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I forgot to add that the Safely
Remove icon appeared and it
performed normally so I was able
to remove the 2TB drive.

Robert

Mark Twain wrote:
Don't you remember that I wanted
the 2TB expressly for the 8500 and I
already have a 1TB Seagate for the
8200:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822178107

mine is blue.

I followed your instructions but I did something wrong:

http://i65.tinypic.com/20j4ej5.jpg


it only gave options for the E and I folder and I
tried it with each with the same result.

Robert

Try creating a folder on the large 1.68TB partition.
That used to be E:, maybe the drive letter has changed ?

Whatever the drive letter of the 1.68TB output partition is,
make a folder

I:\8500_backups

Go to the I: partition with File Explorer, right-click,
select "Create, New Folder" and a new folder will be
created. While the text for the folder name is selected,
type a new name for the folder.

Windows does not like it, if you write to the "root"
of the drive. So I:\ is not the best choice
for backups. When a computer gives me flak about
this sort of thing, I make a folder I:\output
and so on. And then place the file into the output
one, as my choice. Windows doesn't mind that nearly
as much.

While you can install and use the TakeOwn context menu
entry, for smashing the permissions on the 1.68TB drive,
I hope that isn't the real reason this isn't working.

*******

If you have separate disks for backing up the two
computers, then the space management feature will
work properly. If you run out of space, the oldest
backup is discarded as a means to free up space.

Paul

Paul wrote:
Mark Twain wrote:

I followed your instructions but I did something wrong:

http://i65.tinypic.com/20j4ej5.jpg

And I can't actually see your hard drive from
here, so I don't know what the right drive
letter to use is. But you can see that
when you use Disk Management or File Explorer.

Paul

Success!!@!

I was wondering why it wasn't working.
It was because the E: drive was offline,
so I switched it online. Then it jumped
to life. That's also why it was grayed out
before.

http://i63.tinypic.com/s6kajq.jpg

Here's what's on the 1TB Seagate backup
drive for the 8200:

http://i65.tinypic.com/246rkbd.jpg

Robert

Mark Twain wrote:
Success!!@!

I was wondering why it wasn't working.
It was because the E: drive was offline,
so I switched it online. Then it jumped
to life. That's also why it was grayed out
before.

http://i63.tinypic.com/s6kajq.jpg

Here's what's on the 1TB Seagate backup
drive for the 8200:

http://i65.tinypic.com/246rkbd.jpg

Robert


So there are already at least five backups on there,
using the random naming convention. Probably room
for a few more.

Paul

Yes, I didn't quite know how to
go about naming the backups.

Here's what's on the 2TB drive:

http://i65.tinypic.com/2iar49x.jpg

Did you want me to do a image backup
on the 8200/1TB drive?

Robert

P.s. Guess what? The Safely Remove icon
came back!

Remember I was saying that what finally
solved the problem was when you found the
answer which was turning the drive back
online which is what I did.

Again you provided many links and helped
me work through it.

Is there anything else you would set up?
I have a Rescue CD but should we make a new
one? So from now on I only use the Image
backup and nothing else?

In passing, I notice other scans that Avast
has:

Smart Scan
Scan for viruses
Scan for browsers Add-ons
Scan for outdated software
Scan for network threats
Scan for performance issues

Should I run the others and
if Avast find anything let it
make changes? For example I
ran the Smart Scan and this
is what it found:

http://i66.tinypic.com/6ypcno.jpg

The Dell Update nag is still present

Many Thanks,
Robert

Well you won't believe this but
the original problem has come
back: Namely I can't eject the
2TB drive which why we turned
the drive on/off to eject it but
if I turn it offline to eject it
I probably wont be able to turn
it back on as before.

http://i64.tinypic.com/71h8b7.jpg

As you can see I closed everything
and it still gave me the message.

Robert

I installed Safely Remove again
but it would remove the 2TB either:

http://i65.tinypic.com/9s8aav.jpg

Robert

Mark Twain wrote:
Yes, I didn't quite know how to
go about naming the backups.

Here's what's on the 2TB drive:

http://i65.tinypic.com/2iar49x.jpg

Did you want me to do a image backup
on the 8200/1TB drive?

Robert

What you back up, is a function of what
you cannot afford to lose. If you want a
means of restoring the 8200 after a malware
attack, then backing it up some day might
be a good idea.

As for naming the files, it's purely up to
you, whether you prefer the "randomly" named
..mrimg files, or the "named" .mrimg files.
If you use the method recommended by Macrium,
which is random naming, then I would suggest
keeping a folder just for those, and designing your
backup XML thing to point to that folder.
Then, the folder name can be used to quickly
determine what they might be for. What the
purpose of the backups is.

