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"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message
... On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 07:48:07 -0800, Alex Clayton wrote: That would be a lot of discs but this has a BR drive so if this does work I guess I will buy a few blank BR discs. It would be nice to be able to restore this one the same as it is now since it started out life as Vista so I am assuming if I use the recovery that came with it I would be back to Vista then have to move it back to W-7 and of course load everything back. So does the create image offered here actually work in that I could pop in the discs and it would put everything back to the way it is the day I made the discs? Is there a certain kind of BR discs I need to use as in do I have to use the kind you can only write to one time? I went through this one time when I first got this, bought a blank BR disc to make another recovery disc and it was the wrong kind but I can't remember now what it was that I bought since I tossed it. Be sure you have a WRITABLE Blu-ray drive. Most computers only have a BD-ROM (i.e., read-only) drive. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) Had a hell of a time finding the info but this is what is says: Tech Specs General Device Type BD-ROM drive Enclosure Type External Interface Serial ATA Optical Storage Type DVD-Writer / BD-ROM Expansion / Connectivity Interfaces 1 x Serial ATA-150 -- "Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks." [Lazarus Long] |
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"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message
... On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 23:10:42 -0800, Alex Clayton wrote: You have to remember a few of us (like me) know little about these machines. The answer you gave me went right over my head. I had no idea I was not answering as I had no idea there was another way to open a file other than double clicking it, so the "fix" is Greek to me. I do remember that, but I also pointed out that your attitude is better than the attitude of some others :-) The stuff I was talking about and that I want you to remember is really very basic, and so your comment above leads me to suggest that you spend a week or so with an appropriate text book and your computer to learn some new stuff. Yeah, it's a PITA, but the results could be rewarding... Here are a couple of possibilities for books: Windows 7 for Dummies Windows 7 Plain & Simple (from Microsoft) I have no idea if they would be useful for you, they're just a couple of titles I have here... -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) I shall look for one of them. May save a lot of frustration later. -- Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. --Dave Barry |
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"Alex Clayton" wrote in message ... Had a hell of a time finding the info but this is what is says: BD-ROM drive DVD-Writer / BD-ROM Yeah, that won't write BlueRay, only read. |
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"Seth" wrote in message
... "Alex Clayton" wrote in message ... Had a hell of a time finding the info but this is what is says: BD-ROM drive DVD-Writer / BD-ROM Yeah, that won't write BlueRay, only read. Ok thanks, that saves me wasting time buying some blanks then. -- Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. --Dave Barry |
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"Alex Clayton" wrote:
"Seth" wrote in message ... "Alex Clayton" wrote in message ... Had a hell of a time finding the info but this is what is says: BD-ROM drive DVD-Writer / BD-ROM Yeah, that won't write BlueRay, only read. Ok thanks, that saves me wasting time buying some blanks then. It will, however, write CDs and nonBlueRay DVDs. -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ |
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??Hi, Alex.
Let me echo and amplify Gene's advice. My standard sermon goes something like this: Buy a good book and don't just spend some time reading it. INVEST more time in studying it! What you learn will pay big dividends now - and for as long as you continue to use computers, which just might be for the rest of your life. I'm an accountant, and retired at that. Not a techie of any kind. But when I got my first computer (the original TRS-80) in 1977, nobody in town knew anything about these new machines called "microcomputers". Since there was nobody that I could ask - and no newsgroups in those days - I had to learn more about computers than I ever intended, just out of self-defense. Over the next few years, I added more "stuff" to my system: floppy diskettes, a modem (300-baud mouse-ears), more and better floppies (double-sided!), a printer, and lots more. And migrated through softwa starting with Level I BASIC in ROM, then