O.T. - Connection Problem:

I tried it again:

https://postimg.org/image/efhrupx69/ - macrium

https://postimg.org/image/dgcsc868n/ - select destination

https://postimg.org/image/fup39mz57/ - destination

https://postimg.org/image/jsg19vddl/ - edit

http://postimg.org/image/b6e1vdfdr/ - finish

https://postimg.org/image/hr7cmjy8z/ - save backup

https://postimg.org/image/7jd50ou85/ - run

https://postimg.org/image/kzqkiaao3/ - full image

https://postimg.org/image/6vvhkc6sz/ - started

https://postimg.org/image/p48uyqi1p/ - complete

https://postimg.org/image/c6tj0x8s1/ - previous test file

found under 'documents' not 'My Documents' which
is where I thought I put it.

https://postimg.org/image/syw4j4i0r/

Ran Agent Ransack but every is coming up KB's?

https://postimg.org/image/5nsgsb1il/

Still don't understand how to open the virtual drive?

https://postimg.org/image/x34utwra3/

Robert

I understand now about using the virtual drive
because when I opened the drive to verify I was
still on the Win7 New OS, but when I rebooted I
went to the old OS and reconnected the external
HD and then the virtual drive option popped up.

Since the file was saved in 'documents' instead
of 'My Documents' I wanted to see if that was the
case in the previous Mrimg and sure enough the
folders were there. So it seems it does work after
all but macrium is switching the folders.

Robert

Mark Twain wrote:
I tried it again:

https://postimg.org/image/efhrupx69/ - macrium

https://postimg.org/image/dgcsc868n/ - select destination

https://postimg.org/image/fup39mz57/ - destination

https://postimg.org/image/jsg19vddl/ - edit

http://postimg.org/image/b6e1vdfdr/ - finish

https://postimg.org/image/hr7cmjy8z/ - save backup

https://postimg.org/image/7jd50ou85/ - run

https://postimg.org/image/kzqkiaao3/ - full image

https://postimg.org/image/6vvhkc6sz/ - started

https://postimg.org/image/p48uyqi1p/ - complete

https://postimg.org/image/c6tj0x8s1/ - previous test file

found under 'documents' not 'My Documents' which
is where I thought I put it.

https://postimg.org/image/syw4j4i0r/

Ran Agent Ransack but every is coming up KB's?

https://postimg.org/image/5nsgsb1il/

Still don't understand how to open the virtual drive?

https://postimg.org/image/x34utwra3/

Robert

When you do the Agent Ransack search in this
picture (with nothing in the search box), I
wanted you to click the "Size" column header,
to sort the items by size. Then, the MRIMG
is the biggest file on the computer, and
it would show up. Since this search shows *every*
file on the computer, of course you're going to
see weird stuff. Don't get distracted by the
weird stuff, and click the "Size" column.

https://postimg.org/image/5nsgsb1il/

An alternative means to search, is to use the
"Sizs (GB)" fields, which offer "greater than" and
"less than" places to type numbers. I could
ask for all the files greater than 20GB and
less than 100GB in size for example. And the
list would show it.

In this case, asking for "greater than 10GB" and
not bothering with the less than field at all,
should give just MRIMG files for your examination.

I was hoping using the sorting capability in the
display, by clicking the top of the Size
field, would give you a quick answer.

*******

To review the backup you made, and see inside it,
this article has some text...

https://askleo.com/create-backup-ima...-reflect-free/

"but I will show you one handy trick:

double-click on the mrimg file.

Reflect will run, if it’s not running already,
and will bring up a dialog box to ask you to
specify a drive letter"

Notice his drive O: is showing the contents
of the backup he made of C: . So O: shows
what is inside the backup, of C: . O: and C:
should have exactly the same directory structure
and timestamps, if the backup worked right.

He provides a video. You can play this in VLC, as
Windows Media Player may not like the format.
Scroll the movie over to 2:45 minute mark
to the section on mounting a freshly made backup.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/video.ask-l...x900_2mbps.mp4

You can get VLC here. You may have had one
of these before on your old OS too. After you
install this and allow it to assign default
file types, you should be able to double-click
the MP4 movie and play it. You can also drag and
drop the MP4 movie, into an open VLC window.

https://get.videolan.org/vlc/2.2.4/w....2.4-win32.exe

( https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ )

I'm hoping that by seeing the video,
you'll get this going. And we can rebuild
your confidence in Macrium.

HTH,
Paul

I tried using the size button but
I guess I'm not doing it right.

I followed your instructions to
review the Mrimg and mounted an
'O' drive as in the example in the
video.

https://postimg.org/image/56ppei8k5/ - O drive mounted

https://postimg.org/image/anst7iund/ - test folder

https://postimg.org/image/8ptmnxxr1/ - dll's


So it seems to work.

Only two other things, not connected;

Every time now that I connect and use
the external HD I can't safely disconnect
it and have to wait till I restart or
shutdown to remove the USB cable.

