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Lady:
BTW: I said it wrong: the portable HDD is 1 Tb, not 500 Gb. I forgot. :S But it contains all backup data from the laptop, the biggest being my music file of over 400 Gb. That's why I was worried about all these Gbs of a SIB. But with 1 Tb it's no problem.
So it seemed the SIB on the portable HDD had failed. I got a hunch. [Hey, I'm a woman. :wink:] I removed the SIB that was on the portable (there were files missing and the volume of the HDD didn't increase after removing it, so it had failed). With the first attempt I had connected the HDD to my desktop via a USB hub and I have had trouble with transferring data via one of my hubs before, so I decided to disconnect one of my Big Boys HDDs which are both directly on a 3.0 USB port and I put the portable on that port. Closed all applications and tried again. It was done in no time and the volume decreased with 53 Gb. Only the MediaId file contains 4 Kb, the rest 0 Kb. So it worked! Not sure why it didn't work in the first place as it should have worked with the 512 sector. Didn't want to do any fix with my beautiful little blue HDD either. :smiley: We solved another issue!! Hurray for us!
So..............big sigh...................let's continue, dear Boggin. This is where we left off. Is this the correct way to go about it? If so, please remind me how to do the safe mode again. I can look it up but my eyes are squared now. :S
--- Quote from: Lady on September 14, 2015, 10:39:08 pm ---But I feel it's time to do some cleaning again. Would you mind helping me out again?
So the first step should be doing a Windows Repair All In One, right? I run all kinds of scans regularly, like MBAM and my BullGuard Antivirus programme, and ESET Online scanner, so there is no malware to be seen in miles around!! Or do you have any other suggestions to do first?
The Repair All In One should be run in Safe Mode if I remember correctly. I'm always scared of doing that, but I think I'll just pull myself through it again. :S
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Boggin:
There's a button in WR to boot into Safe Mode for you but if you ever need to boot up into Safe Mode for trouble shooting purposes, this article will show ways in which do it. http://www.7tutorials.com/5-ways-boot-safe-mode-windows-8-windows-81
Personally I don't think you need to run WR on your new machine unless you think it isn't performing as it should.
Is the Hub's cable integral or is it replaceable ?
Lady:
Boggie, :smiley: you gotta stay with it! We're still working on the desktop pc now. With Windows 7. The laptop (W8.1) is all done! It's the scanning and repairing you showed me after I did WR on the laptop that gave me the idea to do the same with the desktop. Since I had so much trouble with it in the beginning. Maybe we can fix it to a tee now. :cheesy: And after that, I'm ALLLLLLL done! And I'm going to enjoy the pc and the laptop for fun and regular things ONLY!! :artist:
Oh, apart from the partition problem I'm having. [See my other topic.]
Oh yeah, I remember the button in WR now. I think I used it and it was easy. I'm just always scared to get it back into normal mode again but if I remember well, the pc returns to normal mode after reboot by itself, right?
The hub's USB cable is replaceable. Does that make it less reliable? I have two hubs. Both with replaceable cables, one with power chord.
Boggin:
There have been a couple of instances posted on the forum where normal mode hasn't returned after the reboot, but that is easily resolved by going into msconfig (type that at Start and press enter) and under the Boot tab, uncheck any boxes under Safe Mode and then uncheck Safe Mode - Apply - OK and reboot.
A bad cable or cable connector can cause problems with Data transfer and changing or swapping over from the other one if compatible, could ID those as the cause of the previous SIB fail/corruption.
Lady:
Alright, no problem then.
I'm working on the partitions first because if that ends in a total crash, then I don't have to worry about a WR and scans/repairs etc.!
Hahahaha
Still laughing now.........
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