Level II, then TRS-DOS, CP/M, MS-DOS, Windows (starting with version 1.0) - and several sidetracks, like GEM and OS/2. Not trying to snow you with my own accomplishments, Alex; just illustrating that this has been a 30-year (so far) learning curve (for me) - and the end is not in sight. There will never come a point where you can relax and say, "OK, I've finally learned about computers, and now I can just coast." There will be more to learn tomorrow. But some of my most valuable learning came from Peter Norton's user manuals for the original Norton Utilities in the 1980's. They explained hard disks, for example, on a bit-by-byte level. I even learned to rebuild File Allocation Tables bit by bit after some of our many electrical storms, which always seemed to happen when the disk's read/write heads were over the directory or FAT. And I learned how to manually copy the first dozen or so tracks of the disk to the last tracks, so that I could copy them back after the storm for a quicker recovery. Thankfully, disks are far more sturdy and reliable nowadays, and I haven't had to do anything like that in a decade. But those early experiences and studying those early instruction manuals - with one hand on the book and the other on the computer - taught me a lot that I still use every day. Today's problems seem different on the surface, but their roots go back to what I learned more than 20 years ago. So, don't just go find a couple of cheap beginner's books. Buy a quality book (like the Windows Inside Out series - Windows 7 Inside Out, by MVP Ed Bott and others, from Microsoft Press, lists for $49.99 - and invest at least half a day in understanding some of it. I haven't read the Win7 Resource Kit, also from Microsoft Press, but earlier versions (for Win98, Win2K, WinXP, Vista) were worth the $50 or so that I paid for each of them. Each included a lot of information that I didn't need (how to deploy Windows in your nationwide enterprise, for example), but the other half of each book was useful enough to me to justify the full price. But, of course, just buying the books wasn't enough; I had to actually READ them. And then use them for reference when a problem arose. Spend the time (and money) now, and enjoy the dividends for the rest of your life. End of sermon. ;^} RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-9/30/10) Windows Live Mail Version 2011 (Build 15.4.3504.1109) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1 RC "Alex Clayton" wrote in message ... "Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message ... On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 23:10:42 -0800, Alex Clayton wrote: You have to remember a few of us (like me) know little about these machines. The answer you gave me went right over my head. I had no idea I was not answering as I had no idea there was another way to open a file other than double clicking it, so the "fix" is Greek to me. I do remember that, but I also pointed out that your attitude is better than the attitude of some others :-) The stuff I was talking about and that I want you to remember is really very basic, and so your comment above leads me to suggest that you spend a week or so with an appropriate text book and your computer to learn some new stuff. Yeah, it's a PITA, but the results could be rewarding... Here are a couple of possibilities for books: Windows 7 for Dummies Windows 7 Plain & Simple (from Microsoft) I have no idea if they would be useful for you, they're just a couple of titles I have here... -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) I shall look for one of them. May save a lot of frustration later. |
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On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:24:22 -0700, XS11E wrote:
"Alex Clayton" wrote: "Seth" wrote in message ... "Alex Clayton" wrote in message ... Had a hell of a time finding the info but this is what is says: BD-ROM drive DVD-Writer / BD-ROM Yeah, that won't write BlueRay, only read. Ok thanks, that saves me wasting time buying some blanks then. It will, however, write CDs and nonBlueRay DVDs. Good point, well worth mentioning explicitly :-) -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:24:22 -0700, XS11E
wrote: "Alex Clayton" wrote: "Seth" wrote in message ... "Alex Clayton" wrote in message ... Had a hell of a time finding the info but this is what is says: BD-ROM drive DVD-Writer / BD-ROM Yeah, that won't write BlueRay, only read. Ok thanks, that saves me wasting time buying some blanks then. It will, however, write CDs and nonBlueRay DVDs. Didn't he say earlier that he has something like 240 GB to back up? That would be over 50 DVD's, or nearly 650 CD's, or a single external hard drive. Yikes. -- Char Jackson |
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I'll throw in my 2 cents in-line and with snippage...