Also, I've noticed that when logging into
Outlook that I have to type the entire
email address whereas before I just typed
the first letter. No big deal but I wonder
did they change logging in to prevent hackers
or is this something on my end?

I know there's a few things still to do but
many thanks for your patience and walking me
through all of this, I appreciate it very much
and I certainly couldn't of done all of this
on my own.

Robert

Mark Twain wrote:
I tried using the size button but
I guess I'm not doing it right.

I followed your instructions to
review the Mrimg and mounted an
'O' drive as in the example in the
video.

https://postimg.org/image/56ppei8k5/ - O drive mounted

https://postimg.org/image/anst7iund/ - test folder

https://postimg.org/image/8ptmnxxr1/ - dll's


So it seems to work.

Only two other things, not connected;

Every time now that I connect and use
the external HD I can't safely disconnect
it and have to wait till I restart or
shutdown to remove the USB cable.

The evidence before was this was a
TXF NTFS problem, where transaction logging
has been enabled.

http://superuser.com/questions/51096...-safely-remove

Now, one interesting "adjustment" is to set
the external disk to "performance mode". What
that does, is allow the OS to cache outstanding
writes (which is dangerous). Your current setting
for that drive is likely to be Quick Removal - and
that setting doesn't allow a cache of writes to
build up in the OS. Anything written, is written
immediately.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/25486...ng_them.h tml

So what the Superuser individual is claiming, is that
changing your external drive setting to "Performance Mode"
from Device Manager, then using "Safely Remove" from the
notification area, will allow the drive to be unplugged
and powered off.


Also, I've noticed that when logging into
Outlook that I have to type the entire
email address whereas before I just typed
the first letter. No big deal but I wonder
did they change logging in to prevent hackers
or is this something on my end?

There are two Outlooks. Outlook2016 is a program from
Microsoft for email. It should not forget stuff.

However, if you visit Outlook.com with a web browser,
the Outlook.com site can set a cookie, remembering
the last account you logged into. Then, typing the
first letter, matches the cache the web page code
is keeping (whether it's actually a browser cache
or a Javascript feature). If you "clear all browser
history", you might lose the caching and have to
type the info in all new.

Another possibility, is when you visited Outlook.com
with your browser, you unticked a button to "keep
me logged in". Some of these webmail tools, allow
settings to prevent memorization of user details,
requiring all the details to be entered each time
the user wants to log in. This is considered a
"security feature". So perhaps you have enabled
that security feature, and the Outlook.com site
is forgetting you on purpose (as instructed).


I know there's a few things still to do but
many thanks for your patience and walking me
through all of this, I appreciate it very much
and I certainly couldn't of done all of this
on my own.

Robert

But you did it. And that's what counts.
You got it to work. Make careful notes
or keep the video around, etc.

Paul

So what the Superuser individual is claiming, is that
changing your external drive setting to "Performance Mode"
from Device Manager, then using "Safely Remove" from the
notification area, will allow the drive to be unplugged
and powered off.

I thought it was just the reverse? In any case I checked
and it's as you thought, 'Quick Removal', so I left it
because that is what he advised.

https://postimg.org/image/8ruehfn8t/ - settings

The thing is, afterwards, without doing anything but checking
I was able to safely remove the external HD.

I seem to remember un-ticking 'keep me logged in' so that's
probably it.

Robert

Now that we've verified macrium works
I'll install the rest of the programs
e.g., Word/Excel, Dell Imagining and
bring over My Documents.

Then I would like to make a Mrimg and
use it to bring the spare 2TB HD up to
date and without a connection problem.

Once that's complete,. should I leave
the 8500 as is for awhile with two OS's?

Robert

Mark Twain wrote:
Now that we've verified macrium works
I'll install the rest of the programs
e.g., Word/Excel, Dell Imagining and
bring over My Documents.

Then I would like to make a Mrimg and
use it to bring the spare 2TB HD up to
date and without a connection problem.

Once that's complete,. should I leave
the 8500 as is for awhile with two OS's?

Robert

Sure.

All it wastes is backup space, if you backup
both of them.

The old OS is sitting there, in case you
forgot your Bookmarks file, your email
files, and so on. It is still there to ease
the transition from the old to new, bring
over profile folders and so on.

Once you're happy with that, it's a matter of
"disconnecting cleanly" the BCD boot menu, so
there is no reference to the old partition.
Then the old partition can be deleted, and
the new partition expanded to fill the space.

If you don't have a copy of EasyBCD, you
can get one here. This is version 2.1 .
This is the thing that allows you to edit
the boot menu, without using "bcdedit" commands
manually. You might already have a copy.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140918...CD%202.1.0.exe

You can remove the old OS from the boot menu
right now if you want. It won't cause the
old partition to be deleted or anything.

Install EasyBCD, and see what it says the menu
looks like.

Paul

This came up on the old OS and the New Win7
Avast had a pop-up for it. So should I change
the settings to auto if I can or go ahead and
download or?

https://postimg.org/image/o5zkkt02v/

Here's my BCD settings

https://postimg.org/image/amrs2a2uf/

I think for the present until I have the New Win7
OS up and operational I'll keep both OS's.

