tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712555033090395746.post3974272663022372476..comments2024-01-11T06:01:07.033+08:00Comments on Kindasophically speaking: You think you can survive a hard disk crash?Center Partedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09080440322015734474noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712555033090395746.post-85119129756716030362010-02-01T21:05:37.173+08:002010-02-01T21:05:37.173+08:00My friend and I were recently discussing about how...My friend and I were recently discussing about how technology has become so integrated in our day to day lives. Reading this post makes me think back to that discussion we had, and just how inseparable from electronics we have all become.<br /><br><br />I don't mean this in a bad way, of course! Ethical concerns aside... I just hope that as technology further innovates, the possibility of transferring our memories onto a digital medium becomes a true reality. It's a fantasy that I daydream about almost every day.<br /><br><br />(Posted on Nintendo DS running [url=http://www.leetboss.com/video-games/r4i-r4-sdhc-nintendo-ds]R4i[/url] DS Fling)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712555033090395746.post-14332135122706900412008-11-02T00:49:00.000+08:002008-11-02T00:49:00.000+08:00Happy to help a fellow IT user, Stephan. Cheers a...Happy to help a fellow IT user, Stephan. Cheers and have a good weekend! :)Center Partedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080440322015734474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712555033090395746.post-77292703346208494752008-11-01T15:02:00.000+08:002008-11-01T15:02:00.000+08:00Hi,I have not had the opportunity to use your sugg...Hi,<BR/>I have not had the opportunity to use your suggestion as yet regards the changing of the directory somewhere in the system whilst using SyncToy. However the problem has not arisen again. The only hting I have changed is that when disconnectiong the external drive, I use the tool "Safely Remove Hardware" and ensure that I remove the correct Drive Directory ie in my case "F" for the external drive. I have now used SyncToy without problem since. However if the problem arises again, I will definitely reassign the directory using the procedure you have given me........Thank You........for taking the time to help me. Sincerely...Stephan Driver.Scoobahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09287516357114381470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712555033090395746.post-9039214106666591482008-09-27T16:49:00.000+08:002008-09-27T16:49:00.000+08:00Hi Scooba,Hmm, I must say I've never encountered t...Hi Scooba,<BR/><BR/>Hmm, I must say I've never encountered that problem before... <BR/><BR/>But if you're looking for a quick fix, how about using the steps I mentioned in my post, and change your 'right-hand' drive to 'E' so SyncToy can find it?<BR/><BR/>Hopefully that will keep you synchronizing until a long-term fix is found...?<BR/><BR/>Hope this helps. Cheers!Center Partedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080440322015734474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712555033090395746.post-65152480595621167782008-09-27T16:21:00.000+08:002008-09-27T16:21:00.000+08:00Dear Center Parted, You are truly great for even r...Dear Center Parted, You are truly great for even responding to my distress message. Thank You indeed! But alas, no. It is not Windows that is assigning my external hard drive a new prefix. My external hard drive still shows up as "F" drive. The change is actually occurring inside the tool "SnycToy". The folder pairs that I establish during initial set up of SyncToy are from "C-etc" to "F-etc" drives. But when SyncToy starts playing up and saying it can not find the folder pairs, it states it can not find the folder pairs "C-etc" to "E-etc". For example I only do "Echoing" from left to right ie from "C" drive to "F" drive. Let us say that I am doing an echo on changes made on a folder in my computer "C" drive called "pictures". During initial set up of SyncToy I will establish a folder pair that will look like "C/pictures to F/pictures". When I select this folder pair in the SyncToy directory and then select "run" on this folder pair from the options at the bottom menu of SyncToy, SyncToy will display a window saying "can not find the folder pair "C/pictures to E/pictures" which is a folder pair that I have never established in the first place. It is quite bizarre. GOing back into my computer and opening up "C" drive, my external hard drive is still nominated as "F" drive. Can you help please? Cheers Scooba. P.S. Thank you for your time in any case.Scoobahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09287516357114381470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712555033090395746.post-52967824579047031152008-09-24T23:18:00.000+08:002008-09-24T23:18:00.000+08:00Dear Scooba, sounds like a problem where your win...Dear Scooba, sounds like a problem where your windows decides to assign a different drive letter to your external drive... did I understand that correctly?