On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 22:45:05 -0600, R. C. White wrote: ??Hi, Alex. Let me echo and amplify Gene's advice. My standard sermon goes something like this: Buy a good book and don't just spend some time reading it. INVEST more time in studying it! What you learn will pay big dividends now - and for as long as you continue to use computers, which just might be for the rest of your life. Let me emphasize that one shouldn't just read the book - one should sit at the computer and do the exercises - and even the non-exercises, i.e., follow some of the other explanations by using the KB and mouse. I'm an accountant, and retired at that. Not a techie of any kind. But when I got my first computer (the original TRS-80) in 1977, nobody in town knew anything about these new machines called "microcomputers". Since there was nobody that I could ask - and no newsgroups in those days - I had to learn more about computers than I ever intended, just out of self-defense. Over the next few years, I added more "stuff" to my system: .... Not trying to snow you with my own accomplishments, Alex; just illustrating that this has been a 30-year (so far) learning curve (for me) - and the end is not in sight. There will never come a point where you can relax and say, "OK, I've finally learned about computers, and now I can just coast." There will be more to learn tomorrow. I started programming in Fortran II in late 1961 or 1962, and I agree 100% with that last sentence :-) But some of my most valuable learning came from Peter Norton's user manuals for the original Norton Utilities in the 1980's. Also some Norton published some training books back then. They were invaluable to me as well. Today's problems seem different on the surface, but their roots go back to what I learned more than 20 years ago. So, don't just go find a couple of cheap beginner's books. Buy a quality book (like the Windows Inside Out series - Windows 7 Inside Out, by MVP Ed Bott and others, from Microsoft Press, lists for $49.99 But at least do SOMETHING! But, of course, just buying the books wasn't enough; I had to actually READ them. And then use them for reference when a problem arose. Spend the time (and money) now, and enjoy the dividends for the rest of your life. End of sermon. ;^} RC End of further sermonizing :-D -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:31:46 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:
On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:24:22 -0700, XS11E wrote: "Alex Clayton" wrote: "Seth" wrote in message ... "Alex Clayton" wrote in message ... Had a hell of a time finding the info but this is what is says: BD-ROM drive DVD-Writer / BD-ROM Yeah, that won't write BlueRay, only read. Ok thanks, that saves me wasting time buying some blanks then. It will, however, write CDs and nonBlueRay DVDs. Didn't he say earlier that he has something like 240 GB to back up? That would be over 50 DVD's, or nearly 650 CD's, or a single external hard drive. Yikes. Or even 10 Blu-rays - still Yikes :-) My comment in answer to XS11E's post was for other uses of CDs and DVDs. I am not in favor of optical discs for backup, both because of the dependability of the media and because of the numbers you bring up. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:10:11 -0700, XS11E wrote:
"Alex Clayton" wrote: That was the last thing I tried after removing the software and reinstalling it failed. When I went to system restore though the only date available was that day. Apparently they have changed something in W-7. There's nothing changed, there are things that will delete restore points but the most common is that you never set any. Check that System Restore is turned on for the correct drive, the Help files will get you started. IIRC, the change went in the other direction. Doesn't Windows 7 now create a restore point automatically before most software installs? -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:57:24 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:
Save yourself a whole lot of grief and tedium by backing up to a second hard drive rather than trying to put everything on optical media. I do that, and then once a month I burn the backups to DVD and stash them in a drawer at work. Offsite storage of backups is not just for businesses. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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"R. C. White" wrote:
[lots of good comments] So, don't just go find a couple of cheap beginner's books. Buy a quality book (like the Windows Inside Out series - Windows 7 Inside Out, by MVP Ed Bott and others, from Microsoft Press, lists for $49.99 - and invest at least half a day in understanding some of it. I'll offer a slightly different suggestion: consider buying books on computer forensics. Many of them include the Peter Norton-style introduction to the "guts" of modern systems without delving into the programming interface that you're probably not interested in. An example of this type of book would be Brian Carrier's _File System Forensic Analysis_, Addison-Wesley, list price ~$60 (ouch). ISBN 978-0-321-26817-4 I perform forensic analyses at my POE, and even though I've been in the IT profession for almost fifty years I'll frequently run across gems in these books that make me say "I didn't know you could do *that*!". (If you do want to get into forensics the books are useful but nothing beats a good class...Brian's book was handed out in a SANS class I attended in July.) Joe Morris |
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"Stan Brown" wrote in message ... On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:57:24 -0600, Char Jackson wrote: Save yourself a whole lot of grief and tedium by backing up to a second hard drive rather than trying to put everything on optical media. I do that, and then once a month I burn the backups to DVD and stash them in a drawer at work. Offsite storage of backups is not just for businesses. My offsite backup is a bare hard drive that gets traded for the other one in our safety deposit box. All our digital photos, scans of important documents, etc... Takes no time to update the extra hard disk, no swapping optical media, etc... |
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"Seth" wrote in message
... My offsite backup is a bare hard drive that gets traded for the other one in our safety deposit box. All our digital photos, scans of important documents, etc... Takes no time to update the extra hard disk, no swapping optical media, etc... I used to do that, had a couple USB drives and would keep one in the safe. The problem was Wife. She would never back up her stuff and several times lost something. I finally bought her a Carbonite sub. Worked so well I bought one for me too. I still keep a drive with important stuff but the Carbonite is great when we get a new computer or I have to format hers. Just tell it to reload everything and it does. -- The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for. Will Rogers |
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