Macrium allows "comments" to be added to
each backup image, but that's a damn nuisance
to do for each backup. So I prefer to use
either the filename or the foldername, to
help organize them. You have to do something
to make the files visually recognizable.

Paul

I disabled Avast and it still would not work

Robert

Mark Twain wrote:
P.s. Guess what? The Safely Remove icon
came back!

Remember I was saying that what finally
solved the problem was when you found the
answer which was turning the drive back
online which is what I did.

Again you provided many links and helped
me work through it.

Is there anything else you would set up?
I have a Rescue CD but should we make a new
one? So from now on I only use the Image
backup and nothing else?

In passing, I notice other scans that Avast
has:

Smart Scan
Scan for viruses
Scan for browsers Add-ons
Scan for outdated software
Scan for network threats
Scan for performance issues

Should I run the others and
if Avast find anything let it
make changes? For example I
ran the Smart Scan and this
is what it found:

http://i66.tinypic.com/6ypcno.jpg

The Dell Update nag is still present

Many Thanks,
Robert

I'm not all that trusting of software that
automatically repairs things. I would need to
read some articles or reviews of the product,
to understand whether such features are
positives or negatives.

If you "scan for performance", get it to give
you a report and *not* fix anything.

Even for malware, I prefer a scanning tool to give
me a name first. Just so I know how scared to be... :-)

And not all updates are absolutely essential.
Of the many hardware drivers on the computer,
most are quite stable and not in need of help.
If I was a serious 3D gamer (a new game every
week), then I would be installing every video
driver that the hardware company issued. As
new games frequently don't play right, without
the latest driver installed.

The video card on my current machine, hasn't had
a new driver for somewhere between 3 and 5 years.

The Windows 10 setup has had more video drivers
installed, because that driver is busted (throws
errors). The OS has downloaded a steady stream
of those drivers, burning up around 1GB of downloads.
But for any older, stable stuff, I no longer
worry about video card drivers.

As far as the Rescue CD goes (that nag you get
every time you start Macrium), you should test
that the CD you currently have, boots on both
machines. You don't have to do a test restore,
to make sure it is fully functional, but you
should at least see whether the computer
will boot with the CD. That's how you figure out
whether any additional work needs to be done
on the CD.

The version of CD should match the software.
I keep a Macrium 5 CD for my Macrium 5 setup.
I don't have a Macrium 6 CD. When I tested the
Macrium 6 software, to understand how it works,
I didn't need to make a CD for that setup. As I
have no intention of switching to Macrium 6. For
programs like that, I want "stability", so any .mrimg
file on the machine, I know I can open it with any
copy of Macrium 5 I have installed. Or, when I boot
a Macrium 5 CD, I know it will work with all my
Macrium 5 backups. (Sure, the software is probably
backward compatible, but I'm not taking any chances.)

Test your current CD, and make sure it boots. That's the
bare minimum you should do with new media like that.
If the CD is unreadable, and some day you need to
boot that CD, you're not going to be very happy.

Paul

Mark Twain wrote:
I installed Safely Remove again
but it would remove the 2TB either:

http://i65.tinypic.com/9s8aav.jpg

Robert

It's a popular topic.

"Handles to Transactional NTFS files blocking external USB drive removal!"

https://social.technet.microsoft.com...-drive-removal

One person traced it to their Lenovo "TVT Backup Service".

Is there still any Seagate backup software on the machine ?
Check the "Programs and Features" control panel, and see
if there is any backup software still installed (which
might also have a service running). Like maybe
a version of Acronis TIH. But you did tell me about some
Seagate software that automatically installs from the other
external drive, and maybe that software is still installed on
Windows 7.

The other item in the picture above, is Avast has a
hook on the external drive.

Paul

I agree with you about all the fix-it-everything scans
but just wanted to show you what Avast had in case
there was something that interested you.

Before I try testing the Rescue disk I would prefer to
resolve the current problem I'm having of the 2TB
and the Safely Remove icon.

I did however try it out on the 8200 by loading the
disk and then restarting the computer but nothing
happened. Should I have powered it off or changed
the boot order? I thought it would detect the CD if
working properly.

Here's whats on the CD:

http://i68.tinypic.com/2h8bg3l.jpg

Robert

I guess it is a popular topic
but I wonder why all of a sudden
its happening now with other
people?

I don't have Seagate per se but
I do have Sea Tools for Windows 1.4.0.2


Back to the question I asked earlier,
is it possible to create a desktop
Safely Remove icon to circumvent the
system tray?

Thanks
Robert