Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Sat May 14 17:03:07 CDT 2011
Jim, That's a terrific idea! Thanks. :-) T Jim Lawrence wrote: > I can send you an image file of a PE boot CD with a copy of DriveImage XML > on it. > > Just write the image to a CD using any number of Nero type apps. Once done > you can just boot up any computer, from the resultant CD and you can easily > create a perfect bootable image of the current computer. The image can be > created on any drive attached through USB or NIC connection. Using > DriveImage XML, a free program, either the entire image, or directories or > just individual files can be exported from the resultant image file. > > I know clients who keep a series of images for certain types of computers in > their office, stored on their main server and these image files can just > deploy for a new worker, through the LAN. I would think this would be a > great system for a student training class scenario where you have no wish to > have to fix a box once a student has finished doing all sort of horrible > things on it...just re-image the box at the end of each course. ;-) > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris > Fields > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 1:25 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] SOLVED!! Not Sure Quite What I'm Dealing With Here > -Update 4 > > Hi Jim, > > Thanks for the compliment - but, aren't you the one who pointed me in > the right direction to begin with? > > Good idea to save a complete image. I've been meaning to learn about > that. I guess this is the time. I do have all the router and network > settings recorded. > > Student computer: yes, my home business is Tall Pines Computer > Training. I also make house calls. > > T > > Jim Lawrence wrote: > >> Impressive and now I know where to come if I ever get in a sticky router >> > and > >> network problems. >> >> I have one suggestion, words of wisdom (which I have rarely followed... >> except in with businesses) and that is to create a complete image of NEW >> perfect computer and store it. In theory when the computer fails, and it >> will; it should be easy to re-install. Also save the router setting as >> > that > >> sure makes it easy to recover from a hardware failure. >> >> "Student Computer"; are you doing onsite training at your home? >> >> Jim >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris >> Fields >> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 7:17 AM >> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] SOLVED!! Not Sure Quite What I'm Dealing With Here >> > - > >> Update 4 >> >> Hello All, >> >> I thought I would finish the story. The Fields-Family computer has been >> completely re-established. It took doing the reformatting and >> reinstallation sequence twice - not sure why, but there were other >> details going wrong, too, that may have had an impact. Anyway, first I >> copied all the data files, documents, photos, music, videos, etc. from >> the Fields-Family computer to an external hard drive. Then, I did the >> complete re-installation of WinXP-SP2, with full reformat of the hard >> drive. Then, I did the SP3 update. I re-established drivers for the >> peripheral equipment. I set up the Admin account separate from the >> Family account. I got Vipre installed, running, and regular scans >> scheduled. Their copy of Office 2003 was not their original disk set >> and they had no idea where the original set was. I had a spare set, so >> I used that. >> >> Along the way, I noticed that the wireless network connection kept >> dropping. You already know that my DL-415 router at the POE was failing >> and I replaced it with a NetGear WNDR3400 router. Well, the DL-415 in >> my office was also dropping the signal - I watched my link status >> monitor and saw the signal drop out, then come back, repeatedly. So, >> there is now a new WNDR3400 in my office, too. Also, I noted that the >> USB wireless adapter on the Fields-Family computer wasn't functioning. >> I replaced that with another new NetGear adapter. While I was buying >> that, the store manager asked me if I wanted to invest $7 for a >> three-year replacement guarantee, in case anything went wrong, or the >> USB connector broke - and I burst out laughing, because that was exactly >> what had happened to the old one. It had apparently been bumped - no >> surprise there, with active kids and the adapter sticking out from the >> front of the computer - and the connector had a nice slope to it at >> about a 5-degree angle, rather than parallel to the rest of the body of >> the device. So, yes, I bought the additional guarantee. This new >> adapter came with a cradle, so, I used a USB port in the back of the >> tower and placed the adapter in its cradle on a shelf above the >> work-station. >> >> With all this new equipment, I reconstructed the entire wireless network >> - starting with the router at the POE. With my new computer in my lap >> and both new WNDR3400 routers sitting on the floor, I set the first one >> up, named it, and created a new SSID name - made note of all the >> settings. Then, I set the second one up, named it, and joined it to the >> new SSID - made note of all the settings. This router is >> cable-connected to the first router, no placed back in my office where >> it belongs. The DL-415 router in the garage apartment is still working >> fine. All the IP addresses are as they should be, and the 128-bit >> security key is established for the whole network. It's working >> beautifully, now. >> >> I've almost finished transferring the files and programs that I use all >> the time to my new computer. This five-year-old one will probably >> become one of my student computers here in the little classroom I have >> in my home office, or maybe it will serve as a sort of backup machine to >> use when I don't want to risk harm to the new computer - haven't >> decided, yet. >> >> Just wanted to let you know I got it all working again, and corrected >> some errors along the way - such as making sure the girls are not >> working in an administrator level user profile, and their wireless >> adapter is out of harm's way - things like that. Larry is working on >> the bookcase and work station construction for the library in their >> house. When that is completed, the Fields-Family computer will go home, >> and I will have room for one more student computer here. >> >> Best regards, >> T >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >