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O.T. Macrium
I did a search with Agent Ransack and it
seems they are in the program files? http://i65.tinypic.com/2ppg9on.jpg http://i67.tinypic.com/1zckg47.jpg So would I choose the last xReflect 2,577 KB? Robert |
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Understood,...
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I tried it again without updating
and it still did not give me the pop-up to see folders inside. it did register the USB connection however as before. So I will reinstall macrium and then check Robert |
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Mark Twain wrote:
I did a search with Agent Ransack and it seems they are in the program files? http://i65.tinypic.com/2ppg9on.jpg http://i67.tinypic.com/1zckg47.jpg So would I choose the last xReflect 2,577 KB? Robert A check of the properties of xReflect.exe file on my install says it's "Reflect Uninstaller". Now, maybe it can run a Repair install. But I doubt it would install from scratch. The OS has a tendency to "remember things", and have a look to see if you have an MSI like this for your 6.3 version. No guarantees. C:\WINDOWS\Installer\reflect_setupv5.3.7277-x86-00.msi Macrium also keeps zipped WinPE files around on the disk, wasting a good deal of space :-) I think I've seen more than one copy on my travels. These files, can be used with more than one version of Macrium (for making rescue CDs). C:\Windows\Installer\pe10x64.zip 239,010,128 C:\Windows\Installer\pe5x64.zip 197,696,981 The download from Microsoft is larger than that, and Macrium post-processes things and ZIPs up the results. ******* When you right-click on a .msi file, the option offered is "Install". It's an installable file. In the Control Panel "Programs and Features", when you select "Repair" for a program from the program-offered menu, it can use that MSI file to re-install the program. So your machine does have archived, a good deal of useful information already. You have to look around to find it though. Takes a few searches. Some "repair" attempts fail, because the MSI was unpacked in %temp% and was subsequently erased. I've had other cases where the Programs and Features tells me the necessary file was on my RAMDisk (and the contents of the RAMdisk are lost every time the power goes off). So some MSI files are missing-in-action. But a properly installed program has the MSI put in a standard place (with a little luck). Paul |
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I checked and I couldn't find any installer files.
I also used Agent Ransack with Windows\installer as the search and it couldn't find anything. I checked Programs and Features and it doesn't offer a repair feature. I used your link and it gave me Version 6.3. 1849 again and the Version 7 pop-up is still there. Then logged onto the admin Account and found a previous version under downloads: http://i68.tinypic.com/2wfvj1e.jpg http://i67.tinypic.com/22gr5w.jpg http://i67.tinypic.com/fabino.jpg I tried the WD external HD again and it does the same thing. The pop-up which should appear saying 'view folders inside' but it doesn't. However it recognizes the USB connection. Robert |
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I think at this point the main problem I'm having
is the external HD isn't connecting properly so I can use Macrium because the 8500 doesn't see it but it recognizes the USB connection? I tried using a different port but that doesn't work either. So why isn't the 8500 seeing it? The 780 completed a Mrimg but afterward wouldn't safely remove the USB connection, so I think I would like to do another after the 8500 just to play it safe. Thanks, Robert |
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Mark Twain wrote:
I checked and I couldn't find any installer files. I also used Agent Ransack with Windows\installer as the search and it couldn't find anything. I checked Programs and Features and it doesn't offer a repair feature. I used your link and it gave me Version 6.3. 1849 again and the Version 7 pop-up is still there. Then logged onto the admin Account and found a previous version under downloads: http://i68.tinypic.com/2wfvj1e.jpg http://i67.tinypic.com/22gr5w.jpg http://i67.tinypic.com/fabino.jpg I tried the WD external HD again and it does the same thing. The pop-up which should appear saying 'view folders inside' but it doesn't. However it recognizes the USB connection. Robert Is the backup drive showing up in File Explorer ? If you go to File Explorer, My Computer (which shows all partitions and drive letters), if you click on the backup drive partition, do "Properties", "Tools", and select the Check option, what does CHKDSK say about the partition ? Is it healthy ? Do the usual set of simple tests to see if the OS is happy with the partition. I don't want to consider this a Macrium problem, unless the drive shows signs it is healthy as a hard drive. You've probably run CHKDSK on a drive before. Right ? ******* And the backup drive will *not* show up, unless you go into Disk Management, go to the row in the screen for that external drive, and change the "Offline" state to "Online". That's a regular drill at your place :-) It should be a reflex action by now :-) Verify it's actually in online state. Don't ask me why NTFS TXF keeps making that necessary, as I still don't have an answer. If I knew a way to turn off TXF, I'd have told you by now. Paul |
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Well I had a quite s night,... it started raining
and I had a power outage while I was on the computer! I was without power for 12 hours,.. and just got online after two electricians; the first rewired my outside box wrong and I had another power outage because of that. The second electrician was much more professional and got my power back up and lights working. In the process it fried my modem... luckily I had a spare. Whew,.. still haven't slept. I'll have to check out the File Explorer etc a little later today and get back to you. Thanks, Robert |
