But WHY should you HAVE to 'buy' additional programs because Microsoft
released VISTA before they had worked out its 'kinks'...that is just as
frustrating, if NOT impossible for those of us who are 'on a set income'...I
tried to 'backup' and God only knows WHERE it went! If I hear, "I'lla fixa
ita for youa" just ONE MORE TIME, I'm going to 'definitely' scream! I live
in the south and I don't 'move' that fast! But I want it 'explained' to me.
I ended up DEMANDING that Dell replace my computer, because the salesman did
NOT know, ask and definitely couldn't 'visualize what I was telling him that
I wanted my computer to do'. This 3d go round; I've gotten 'better' AT
Troubleshooting; but find every where I go...they are just trying to SELL you
something.
--
God Bless!
LMA


"Patrick Keenan" wrote:
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> "curlgirl" <curlgirl3-nospam******.com> wrote in message
> news:B70AD265-3671-47C8-82E3-D65DC8FED624@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Jeff, I can commiserate. Last week, after a Windows (Vista) update, my
> > speakers quit working. I did a Restore, after which my computer couldn't
> > start up & went into the repair "loop" until I went loopy. I've beenn
> > unable
> > to back up onto disks--it never progresses past the 1st disk. I lost
> > every
> > file, and I may again since I can't back up. Extremely frustrating!!
> > --
> > curlgirl[/color]
>
> As mentioned elsewhere, try another approach, using a 3rd-party utility.
> Check out the Acronis TrueImage trial version, which is full-featured but
> time-limited (15 days IIRC). If you like it, it's not expensive; full
> retail is around $50 and I've seen mention that some online retailers sell
> it for half that. It's been extremely reliable for me.
>
> HTH
> -pk
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> >
> >
> > "Jeff" wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> I performed the complete PC backup but I don't know if it worked and if
> >> it
> >> did, what discs are valid. It was a confusing process. I have 36 GB to
> >> backup and it said it should take 3-5 DVD discs. When I inserted the
> >> first
> >> disc it said to label it, including the date and time of the backup
> >> followed
> >> by "1". It did the same thing four times, and each time the progress bar
> >> started from the beginning. After the fourth disk, it finally went
> >> through
> >> verifying the disc and the progress bar went further. It told me to
> >> label
> >> the fifth disk ending in "2", wrote to the disc & verified it, then said
> >> the
> >> backup was complete. The last two discs are readable but the other three
> >> are
> >> not. Did the system back up all 36 GB on two DVDs? If there were errors
> >> writing to some discs then it should tell me that the discs are not part
> >> of
> >> the backup set.[/color][/color]
>
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