Sunday, June 27, 2010

Windows 7 Strikes

That didn't take long ...

Boned Jello

I wanted to save a disk image of my new computer's C:\ Drive. Not only did Windows 7 pull this BS out of the hat (I'm the only user you twits!), it instructs me to perform a Vista fix hat doesn't exist.  That's why I don't sleep good.

6/27/2010 09:02:00 AM 8 Comments

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Unknown said...

Like the government, they are trying to "protect you" from yourself.

6/27/10, 9:43 AM
Rodger the Real King of France said...

That too .. but wtf? Not only isn't it recognizing the hard drive that's clearly there, but ... Vista?

6/27/10, 10:07 AM
leelu said...

Rodge,

Download the Clonezilla live CD image and burn it to a CD (or put it on a flash drive). Boot from it, and you can make a bit-image of your hard drive on a different drive. You can then restore the drive from the saved image if something goes awry.

http://clonezilla.org/

And, it's free.

6/27/10, 10:57 AM
Kristophr said...

Rodge: Assuming that the user does not own the machine is the start of computer security.

This is why UNIX systems are more robust than Winders ... UNIX always assumes the snot nosed brat using the University's computer does not own it.

When you turn that stuff off in Win-7, you also tell the OS that any damned script on a website you personally browse into also owns the machine.

Turn it back on when you are done futzing with it.

6/27/10, 1:22 PM
Kristophr said...

Oh, and Windows 7 IS Vista, but with most of the crap removed or turned off.

It's what Vista should have been, if the committees of Ad-men and "executives" had been lined up and shot before development.

Vista drivers and programs are exactly what you want for Windows 7.

6/27/10, 1:24 PM
Steve In Tulsa said...

Norton Ghost is great too, although it reboots to some command line DOS to perform it's magic. And it really is best to copy it when everything is down.

6/27/10, 1:33 PM
An ignorant dickweed said...

AGAIN... try a linux distro and start sleeping.
http://www.ubuntu.com/


Linux, it just... works.

(Clonezilla is very nice... and linux based)

6/27/10, 8:41 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...

I just completed my first "Full Restore."

6/28/10, 4:16 AM

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