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From: Josiah Jenkins on 16 Oct 2009 09:50 On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:49:51 +0100, "Fred" <meFred(a)privacy.net> wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Josiah Jenkins" <josiah-jenkins(a)somewhere_else.invalid> > >> Briefly, it looks as though I may have to re-install Vista >> (Home Premium) on my C: drive. I don't have a Windows >> CD, I have a 'Recovery Disk' supplied by the manufacturer, >> Fujitsu-Siemens, which clearly states : >> 'All data, applications and settings will be deleted' >> >> Any help appreciated. > >I don't know if this applies to recent Fujitsu-Siemens systems, but my >oldish Amilo M3438 requires the associated Fujitsu-Siemens driver cd as well >as the recovery one when a complete reinstall is undertaken otherwise it is >a major operation trying to find the necessary drivers. Yeah, there are two CDs. The second one has the drivers (which will all need to be updated again) -- http://www.ian-stewart.eu
From: Josiah Jenkins on 16 Oct 2009 10:51 On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:19:41 +1000, Maurice Helwig <maurice_helwig(a)internode.on.net> wrote: >Josiah Jenkins wrote: >> Hoping someone who has used this program can advise. >> >> Briefly, it looks as though I may have to re-install Vista >> (Home Premium) on my C: drive. I don't have a Windows >> CD, I have a 'Recovery Disk' supplied by the manufacturer, >> Fujitsu-Siemens, which clearly states : >> 'All data, applications and settings will be deleted' >> >> I have made a backup of C: to an external drive using >> DriveImage. >> >> Q1 >> If I end up with a clean Windows install . . . >> Can I restore *PART* of the backup ? >> For example, the 'Program Files' folder ? >> >> Q2 >> What happens with registry entries relating to these ? >> >> As a fallback, I'm currently building a folder with the >> installation files for the programs I have loaded. >> >> Any help appreciated. > >I have used DriveImageXML to do my "C" Drive backup image every 6 weeks >or so. I have WinXP OS and have no experience with Vista at all. Lucky you ! I tried to put XP Pro (instead of Vista) on this machine when I got it but, being a laptop, it has no floppy drive. Which meant I couldn't load the required drivers for the 250Gb SATA disk. (Yeah, I tried nLite which I'd previously used with XP) > >I have had occasion to restore my computer to a previous image on 2 >occasions without any problems at all. >You need to have a boot CD called Bart PE Rescue Disk to access the >image and restore it to the "C" Drive. If I reinstall from the OED CDs, I won't need that but I've got a couple of boot disk CDs here in any case. > >Now I do not know if you can access an external drive from the Rescue >Disk as I have not tried to do this. Doesn't really matter, it's USB. And as I won't be re-installing anything until Vista is updated . . . Thanks for the input. -- http://www.ian-stewart.eu
From: Maurice Helwig on 16 Oct 2009 16:54 Josiah Jenkins wrote: > On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:19:41 +1000, Maurice Helwig > <maurice_helwig(a)internode.on.net> wrote: > >> Josiah Jenkins wrote: >>> Hoping someone who has used this program can advise. >>> >>> Briefly, it looks as though I may have to re-install Vista >>> (Home Premium) on my C: drive. I don't have a Windows >>> CD, I have a 'Recovery Disk' supplied by the manufacturer, >>> Fujitsu-Siemens, which clearly states : >>> 'All data, applications and settings will be deleted' >>> >>> I have made a backup of C: to an external drive using >>> DriveImage. >>> >>> Q1 >>> If I end up with a clean Windows install . . . >>> Can I restore *PART* of the backup ? >>> For example, the 'Program Files' folder ? >>> >>> Q2 >>> What happens with registry entries relating to these ? >>> >>> As a fallback, I'm currently building a folder with the >>> installation files for the programs I have loaded. >>> >>> Any help appreciated. >> I have used DriveImageXML to do my "C" Drive backup image every 6 weeks >> or so. I have WinXP OS and have no experience with Vista at all. > > Lucky you ! > I tried to put XP Pro (instead of Vista) on this machine when I got it > but, being a laptop, it has no floppy drive. Which meant I couldn't > load the required drivers for the 250Gb SATA disk. > (Yeah, I tried nLite which I'd previously used with XP) >> I have had occasion to restore my computer to a previous image on 2 >> occasions without any problems at all. >> You need to have a boot CD called Bart PE Rescue Disk to access the >> image and restore it to the "C" Drive. > > If I reinstall from the OED CDs, I won't need that but I've got a > couple of boot disk CDs here in any case. >> Now I do not know if you can access an external drive from the Rescue >> Disk as I have not tried to do this. > > Doesn't really matter, it's USB. And as I won't be re-installing > anything until Vista is updated . . . > > Thanks for the input. > -- > > > http://www.ian-stewart.eu I have a USB Floppy Drive for the odd occasion thay I need to use a floppy. The BIOS needs to be set to boot from a USB floppy though. All the Best with your problems Maurice Helwig
From: Harrys World on 16 Oct 2009 16:57 On Oct 15, 5:52 am, Josiah Jenkins <josiah- jenkins(a)somewhere_else.invalid> wrote: > Hoping someone who has used this program can advise. > > Briefly, it looks as though I may have to re-install Vista > (Home Premium) on my C: drive. I don't have a Windows > CD, I have a 'Recovery Disk' supplied by the manufacturer, > Fujitsu-Siemens, which clearly states : > 'All data, applications and settings will be deleted' > > I have made a backup of C: to an external drive using > DriveImage. > > Q1 > If I end up with a clean Windows install . . . > Can I restore *PART* of the backup ? > For example, the 'Program Files' folder ? > > Q2 > What happens with registry entries relating to these ? > > As a fallback, I'm currently building a folder with the > installation files for the programs I have loaded. > > Any help appreciated. > -- > > http://www.ian-stewart.eu Correct me if I am wrong. Why not use the simple Acronis BU that is with the Seagate Tools? It is FREE and you can generate a boot disk (from the program) and reinstall your whole system with no worry about drivers etc.
From: Josiah Jenkins on 16 Oct 2009 18:51 On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:54:18 +1000, Maurice Helwig <maurice_helwig(a)internode.on.net> wrote: <snip> > >All the Best with your problems Thank you. It took just over 7 hours to re-install Vista and install both SP1 and SP2. All now appears to be OK. Thanks to all for their input. -- http://www.ian-stewart.eu
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