 2017 21:00:01 +0000

So I recently picked up Windows 10 after having Windows 7 64bit for a long time. I installed the OS by itself onto a new SSD and wiped clean my old hard drive (not an SSD) to use for everything not OS related. Installed Steam on it just fine and installed a few games. This new setup is using a new motherboard, CPU, and GPU as well.

It was during this time that Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands was having it's first open beta. My brothers and I installed it. They were able to run it fine. Whenever I started it my monitor would lose its signal and one of the fans inside my PC would get really loud (this occurred within a few seconds of the opening cinematic starting, so I never made it to the actual game itself). I was in a Steam voice chat with my brothers at the time and could still talk to them as it was happening but ultimately I shut the PC down and tried again after a few minutes. Same result.

The beta ended shortly thereafter and I started trying various other games in my Steam Library to see if it happened again. It did, with Rise of the Triad (the 2013 remake). This game ran just fine on my old Windows 7 PC. After making a post on the Rise of the Triad Steam forums, a user there suggested I turn off the games PhysX (it was already off by default) and run the executables in the games DirectX and Redist folders. Doing that second part fixed the game.

I thought I had solved the issue but a third game (Far Cry 2) has had the same problem come up and trying the DirectX trick didn't work this time. My Windows 7 PC was using an Nvidia GTX 670, this one is running an Nvidia GTX 1060. Both OS's are 64 bit. Latest graphics drivers installed, latest DirectX installed, etc... What causes a program launch to make the monitor lose signal and fan speed inside to increase dramatically? I'm not sure which fan it was by the way. The new CPU is an Intel i5-6500, the new mobo is an Asus Prime B250M-A.

MS Excel Starter slow to open spreadsheets

Mon, 06 Mar 2017 11:55:59 +0000

My PC, which runs on Windows 7, has MS Office Starter 2010 installed. Up until a couple of weeks ago, when you opened a spreadsheet in MS Excel Starter it came up almost straightaway. Then, for some reason, it suddenly started taking up to half a minute to show the spreadsheet. Similarly, when you close the individual spreadsheet down, it takes a long time to disappear from the screen. Anyone got any ideas as to why this might be happening? Thanks.

TV Samsung 1080P LED Help Please (No Real Life Picture) Very Strange

Sat, 04 Mar 2017 21:06:21 +0000

Hi, yes as posted above as my title, I have a 1080P Samsung 39 inch LED Television. It was just manufactured in January 2014 this year. I purchased this TV at Best Buy. Now this supposedly is a Smart TV but when I try to connect wirelessly on my TV it says it says I need a USB plugged in. Well I plugged one in got my photos and videos that were from the Internet but I still couldn't get online. Now if I need a cable for that I don't understand how it's wireless built in. Where would I plug the cable or adapter from my TV into what? I only get Wi FI that's built in to my Sony BLU-RAY Player. That's the only way I can get online on my TV is through my DVD player.

Now this is the major mystery. My 1080P Samsung LED TV has both HDMI Cables both (Gold) plugged in to both my HD Cable Box to my TV and it's from Verizon and it's the latest Cable Box btw. And the other HDMI Cable is connected to my TV to my Sony BLU-RAY player. However now get this, this is weird, My Mom and my Uncle both have Samsung TVS both LED and they both get a REAL LIFE PICTURE for their BLU-RAY player and Regular TV. And their TVS are couple of years older and they are not using any more expensive cables then I'm using. I mean gee whiz even a DVD movie that is from 1990 and another DVD movie that is from 1970, their Samsung TV gets the Real Life Picture for the movie that's not even in BLU-RAY disc and my Samsung 1080P LED that's made from this year does not even on my Regular HD Channels. I mean the quality is good but it's not True Real Life picture like my Moms and Uncles. They both have Verizon too and they both have a Samsung BLU-RAY player mine is a SONY but I know that's not it. My TV has the latest firmware, Cables, but sadly NO REAL LIFE picture.

I don't understand this I have the latest TV Firmware and no REAL LIFE PICTURE.

I would greatly appreciate any help on this issue and I will read every comment and will respond to each one when I get a chance. Sorry this is a long post. But yeah I give up on the mystery of the real life picture they my Mom and Uncle get and I don't.

I got a new TV in 2015 and it's a Samsung 40 inch 4K Ultra HD TV. I got the Clear Smooth Picture by turning on Auto Motion Plus for Samsung TVs. That's what it was all along. Wow SMH

Windows 7 Upgrade

Sat, 04 Mar 2017 18:29:51 +0000

I know I have asked this before, but before I was looking to upgrade for free. I would really like to upgrade to W7 and I was wondering where would be the best place to get Version Home Premium? I would like to spend under $100. Also I'm thinking of backing up this Vista set of files (all) on a 4GB Flash Drive, does this sound like enough space?

Restore point on win 10

Thu, 02 Mar 2017 12:58:13 +0000

I have a new laptop with a SS h/d and a 1 terr h/d.I want to make the restore point for the SS h/d © and put it on the 1 terr h/d (D). The SS h/d is only 128 gig and I try and install any programs on the D drive. Some times I have no choice but install on C drive. Would it be possible to put the restore points for the C drive on the D drive? I might be missing some thing!