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DRG
November 8th, 2016, 12:26 PM
I will be off line and un-available for maybe a week. I have all the signs of a impending HDD failure and all the fun that comes with that. Been through this before and now I get to discover all the programs I've come to rely on that I just take for granted
Wdll
November 8th, 2016, 08:11 PM
Good luck.
Try to clone the drive before it dies. (something I do)
Imp
November 8th, 2016, 10:23 PM
Second that saves serious agro as you just switch the boot up sequence to the other drive or physically swap them.
jp10
November 8th, 2016, 10:30 PM
Russian hackers, they want your WINSPMBT secrets.
Suhiir
November 9th, 2016, 12:59 AM
Ain't it fun!
scorpio_rocks
November 9th, 2016, 07:58 AM
"Enjoy" Don - hope it goes well without too much pain.
DRG
November 11th, 2016, 05:56 PM
Got the basics back and the data was saved ( including all the game data ) but now I have to "re-discover" all the things I just used and didn't think anymore about. Right now it feels like I'm using someone else's machine........everything is just "off" a bit ( like keyboard repeat rate ). I've had this happen in the past but in the past I didn't have near the amount of information and programs to re-install.............it's going to be a long weekend
Suhiir
November 11th, 2016, 10:47 PM
Always fun.
While back the voltage regulator on my motherboard went bad and the resulting power surge fried the vid card, my storage hard drive (the SSD survived but was wiped), and CPU.
When I got it back I not only had to reinstall everything bun in a few cases remember just what the hell it was I was using in the first place.
DRG
November 12th, 2016, 12:30 AM
Always fun.
While back the voltage regulator on my motherboard went bad and the resulting power surge fried the vid card, my storage hard drive (the SSD survived but was wiped), and CPU.
When I got it back I not only had to reinstall everything bun in a few cases remember just what the hell it was I was using in the first place.


Yep, that's what I'm doing now....finding all the little things I never thought about that are now "missing". I figure about a week to get it to the point it doesn't feel like I borrowed someone else's computer. Good new the big things are intact..........it's sorting out the little details that are the PITA
geoff
November 12th, 2016, 01:12 AM
A tech show I listen to on the radio suggests using a free program called Belarc Advisor. It creates a list of every program on your computer, plus lists out all your hardware. It can also check if your security is up to date. The idea being that if you lose your drive you know what you had.

I have used it occasionally, on other computers, I think I will run it now on my current computer. Of course, I guess you would need to print out the results or save it to a USB!
troopie
November 12th, 2016, 01:59 AM
Be careful about the Win 10 updates. I ran one, and it took away almost everything but WinSpmbt, WinSpww2 and Launch.exe. I had to go back to previous version and run the parts one by one.

troopie
Wdll
November 12th, 2016, 05:28 AM
Be careful about the Win 10 updates. I ran one, and it took away almost everything but WinSpmbt, WinSpww2 and Launch.exe. I had to go back to previous version and run the parts one by one.

troopie

Unfortunately not just Windows 10. Now that MS is forcing bundling of updates/drivers for Windows 8.1 (and I think 7) and you can either install everything or nothing, I had problems with one of my laptops. The wifi just stopped being recognized (and working) and the touchpad was working on its own free will. God I hate MS.
(which is why I am trying to move to Apple).