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Not really an SP, but a roll-up of the last 5 years' updates in one file. Can be integrated into a W7 SP1 disc. ARS Techinca report here. MS' blog here; uses the archaic MS Update Catalog (IE only, need to install ActiveX control).

Latest Backblaze data. HGST best again.

Much searching and reading indicates that for a long time, the ISO downloadable from MS had corrupt stuff. Apparently even brand new installs exhibit this problem, and it is not fixable by sfc or even by DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) - I know, I tried. Apparently only a...

Thanks SD.

In other news: remember I couldn't make a recovery USB drive from my W10 installation? Google said to run sfc. I did, multiple times, but consistent results are that some problems couldn't be fixed. What do I do now? Boot from my install DVD and ask it to repair?

Thanks SD. I checked it briefly, will need to read up some more. But it looks like it cannot write to a USB drive? Image to be on same physical drive? Yikes, more complications that one would like. Why is everything so complicated nowadays? At least Clonezilla is free, Acronis wants $60 (on...

A week back I met the first real, live person who was victimized by ransomware. Real-estate company. They lost 10-11 years worth of data. No backups! Employee was not even sure what happened; "I clicked on an email attachment and everything got encrypted, I don't know how". I had to tell her.

Gaaah! I knew, but forgot that Coug has the Terminator for his avatar. Hardly look at those.

BTW, I never image from within Windows, always boot from a live USB flash drive and then image. Would prefer USB3 support for the disk the image is being written to.

Thanks guys, I didn't see your posts since they were on the next page (I make that mistake sometimes). I would pose the same questions to you all that I did to Merc.

Anything that: a) is reliable for single boot and multi-boot images, and automatically backus up the boot sectors etc. and b) can restore to the same disk or another disk with different geometry (in case the original one died) would make me happy. I'm not doing anything complicated; what...

Pray enlighten me, Coug, I'm stoopid.

I'm all ears. I know Acronis has been hit & miss sometimes. Tell me which one please?

Y'all must be sick of this saga. Bear with me, almost done :) I was worried about the flaky behavior of the HDD in the caddy; managed to get hold of Lenovo, and they said caddy in the optical bay isn't supported, and so they don't have one for this model. I know other people are using a caddy...

Further research showed the caddy has a 3-position switch; position A for HP & Sony, B for Dell IBM (didn't know IBM still made laptops; did the last ones they made use SATA?) and C for others. The seller from Ali Express shipped the caddy poorly packed with no documentation. I tried all three...

Desktop: UEFI (there doesn't seem to be an option to use old BIOS) Lenovo Ideapad z580 (purchased Jan 2014): Boot Mode option is set to Legacy, not UEFI (no idea why / how, can't remember). Another oddity on the laptop; I presume this is because the HDD is sitting in the optical bay...

Oddities continue. I'm creating vaporware. The new SSD has W10. The 1TB HDD that was in the laptop HDD bay is now sitting in a carrier in the optical drive bay. The HDD was zeroed till 5% to ensure partition info etc. was wiped out, initialized in Windows Disk Management, then partitioned into...

I read that MS has been doing this since the Vista days, and also that this happens only on MBR disks. SSDs used for boot are typically under a TB. I wish I had known this; I'd have simply created a large partition first.

Clean install of W10 running on laptop. But W10 pulled some shit on me. Apparently if it is presented with an NTFS partition, it's a good boy and you get what you think you'll get. Present it a virgin disk, and it will create a 500MB partition at the beginning of the drive, put the boot files...

On the laptop, Win 8.1 transplanted to the SSD, upgraded to W10 and activated. Now have to wipe and do a clean install of W10.

AFAIR, roadforce balance values are always calculated after the wheel has been balanced in the best possible way, unless you ask for a "before" look. And AFAIK, 20+ values are a tad on the higher side; premium wheels and tyres shouldn't be exhibiting these kinds of values. IIRC, the highest on...

Just FYI, I have some additional info on this. Remember, I think all these extra partitions sprouted up when I did a recovery the way Lenovo recommends. Below info is from Minitool Partition Wizard ver. 9.1: Partition Name Capacity Used FileSys Description -------------- --------...