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I just found out that I have no sound from my
speakers!@ Please don't tell me these were also fried ! They are beautiful Harmon Kardon HK695 speakers: https://www.google.com/search?q=harm...eKb1Toju9sXywM I checked the fuse in the rear and it was OK but I replaced it anyway but still no sound? It seems that whatever it was really fried my speakers and modem! Do you have any suggestions? My only thought is to buy another set of speakers,.... sigh Robert Robert |
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On further checking my tuner in my main
stereo in out also and another small stereo in my front room is out. Neither of these were being used and my heater is also out. Whatever it was sure did allot of damage. Robert |
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Mark Twain wrote:
On further checking my tuner in my main stereo in out also and another small stereo in my front room is out. Neither of these were being used and my heater is also out. Whatever it was sure did allot of damage. Robert It's amazing that it got your heater. That means the event must have had a long duration, and a breaker at the substation or on your street didn't open right away during the fault. Modem/routers and stereos don't hold up too well. Stereos lack DC regulation inside. Modems have the RJ11 or coax coming into them, which is the source of trouble. Computers are a little better, as the ATX supply provides a small measure of protection. The main cap can still blow on those, but if you're lucky, the guts of the machine might survive. The ATX supply says "HiPot tested" on it, which means it will resist a common mode insult on the AC prongs, without the supply arcing over (across the transformer) inside. But generally speaking, an AC event can cause a lot of damage. To blow your heater though, that's pretty intense. A heater isn't particularly robust, but it does take a second or two for the resistance wire to get hot enough to melt and separate. I got a demo of that during a small accident in the power lab at school :-) (No, it wasn't on my bench, one of the other student teams made a wiring mistake. Oops.) Electricity takes no prisoners. Ask any lineman who has been injured on the job about that. Losing stuff to electricity sucks. I lost my stereo that way. And the electricity here, cooked my 85lb CRT monitor, and is one of the reasons I have an LCD monitor on my desk today. I build my own amp as a replacement for the lost stereo, and it has a regulator in it :-) The amps also have a feature where they disconnect the speakers when the DC rises above about 40V or so. (It's an 18V max circuit.) ******* In some places, you can actually make a claim with the power company. https://www.powercor.com.au/media/34...claim-form.pdf In others, they may insist you take up the issue with your primary insurer. If you have no house insurance, then they could be next on the list to resolve the issue. If I had a problem here, I doubt I would get much out of my power company. Those guys can barely tie their own shoes (it's a small city-wide power company, not one of the larger companies). Paul |
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Here's what happened, I had the outage as I said,
but the first electrician the park managers sent to fix the problem re-wired my outside box for 220 instead of 110. That's what fried my modem, speakers, alarm clock, mini stereo system, TV, DVD player, stereo tuner on another system. The manager wants me to make a list with replacement cost but my problem is finding another suitable TV, I have/had a Sony WEGA https://www.google.com/search?q=sony...YGZC4MF9Gty5M: but I can't find a suitable replacement? They all seem to be HD, blue ray, or Wifi,.. which would make all my DVD's useless, correct? All I want is a regular TV without all the bells and whistles and play my DVD's ( non HD, non-blue ray) The computers seems to be OK except for the modem and speakers. I did find the exact same speakers on eBay so I'll go with them and I guess I have to stick with the back-up modem because don't you have to use the one the ISP provides? If not, could you recommend one? Although I'm using a Verizon modem, and my ISP is Frontier. Back to the external HD not connecting,.. I haven't tried it again, ...obviously all this pushed it out of my mind, but will get back to it. Thoughts/suggestions? Robert |
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Mark Twain wrote:
Here's what happened, I had the outage as I said, but the first electrician the park managers sent to fix the problem re-wired my outside box for 220 instead of 110. That's what fried my modem, speakers, alarm clock, mini stereo system, TV, DVD player, stereo tuner on another system. The manager wants me to make a list with replacement cost but my problem is finding another suitable TV, I have/had a Sony WEGA https://www.google.com/search?q=sony...YGZC4MF9Gty5M: but I can't find a suitable replacement? They all seem to be HD, blue ray, or Wifi,.. which would make all my DVD's useless, correct? All I want is a regular TV without all the bells and whistles and play my DVD's ( non HD, non-blue ray) The computers seems to be OK except for the modem and speakers. I did find the exact same speakers on eBay so I'll go with them and I guess I have to stick with the back-up modem because don't you have to use the one the ISP provides? If not, could you recommend one? Although I'm using a Verizon modem, and my ISP is Frontier. Back to the external HD not connecting,.. I haven't tried it again, ...obviously all this pushed it out of my mind, but will get back to it. Thoughts/suggestions? Robert If you have the Verizon modem, you could check the part number for that on Google