O.T. Slow Start-up

How do I determine if FF is using more than
2GB of Ram? No FF is not struggling unless
I open a news story then it struggles.

I disabled the Bluetooth Device (Personal Area
Network) but it won't let me disable the Bluetooth
Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI)

http://i68.tinypic.com/x2kpi1.jpg

http://i64.tinypic.com/14jx2z7.jpg

I will try a reboot


Robert

Rebooted, and it's doing the same thing.

Now why should this of happened out of
the blue when it was working fine with
no problems?

My bandwidth shouldn't be a problem
because it wasn't previously and we've
proven it's not the .NET

In fact, I can think of nothing that I
have done that would have caused this?

My 8500 is a quad core? really?
'If' I can get the 8500 up and connected
again maybe I should do a Mrimg install?
See if that helps,..

What do you think ?

Robert

I've tried twice and now when I try to start
troubleshooting it says 'A problem is preventing
the toubleshooter from starting'.

It's not getting better

Robert

Also it's bypassing the screen where it flashes
the type of boot you want but goes directly to
the Windows logo then sign-on page. So it's
Directly to the Windows page.

Also it still doesn't play the signoff sound and
I have to force it.


Robert

If I can't connect this time
(this is getting tedious) then
I think I'll use the hammer and
install the spare HD. I'm all
for learning but it's very
frustrating when I can't even
connect and now troubleshooter
won't work which was my only way of
connecting previously. Actually,
I shouldn't even need to use it
to connect because I didn't
previously but all of a sudden I
got this connectivity issue?

Robert

its gone from bad to worst.

I put the spare 2TB HD in and
it came back with this:

Windows Boot Manager

Windows failed to start. A recent
hardware or software change might
the cause. To fix the problem:

1. Insert Windows installation disk
(they didn't provide any just utilities)
2. choose your language settings, and
then click 'next'
3. Click 'repair your computer.'

If you do not have this disk, contact
your system administrator or computer
manufacturer for assistance. (it would
be nice if they just included the disk)

Status: 0xc000000e

Info: The boost selection failed because
a required device is in accessible.

So will put the other HD bnack in and cross
my fingers.

Oh it seems my keyboard is the bluetooth


Robert

I tried to load the Rescue disk and it did
come up but when searching for Mrimgs the
folder was empty !?!! Now I know for a fact
that I did mrimg backups for both the 8500
and the 780 on the first of the month.

So I re-installed the old drive and it's at
least on the desktop but so far no connection.
I think maybe it was a mistake disabling the
bluetooth because now it won't let me enable
it.

Everything here is getting worst not better
and how in the hell do I loose a HD and all my
Mrimg files and loose my internet connection
when all was fine a week ago?

Robert

I re-installed the HD and it came up
so will now create a new Mrimg backup
file on the external HD and will Clone
the 2TB spare again.

I'm not shutting down again till we resolve
some issues about whats causing this.

It's been very frustrating doing this
and I prefer to just get everything up
and running again which was the purpose
behind buying the external HD and spare
HD so I wouldn't have to spend hours/days
trying to get my computer up and running.

I'm all for learning but this is not a good
case for doing so. I would rather just do a
Mrimg, or swamp drives instead of trying to
figure out something that is beyond me...

Robert

This has popped up a few times:

http://i66.tinypic.com/2j2xb1s.jpg

I completed a new Mrimg backup:

http://i63.tinypic.com/rrscn7.jpg

I then connected the 2TB external
spare via USB but the 8500 doesn't
see it.

So I have to wait till I reboot or
shutdown to remove the USB safely.

Thoughts/Suggestions?
Robert

Mark Twain wrote:
This has popped up a few times:

http://i66.tinypic.com/2j2xb1s.jpg

I completed a new Mrimg backup:

http://i63.tinypic.com/rrscn7.jpg

I then connected the 2TB external
spare via USB but the 8500 doesn't
see it.

So I have to wait till I reboot or
shutdown to remove the USB safely.

Thoughts/Suggestions?
Robert

If files go missing, that can be ransomware.

If Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit won't start,
that would be "suspicious". Especially if
it worked before.