<BR/><BR/>If it is, then don't worry, its a fairly common problem.<BR/><BR/>I used to tear my hair out when iTunes and Picasa couldn't find my music and photos respectively when suddenly one day the drive letter got changed.<BR/><BR/>The easy way out of this is to change the letter back to the one which you used to set up your folder pair.<BR/><BR/>Try this (for XP, sorry, can't comment on Vista)...<BR/><BR/>- go to Control Panel => Administrative Tools => Computer Management<BR/><BR/>- on the left window, click on "Disk Management"<BR/><BR/>- on the right window, select your external HD<BR/><BR/>- Right-click that HD and select "Change Drive Letter and Path"<BR/><BR/>- BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE ABOVE SELECTION..... because if you click the next one, it would be to FORMAT your HD....!!<BR/><BR/>- A small window will pop up and you'll be able to assign your drive back to the original letter <BR/><BR/>- click OK and your folder pairs should start working againCenter Partedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080440322015734474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712555033090395746.post-68256606900661454452008-09-21T16:47:00.000+08:002008-09-21T16:47:00.000+08:00Hi, Thanks for the site. I dont know what blog mea...Hi, Thanks for the site. I dont know what blog means or even how to use this site. Took me half an hour to find where to write this comment. But I am in deep trouble and need some help. I have used SyncToy on two separate ocassions. The first installation was v1.4 I think. I had a WD Passport external hard drive. I am running Vista Business. The mongrel thing was already installed on my laptop at purchase. I set up the folder pairs no problem. I ran echo on all folder pairs about 12 times threabouts. Perfect. Then out of the blue when running the echo of all folder pairs came the window that each folder pair did not exist. When looking closer, the directory of the right hand folder in each pair had been changed. The correct right hand side directory should have been showing "F" drive as the prefix for all right hand folder pairs in the echo operation I was trying to run. But instead it was showing "E" as the prefix. I never changed this. Something else changed it or whatever. So I discontinued use of SyncToy until I noticed there had been an upgrade to V2.0. After uninstalling the old version and reinstalling the new version, the same history happened all over again after about 12 echos for all folder pairs. Do you or anybody else know how to stop this occurrence. SyncToy is almost brilliant when it is working. One flaw I noticed was that when I deleted a folder on my computer and then ran echo the change did not occur on my external drive. The deleted folder still appeared. I had to manually delete it? I hope there is someone out there who can solve this problem. SyncToy is very convenient when working. As I write this though I am having to manually having to transfer all folders in my computer to te external hard drive. Its taking hours each time.Scoobahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09287516357114381470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712555033090395746.post-8704869377113019302008-07-29T23:39:00.000+08:002008-07-29T23:39:00.000+08:00No argument. Mac has some really nifty features a...No argument. Mac has some really nifty features and software which the rest of us non-Mac users can only 'lau nuar' (salivate) over.... <BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing that WLE!Center Partedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080440322015734474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712555033090395746.post-9273356936556984452008-07-29T06:05:00.000+08:002008-07-29T06:05:00.000+08:00This is where Mac users is gonnna have lots of bra...This is where Mac users is gonnna have lots of bragging rights.<BR/><BR/>I use a software call SuperDuper (cool name). Back up entire hardisk, adhoc or schedule, mirror or incremental.<BR/><BR/>HDD crash? No worries, just boot up from external HDD from Firewire as if nothing ever happened.... Then take your time to replace a new HDD and SuperDuper the entire content back to the new HDD.<BR/><BR/>Of if you're on the latest Mac OS Leopard, "Time Machine"....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com