or Ebay, and see if a retail store carries them. My ISP had a "recommended" modem for ADSL, and I managed to buy it retail with no problem. If you're paying a rental fee to Verizon, maybe you should just get them to send you another. Their payback period on rental is two or three years, and after that, it's gravy for them. Providing another modem for one that has "mysteriously" fried should not be a problem. One reason for resolving the issue with Verizon themselves, is when you close your Verizon account, you send the rental modem back. There is a fee if you fail to return the modem. It's better to resolve the "fried" issue with them now, rather than later. As it will only cost you money later, well after your insurance-type issue is behind you and you cannot recover the funds. As for your home theater setup, it would consist of a TV and a separate optical disc player. Or, it could be a TV with an optical player in it. Maybe at this point, you don't really know whether both are blown or not. Optical players use a different laser color for each type of disc. As well as slightly different lens setup. The CD has a laser, DVD has its laser, and BD has a blue laser. It should be possible to get a standalone DVD player for maybe $50-$100 (allowing for inflation). Some TVs include an optical player right in the unit, but then if something happens to it, you don't really want to toss the TV set. If the TV that replaces your WEGA has "more" stuff on it, it's stuff you can ignore. At the very least, the TV must have the correct connector on the back, for the output the player makes. Your old player might have been Channel 3 RF modulated (coax cable or cable plus balun to antenna terminals). Newer players or TV sets might use HDMI for the signal. So you do want to inspect how the signal gets from the player to the TV set. If you are replacing both at the same time, then HDMI is good enough. You can also do YPrPb (looks like RGB RCA connectors), plus two RCA connectors for left and right audio. My $50 DVD player, it only has S-Video on it (four pin DIN), and I run that into a Channel 3 modulator from Radio Shack. But that is the absolute crudest way of getting a signal into a TV set. HDMI would be a *lot* better. Find model numbers for your stuff. Look at the cabling between them, figure out what standard is being used. If you look at the back of this standalone DVD player, it has composite video, L&R audio (which you can feed to a TV modulator for usage with old TV sets on Channel 3). But the box also has an HDMI connector, and HDMI can carry both video and audio at 1920x1080. https://www.amazon.com/LG-DP132H-Reg.../dp/B06W557RRR You want a TV set with that kind of native resolution, as then there is a one-to-one mapping between source signal and pixels on the screen. A 1366x768 screen might not look as good. I think you have a standalone player, but you know these details and I don't. If you originally had a TV and a separate player, then that's what they should provide as replacements. If the TV has Wifi, don't use it. If the TV has USB, you don't care. If the TV has HDMI... then mate that in your mind, to the HDMI connector on the back of the DVD player you select. If you were running your TV sound, through your speakers, then you would want an L&R set of RCA audio outputs on the back, which you could run to the mixer panel on the back of the stereo receiver. You don't have to suffer with TV speakers if you don't want to, and with a $50 DVD player, should be able to run the HDMI to the TV with video, and a couple RCA plugs for connection of audio to your stereo. I used to have five different devices connected to the back of my stereo, and buttons on my stereo remote, would select the input source I wanted (CD player, tuner, computer output :-) etc). When my stereo blew, I lost all that, and no longer have a mixer. So everything flows through a computer, to my audio stuff. I just don't have FM radio any more (although my latest TV tuner card can do that, and it has a separate connector for FM radio antenna input). Look at the wiring on the back, and you can work it out. If both standalone player was blown and the TV is gone, then you get to replace them with HDMI wiring, as it's pretty compact. If the player is going to be 100 feet from the TV set, then that's another matter (the cabling doesn't go an infinite distance). Paul |
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I know all of this is way off topic but I appreciate
your guidance. I didn't close my Verizon account they switched all their customers to Frontier and I didn't have Internet access for 3 months because they did this. Oh I know the TV is fried,.. it won't turn on or the DVD player but other parts of my stereo do turn on. In passing, my refrigerator also took a hit and has to be replaced. This guy sure did a number on me. I've seen the HDMI which means I also have to have a DVD player with HDMI connections but wouldn't that render all my regular non HD DVD's useless? If so, then they need to replace all my DVD's as well. I do like Sony TV's at least they use to be the best but I'm having trouble finding anything. Here's one I found. https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...l_2q2z8nmtbj_e this was my DVD player: https://www.google.com/search?q=sony...WfX-GEUAA2GhM: I don't run my TV through speakers, I just use the speakers in the TV itself. So if I understand you I have to match a TV with HDMI connection with a player with HDMI connections, correct? Thanks, Robert |
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I just measured my TV and the screen 21 inches
diagonally, 17 inches wide and 12 3/4 high. The TV itself is 24 1/4 inches wide, 15 3/4 inches high, I don't seem to be able to find any Sony's in this range. Everyone is making bigger and bigger TV's now. So what am I to do? Robert |
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