The 2TB drive that you "cannot see", you
need to visit Disk Management and put it
Online again. I would hope that the online/offline
status, would not affect the ability of the
disk to boot. I don't really know how the
online/offline status of USB disks is tracked.
I would hope the hosting OS is the thing
keeping track of the status, and nothing
on the drive itself is affected.

You can disconnect the infected drive, remove
the other drive from its USB enclosure (the one
that has a C: on it for emergencies), then
boot that drive. If it does not start,
it may offer to do boot repair. Or, maybe
if you have a recovery CD, there is a
boot repair option in there ? I don't end up
doing too many boot repairs here, so I don't
recollect all the various options for getting
there.

This site has many tutorials. There are multiple
pages of tutorials that start with the letter "S".

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials

"Startup Repair" - you can boot from a CD and use the
item shown, to repair the C: and setup on the hard
disk connected at the moment.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...air.html?ltr=S

Paul

I finally found my Mrimg files;

http://i63.tinypic.com/23vmgk5.jpg

this is where it said they were going:

http://i63.tinypic.com/258sbol.jpg

I went into computer management but it
shows nothing.

All HD's are bootable, so the 2TB Seagate
should work.

The only other HD is my 2TB WD (which I
use as my primary external HD backup for
Mrimgs for the 8500) because I didn't like
the noise (remember?)

The only other 2TB HD is a spare for the 780
which is also bootable.

Robert

Here's computer management:

http://i65.tinypic.com/14mbfch.jpg

Robert

what was that alternate command you gave me
awhile back to safely remove from the USB port?

Could we not do that then reset it then clone the
2TB Seagate spare drive? I would rather not put
more drives at risk especially one where all my
Mrimgs reside until we know a little more
of whats causing the problem.


Robert

As far as Start-up repair,...
Dell only provided two disks
with the 8500.

Drivers and Documentation (monitor)

device drivers
setup guide
users guide
Dell display Manager

Drivers and Utilities

(it says, Use this disk only to
reinstall the software already
installed on your computer)

device drivers
Utilities

So I don't know how to proceed
with a problem that came out of
nowhere and now one HD doesn't
respond?

Robert

Mark Twain wrote:
what was that alternate command you gave me
awhile back to safely remove from the USB port?

Could we not do that then reset it then clone the
2TB Seagate spare drive? I would rather not put
more drives at risk especially one where all my
Mrimgs reside until we know a little more
of whats causing the problem.


Robert

You had a program with a name like USB_Safely_Remove. One
of your icons on the desktop has a name like that. I think
you were testing that, back when one of the drives
was showing NTFS TXF transactional write activity.
And using Disk Management and using the Offline
option, as the only way to stop the TXF from
happening.

One thing that concerns me in the three pictures,
that I don't understand, is you've plugged in the
USB drive, and there is a partition called "OS"
and it has the drive letter F: . But the USB card
reader in the front of the computer, also has
drive letters like F: , G: , and so on.

http://i63.tinypic.com/23vmgk5.jpg July backup

http://i63.tinypic.com/258sbol.jpg XML backup definitions

http://i65.tinypic.com/14mbfch.jpg Overlapping F: definition ???
F: not present, no disk row for it

Now, I don't know if that's causing the USB
drive to have this ("cannot remove") problem or not.
I understand that if no media is plugged into the
card reader, then no drive letter is present in the
system. But if the USB card reader is assigned letters,
and they're the same letters as an actual hard
drive plugged into USB, maybe it is getting
confused ?

At the very least, you could do part of the
solution at the bottom posting of this thread.
The person used Disk Management and moves
the card reader letters to a place they won't
(immediately) conflict.

http://superuser.com/questions/34211...drives-letters

He changed his "F,G,H,I" to "M,N,O,P".

The interface is in Disk Management, and you can
change drive letters in the menu for a partition
(right-click, "Change drive letters").

*******

As the moment, I could see you using the emergency
drive, to do a restore to the (infected) system
drive. I don't know whether I'd be cloning anything
right now. Maybe the problem with the 2TB that holds
your emergency OS and your July2016 backups, is that
there is a drive letter conflict. That's all I
see of interest in the pictures right now.

Paul