I doubt it does with those kinds of roadforce results. Quite a bit out of line, I would say.

Yeah, this patch Tuesday my daughter's laptop, for which I had carefully refused to install the "Get Windows 10" and "Upgrade check" updates suddenly showed Get & Install Windows 10 as an optional update. Between her need to use the laptop and my schedule, her update is still pending. I'll be...

The cheapest impact driver available on Amazon here is ~ $70, a Makita corded with all 5-star reviews. The next cheapest is a Dewalt li-Ion at ~ $264; then a Bosch 18v cordless, at ~ $420. While I'd love to have these tools, I would hardly ever use them. I've only used my US B&D drill about...

I had to install JRE in my W7 installation to use the Digital Signature Certificate for its intended purpose (another story that I still cant get it to work). So the W10 installation is now for mainstream use. The UI sucks; everything is flat, sometimes harder to see. W7 was so good in this...

Learned something today! Thanks!

You need a really firm hand on the tool to make sure the bit stays in the screw-head, no? Otherwise the head strips; I've never been able to use one like professionals do and prefer using a manual screwdriver. Of course I don't put in dozens of screws in each day.

Speaking of root canals, thankfully I haven't had one even though I'm among the older ones in this bunch here. My last visits to the dentist were 2005, then 2012 and just now. My fillings have worn off and started causing problems. I was jazzed at the place; 5 patient rooms, each pretty large...

Cool! DD, I too thought that was Handy's new car before reading. May it come true.

Is this still being used? It was all the rage back when, early '90s? I thought the company was acquired / went belly up a couple of decades ago.

Sigh. You're right SD, that's what I'll probably do. Thanks.

Thanks guys. SD, you already mentioned this earlier in this thread. I have also clean-installed W10 using a previously unused W7 Pro Technet key. My question was, can I extract the Win 8 key from the laptop, and directly clean install W10 (on the new SSD) using that key for activation? If I...

News Here. DD, let us know your experience!

Thanks Merc. Worst case I may have to use one for a clean install of W10 on the laptop.

Thanks Merc. I'm leaning towards a clean install of W10. The laptop came with W8, and was upgraded to 8.1 via MS. So I guess the product key is for 8. If I use a tool to find the W8 product key (OEM I guess), and try a clean W10 install on the new SSD using that key, is it likely to activate?

I still have one or two unused Technet keys for Win 7. I guess once the free W10 upgrade ends, these will be useful only for VMs. Yes?

Guys, I need help! I did a Windows update and then went to defrag all the partitions in prep for the move to SSD. Was surprised to see Defrag list 4 extra partitions with odd names (more later). So I go into Disk Admin, and see this: Note that all 6 unlabelled partitions have 100% free space...

There was a Whatsapp forward I got many moons ago that was deleted then and there. It's a dialogue between Trums and entrenched bureaucrats (administration & military); he keeps declaring one after the other the things he wants to do in his brash style; they keep telling him no because..., no...

New scientific study confirms the obvious: Freddie Mercury had an unparalleled singing voice

Huge number of sites imperiled by critical image-processing vulnerability

You wish! The cure you're proposing is worse than the disease! Looks like your vote helped Bernie. Good for you!

Thanks Chewy & DD.

Handy, those wheels look really sharp, really classy!

Time to upgrade daughter's W8.1 laptop to W10. I plan to, from her laptop, download the ISO or Flash-bootable version and then upgrade offline to ensure it goes smoothly. This will not be a clean install but an upgrade. At some point in the future, I may or may not do a clean install from the...

How to deal with downed power lines when in your car

AFAIK, Lexar went crappy many years ago. I have a 256 MB (yes, that's correct) Lexar Jumpdrive whose write protect switch is malfunctioning (I can't write to it in any position). Only Lexar product I bought. Rest all - flash drives, memory cards, everything has been Sandisk for the last dozen+...

Their website shows the 3400 mAH with this flashlight? :scratch: Amen. I really hate 6500k anything.

Are you having a baby?

This is a Storage Forum! I'll not come within yards of something like the stuff you're working on in this lifetime, but nevertheless find it interesting. Keep 'em coming!