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    Windows 8 What DOESN"T Work in Windows 8

    Full Format is garbage When Full formatting a 16GB thumbdrive using FAT32 with default allocation size, the format takes 33 minutes and 24 seconds (Same as Windows 7) Windows XP-SP2 or SP3 takes 22 seconds to Full Format the same drive the exact same way What did YOU find broken or slower...
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    Windows 7 Locking a drive letter

    Hi: I run the backup program, SyncBackSE which among other things backs up files on a thumbdrive. SyncBackSE has been configured to see the thumbdrive as F: but occasionally Windows decides to name it G: and SyncBackSE then fails. Is there a way to tell Windows to lock it to F:? Thanks. Pete
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    Windows 7 Can't boot from DVD

    I just now installed Windows 7 on my laptop. I now want to boot from an Ubuntu live CD so I can create a bootable thumbdrive. I need functionality I can only get if I boot directly from the CD (rather than from an ISO on my hard drive, say). But it won't let me boot from the DVD. When I try...
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    Windows 7 New Win7 PC, does not let me safely remove media

    My icon for safely remove media is in the info bar, if shows what I have plugged in, but it has never disabled a thumbdrive (lite stays on thumb drives) even after I click to remove. Any suggestions? Alan
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    Windows 7 Windows 7, Ghost and Sysprep.

    I could use some advice on using preparing a Windows 7 Pro image using Ghost GSS 2.5. I have downloaded a demo of GSS 2.5 to test. I have used BartPE and Ghost 8.3 to image hundreds of machines running XP Pro for years without fail, but this Windows 7 process has my head spinning. Am I forced...
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    Windows 7 Areca Raid Install Woes...

    Trying to install Windows 7 with an Areca 1210 controller. I have XP Pro currently, never an issue getting it to install other than needing to load the Areca driver. Windows 7 installer does not see my raid array, so when I try to "load driver" (the Areca Windows 7 driver), it does not find...