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Old June 5th 21, 06:12 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Robert in CA
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Default O.T. Missing Folder/files

I was thinking the external Mrimg hd works because it
was created before I changed the battery and the
present external hd' s don't work because they were
created after I installed the battery although I still can't
believe that would cause all this. If so, Dell must have
known this would happen and is a serious design flaw.
Is Windows not genuine still an issue? If so we may need
to follow the directions step by step in the link you gave.

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/e...genuine-issues

As it stands I have the 1TB hd working and #3hd was also
working. So I have at least (1) backup hd for the 8500. I
haven't tested the 780 clones other than booting them after
cloning until the desktop appeared. So I'm assuming they are OK.

The 3rd picture is the 1TB hd in the 8500 with the 2TB Western
Digital external hd connected to it via USB cord with the 8500
Mrimgs on it. I don't know whether they are GPT disks or not
but there's not a thing wrong with either of these two hd's.

Speaking of folder/files I expected the partitions to copy exactly
and that I wouldn't have to resize them. That's why I didn't do it.
So I'm wondering if the 780 clones also have the 900GB of unused
space and I wonder if that could be somehow related to its not
connecting?

Before we start any procedure just which hd are we talking about
doing this to? #4 ? which didn't even finish the Rescue CD because
there was no OS and it wouldn't let me enter one and I had to
emergency power off ? I don't like messing around with the 8500
and doing these emergency power off's when I have no other way
to shut it off. Its not worth the risk of permanent damage to the
8500. One of these times I won't be able to get it back.

So lets be clear on which hd your speaking of and I want a way to
shut it down without me having to press the power button or powering
off the surge protector because I'm in a loop or there no other way
to turn it off.

Robert



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