Recent content by steverino

I figured it out! By unchecking most of the start up programs, and then starting them up 1 by 1, I determined the problem was Avast. I uninstalled Avast, and then reinstalled. Then after re-booting I have the normal start up time. I'm assuming Avast may have been updating at the time of the...

Hello - I did search the slow start up topics, but couldn't find anything relating to a power outage. Also, I can't say 100% that this is related to the power outage. I had this same problem a couple months ago after an automatic Windows update. I restored the computer to 2 days prior and...

Thanks for the detailed explanation. I do appreciate it!

Using Disk Management, I have 4 areas for the new drive. The areas are System, C, Factory Image, which are labeled blue, and unallocated which is labeled black. If I right click on Factory Image, I have the option to extend. System and C do not have that option available. And when I right click...

Hi Bill - Thanks for the reply. I do see the added space as unallocated using the Disk Management screen. I did click through al the tabs/options, but couldn't figure out how to extend the current drive size. It would be great if you can provide some tips on how to accomplish that. Thanks!

Hello - last weekend I was trying to recover the contents of a failed hard drive to a new hard drive using Windows System Repair Disc and Windows System Image. Thanks to this forum I finally was able to successfully restore the image. Everything is working fine, but here is my question - the...

No network locations show up, and when I try to type in the network address it comes back with invalid location. So that's as far as I got. I didn't proceed with the system recovery discs as I didn't want to have to reinstall all the programs and such, but it sounds like if I do use the system...

I think I can handle that. I appreciate your help! Thanks for the thorough explanation.

Thank you fo rthe reply. 1st off, my mistake - I do have Windows 7 Pro 64. Sorry about that. I did find the Microsft page yesterday about restoring from a system image backup. Everything went as described until I had to put in the network address/location. That's where I hit the wall. When I...

Hello - I have a HP Pavilion with Windows 7 Premium 64, and have my computer back up daily, with weekly system image back ups using the Windows back up utility. This backs up to a DLink DNS 323 network storage device. Last Friday my hard drive failed, and I didn't feel too bad becuase of my back...