computer help thread

[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by platostotal

they should be in the same folder, once restore is done they should be the old files in there, but if the folder is empty or unchanged try a system restore point or the software bdc talked about, but if the hdd is full or near full they may have been overwritten, but if they were in the 'my pictures' folder you could do the right click 'previous state' on that folder and see if there is retsore points on just the folder.

Thanks for that ill have a look when i get home from work ill let you know how it works out

[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by platostotal

they should be in the same folder, once restore is done they should be the old files in there, but if the folder is empty or unchanged try a system restore point or the software bdc talked about, but if the hdd is full or near full they may have been overwritten, but if they were in the 'my pictures' folder you could do the right click 'previous state' on that folder and see if there is retsore points on just the folder.

Just a quick update all the pictures are back. I can never thank both of you enough

[platostotal]

I got home and read that, great that they're back, glad to help out, nice when tech stuff actually works.

[bdc]

I've finally cloned my hard drive today and it went well and smoothly (took about 10 mins with WD Acronis software).

I am now wondering if I need to align my drive?

It's a Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA III (WD5000AAKX)
It's not supposed to be an advanced format drive but I'm not certain...the WD alignment software from their site tells me everything's aligned and the drive is not advanced format...

However I read this:

How to: Properly re-align your SSD/HDD partitions

Ran AS SSD and got bad (something with K4 and that's what pointed me to advanced format drive)...

Can anyone please help before I do all the things described in the article...

[bdc]

Btw the cloning software had a step that asked me to check the label to see if it was advanced format but there was nothing on it..

I suppose it had cloned it differently if I had chosen advanced format?

[bdc]

Fixed!

Used the free Partition Wizard Mini-Tool.

Align All Partitions ? MiniTool Partition Wizard help.

Now I get an OK in the benchmark test from AS SSD!

[bdc]

Noticed that in the Windows Experience Index my hard drive went from 5,7 to 5.9...so guess this hdd is a bit better.

[bdc]

Had to clone my drive again (luckily I still had my old one) because of a Windows update I did last week that killed my Windows setup...luckily everything is back to normal now.

I also got a "new" 20" 16:9 monitor (Dell 2009WT) for 10 Euro at work.
Decided to celebrate with a Windows 7 wallpaper.

[Prince_Vajda]

Ever since a recent automatic official Windows 7 and Internet Explorer update, I get disconnected from this forum, Facebook, ...

I write a post, I click on "Submit Reply", bang! - "You're not logged in" or something like that... I'm browsing the different threads for a few minutes, bang! - again.

Any ideas?

Greetings!

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Prince_Vajda

Ever since a recent automatic official Windows 7 and Internet Explorer update, I get disconnected from this forum, Facebook, ...

I write a post, I click on "Submit Reply", bang! - "You're not logged in" or something like that... I'm browsing the different threads for a few minutes, bang! - again.

Any ideas?

Greetings!

One option would be to clear your internet cache and delete your cookies then log back in, as that will probably sort it. If not, it could be that the update effected your firewall or network settings somehow (but I'm guessing here).

Another piece of advice: Stay away from Internet Explorer, it's shit!