Robert

Mark Twain wrote:
This came up on the old OS and the New Win7
Avast had a pop-up for it. So should I change
the settings to auto if I can or go ahead and
download or?

https://postimg.org/image/o5zkkt02v/

Here's my BCD settings

https://postimg.org/image/amrs2a2uf/

I think for the present until I have the New Win7
OS up and operational I'll keep both OS's.

Robert


In the second picture, you can use "Edit Boot Menu"
when the time comes.

*******

Flash appears to have gone from version 205 to 207.
On the new OS, I would set it to Auto and see
if Adobe has figured out how to do this stuff yet :-)

Using the previous link we used, I crafted this
one to get a download. For NPAPI Netscape/Firefox...

http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flas...ash_player.exe

So if you get "stuck", that will update your Flash.

Paul

Thanks for the link,. I invariably choose
the wrong one and end up catching some
malware, virus or unwanted application
and set it to auto from now on.

I tried copy/pasting 'My Documents' from
the Mrimg on the external HD to the C: on
the New Win7 User AccountMy Documents_1 but
when I checked I got this.

https://postimg.org/image/afhpdmm25/

That's because I was checking the User Account
from the Admin Account but when I went to the
User Account I could then access the files/folders.
However they aren't updated. Perhaps that was a
bad or corrupt file?

I think the best thing to do is to start fresh and
create a new Mrimg of the Old OS and put it on
the external HD and see if it contains the updated
files in 'My Documents'.

What do you think?
Robert

Mark Twain wrote:
Thanks for the link,. I invariably choose
the wrong one and end up catching some
malware, virus or unwanted application
and set it to auto from now on.

I tried copy/pasting 'My Documents' from
the Mrimg on the external HD to the C: on
the New Win7 User AccountMy Documents_1 but
when I checked I got this.

https://postimg.org/image/afhpdmm25/

That's because I was checking the User Account
from the Admin Account but when I went to the
User Account I could then access the files/folders.
However they aren't updated. Perhaps that was a
bad or corrupt file?

I think the best thing to do is to start fresh and
create a new Mrimg of the Old OS and put it on
the external HD and see if it contains the updated
files in 'My Documents'.

What do you think?
Robert



Even looking at the date stamp on the files
while using File Explorer is a start.

Just be careful that you're copying things
from the *correct* disk. With the MRIMG mounted,
you have three or four or five partitions with
the *same* (relatively speaking) content. Don't
declare an "ancient file" problem, unless you're
actually looking at a current backup.

So in that sense, yes, if you backup the verified
correct source disk, to an MRIMG, that might be a
place to start looking for verification purposes.

The Macrium mounted-volumes use a different icon
in File Explorer, and I recommend dismounting
those before you do your backup. So it will
be less confusing. The Macrium virtual disk,
should not show up in the Macrium backup
choices. Try to keep a clean experimental setup
before you begin.

*******

Some copy mechanisms re-stamp files with todays
date, so you have to be careful sometimes that
you haven't triggered a "this is a new file"
behavior. There could be a subtle difference
between

pipe.txt Nov.2, 2015 --- an old file
pipe.txt Oct.26, 2016 --- likely to be recent
pipe.txt Nov.10, 2016 --- a copy accident...
Content must be checked.
Or compare file size.

When you copy a folder from a Macrium virtual (mounted)
backup, verify that the example in the third case,
has not happened. If the File Explorer window shows
some date on the source, and a different date on the
destination, then File Explorer may not have had a
chance to do the right thing on the dates. Some care
is required if date preservation is desired. And
I don't know if Macrium has implemented this
correctly or not. For forensic purposes, examining
the Macrium virtual (mounted) volume before you
do anything with the files, is best. The act of
copying them, may upset the dates.

HTH,
Paul

How do I dismount the icons?

I'm wondering if I didn't do
the last scenario when I thought
things were OK via macrium.

The reason I say that is because
the date matched but the Mrimg
didn't have the title I gave it.

So I need to do an Mrimg to verify
Macrium will work but it seems I
need some guidance to set it up
properly.

Robert

Mark Twain wrote:
How do I dismount the icons?

I'm wondering if I didn't do
the last scenario when I thought
things were OK via macrium.

The reason I say that is because
the date matched but the Mrimg
didn't have the title I gave it.

So I need to do an Mrimg to verify
Macrium will work but it seems I
need some guidance to set it up
properly.

Robert

https://askleo.com/create-backup-ima...-reflect-free/

https://alssl.askleomedia.com/wp-con...11/unmount.png

"When you’re done, just right-click on the drive in
Windows Explorer, click on Macrium Reflect, and
click on Unmount Macrium Image."

You can see in the picture, the partition icon is "different"
for the Macrium one. That's how you know which one it is.

Paul

Another problem,..

I had this when I started to logon
to Yahoo so I didn't:

https://postimg.org/image/yvhy8bn2b/

Should I click the link for United States
or what?

I've already changed my Yahoo email
address password.

Robert