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I'm not sure if somebody else had this problem before, but for me this keeps happening every couple of weeks. It happened for the third time recently. Out of the blue on shutdown Windows says that it's installing updates with the typical counter of percent complete going up. This is weird for a...

Hi A friend of mine called and said she can't log into her computer. When she enters her password she get a message that says.... The User Profile Service failed the logon I got her as far as logging in in safe mode which works, but after that I'm stuck. She apparently doesn't have a second...

Hi While I'm somewhat undecided about how I'm going to update to Windows 8.1, I started wondering about how the update process works. The last thing I do before I update will be to make an image of my C:\ drive, so I can experiment a little. If I just run the update from the Windows update...

I'm in the process of testing PCClone EX Lite, that came bundled with my docking station on W7, but what I'm more interested in is using it on XP, because I don't want the expense of buying another license for True Image for it. During the backup, it lists a number failed operations, either...

Hi! I'm new here. My name is John Todd. How are you? I apologize if this has been covered already. I tried the search and browsed a lot but couldn't find the answer. I think it is because I don't quite know what to ask for. Here is my problem: I need to re-image my main C:. I'm running...

I have an external hard drive which I have been using to do System Image Backup once a week on my Windows 7 computer. The backup goes to WindowsImageBackup folder. Now, I have another computer with Windows 8 Pro. I did a system image backup to the same ext. hdd. It went to the same folder...

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Hi, My company has about 10 new HP 2570p laptops. These have 128GB SSD. I have set up two of these laptops in audit mode with all drivers, updates and software configured. I then went to sysprep, selected OOBE - generalise and shutdown. The first laptop gave me a BSOD preventing Windows...

Hi, Firstly sorry for long thread but i thought it best to give as much info as possible....... I recently purchased a Barracuda ST3000DM001 HDD for use as storage within an external Thermaltake 5G USB3 enclosure. I connected it directly to one of my PC's and installed Win 7 (32bit) onto a...

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Hi guys Looking for a bit of advice on creating recovery disks. I have a Dell laptop. I am wanting to completely flatten it and start it fresh (wipe the HD / reinstall windows ect). how do i create a recovery disk that also includes all the drives? I've been in a situation before where I...

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I have discovered a strange issue with my USB ports. My external hard drive was reporting that it encountered an error and needed to be checked. I allowed Windows 8 to automatically fix the error. The wizard got about 70% done and then reported that it had failed. I then entered the...

I have an extra logical drive (separate from C: ) that holds my personal data, you know, pictures, home videos, personal documents etc. This drive, E:, has for the last year or so always shown up in explorer with red a red disk space indicator bar. (There was about 20GB of free space left)...

Hi everyone Well disaster has really struck this time. for the second time this year we have been struck by lightning! Last time it only fried my router. This time it zapped our satalite dish, our phone system, our heating system, our router, our heated outdoor cat shelter, and our electric...

When Folder Redirection is used in combination with the option "Move Content to new location" loss of data may happen if the storage where the redirected Folder are stored does not change. Link Removed

I have 5 computers to backup including one network drive. Ihave Acronis true Image 2010 which crashes my computer with the Blue screen ofdeath. Acronis true image 2013 wants you to pay for each computer and after2010 giving me the Blue screen of death I'm not so sure I trust it. So doesanyone...

Just bought new HP laptop. We like to have a recovery disk but don't know how to do it. Because windows is OEM microsoft won't help neither HP. Staples wants to get paid. Can I make one myself and how?

What is going on here? Total madness? Link Removed Link Removed First, please let me apologize for the mass of wires, general techno geek junk, and other no-no’s like a can of diet Pepsi right next to my StarTech 4-port USB3 drive bay. Once I did some extensive reading about Storage...