[dba-Tech] SOLVED!! Not Sure Quite What I'm Dealing With Here -Update 4

Helmut Kotsch hkotsch at arcor.de
Sat May 14 16:08:42 CDT 2011


It is my understanding that "DriveImage XML" is free only for private use.
For commercial use you have to buy the Commercial Edition.

Helmut

-----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
Von: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]Im Auftrag von Jim
Lawrence
Gesendet: Samstag, 14. Mai 2011 22:52
An: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Betreff: Re: [dba-Tech] SOLVED!! Not Sure Quite What I'm Dealing With
Here -Update 4


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
>
>
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