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Hi guys, I need some help! I have win 8.1. I was watching a 14 sec video on BBC, with Facebook and a handful of other windows open when I got a screen (picture attached) that said Aptio setup utility. I wasn't sure what it was so I powered off my computer. I turned it back on and rather than...

will i lose my data when i install windows.iso using Media Tool?

Hello. I do a lot of cloning on all my machines, so far so good. I recently planned ahead and got a new laptop, to be able to go to W-11. Of course, I got one with Secure Boot. I am unable to do a clone any more as Acronis tries to boot from its USB media disk. I succeeded in getting rid of...

Original release date: August 31, 2021 Summary Immediate Actions You Can Take Now to Protect Against Ransomware • Make an offline backup of your data. • Do not click on Link Removed. • If you use RDP, secure and monitor it. • Link Removed your OS and software. • Use Link Removed. • Use Link...

Original release date: May 11, 2021 Summary This Advisory uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK®) framework, Version 9. See the ATT&CK for Enterprise for all referenced threat actor tactics and techniques. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...

I have two Western Digital externals I use for frequent back-ups. I noticed recently, they both have a folder named $RECYCLE.BIN in caps as shown. Last time I shifted some files around and emptied folders, I went to remove (eject) the drives, using the icon in "show hidden icons" on the taskbar...

Hello. I needed to reinstall Windows so I made two backups of my computer and did a clean install. When I restored my files I realized a lot of them had been encrypted by me in the past using the folder/file properties dialog box and selecting the encrypt checkbox and apply to all sub-items...

Original release date: February 18, 2020 | Last revised: June 30, 2020 Summary Note: This Activity Alert uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK™) framework. See the MITRE ATT&CK for Enterprise and Link Removed frameworks for all referenced threat actor...

Original release date: February 18, 2020 Summary Note: This Activity Alert uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK™) framework. See the MITRE ATT&CK for Enterprise and Link Removed frameworks for all referenced threat actor techniques and mitigations. CISA...

After replacement of a harddisk in my NAS I want to shovel back about 1 TB files from my PC win10 64 bit to it. Tried it first with robocopy. File transfers ended when some mp4, some tif files were to be copied. Error message - Other app using them. Resource monitor showed no handles to these...

Backblaze online was rated very good but FREE online backup service like ZOOLZ is much more better with 100gb free service. Zoolz has a great user interface and backups all devices connected to your computer. Backblaze has an extremely poor user interface especially in selecting or de-selecting...

I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my HDD and it asked me to format full drive. So, I backed up my data on my friend's drive and formatted mine and installed Ubuntu but then I came up to a point where I couldn't work on Ubuntu any more. So, I decided to reinstall Windows back. So, I booted in using my...

Hello: I have a HP laptop (G60 235DX) and ~3 times over the past 6 months when I pressed the power button to turn on the computer, a message came on the screen that said that the computer was unable to start and that the solution(s) to solve the problem(s) would be sought to provide me an...

I moved files onto an external disk. During the move, the data suddenly vanished. It was nowhere. Not on the target drive, not on the origin. What happened? How do I get the data back?

Hi All, Good Day. I have a user which hard disk falling soon, and I have backed the data, but however the come of the pst is had error opening and SCANPST can't repair it, during the file consistency check it failed and get "An unexpected error prevented access to this file. Use a disk error...

I have Microsoft OneDrive on all three of my computers. On one computer the drives are up-to-date as this is the platform that the files are worked on. The other two platforms have the OneDrive folders on them, but they are older versions. It seems that the other two platforms are using the...

Hello, I am having trouble logging into my Asus X551C Laptop Running Windows 10. I keep getting a "We can't sign into your account sign out and the sign back in" error. After a few attempts at signing in and rebooting the computer, I tried to wipe and reset the computer. After a few attempts at...

I need some help!! After I connected my portable HDD to a smart TV I lost access to the HDD when I tried to connected it to my laptop again. "F: is not accessible, access is denied" (funny ringtones) When I connected back to the smart tv I can read all the folders and files on the HDD. It looks...

I have been attempting to create a recovery flash drive but each time I try it fails with the message unable to complete – I have tried three 8 GB drives and one 16 GB, I have tried both the front and rear usb sockets on the desktop. Maybe it is significant – I have had more BSODs since I...

In the first installment of this blog series we looked at the various options at your disposal to store your app’s local data. In this post we will be looking at how that local data can be shared, both between apps and users. When an app is installed, the system creates a per-user app data...