Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
EstebanK0 – Optima and Maxell work for me but you don’t format them first.
See hereHope this helps
EstebanK0 – Try another USB stick and do not format it, just expand the .iso directly to it.
Works for me.Hope this helps
@EstebanK0 108120 wrote:
Thank you for your reply. Could give me some more details by what you mean by diskpart? Is there anyway to do this within Windows xp? Thanks
Your welcome.
Diskpart is available from the Windows command prompt.
More details hereHope this helps
EstebanK0 – Re-reading your post again I notice that XP is reporting the Recovery partition as C:. The Recovery partition is supposed to be a hidden partition not visible to Windows. Therefore if you get errors when attempting the SRS [F4] recovery you may have to hide the Recovery partition first if the Admin Tool fails to do this.
This can be done with the diskpart command by setting the partition type to 27.
Hope this helps and let us know how you get on.
EstebanK0 – You have the recovery partition shown so as long as it’s still got the data in it you should be able to get Win 7 back on the C: drive.
Download the Admin Tool and create a bootable USB stick with it on. Instructions here.
Note: the link to SRS4 Admin Tool is in dosibox’s French first post in the above thread in section 2.4.1Change the boot order priority to USB HDD, best done with the stick inserted. Once in the main menu of the Admin Tool, [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F10] and password = secos. Then choose MBR Fix from the menus.
Note: this assumes you have SRS4 on your system. If you have SRS5 let us know as there is a Tool for that version available if required.Unplug the stick and re-boot choosing [F4] and then ‘Full Restore’ which will write the Win 7 image from the Recovery partition to the C: drive.
Once the sammy is stable you can deal with the unwanted partitions afterwards using Easeus Partition Master (free).
Hope this helps
EstebanK0 – Welcome to the forum
The MBR has been corrupted so SRS will not function.
If you install Win7 to C: and XP to D: then the [F4] SRS at boot should function.The Samsung Admin Tool can be used to ‘fix’ the MBR and then carry out a full recovery via [F4] at boot. This will recover Win 7 on the C: drive using the image in the Recovery partition.
Then use this post to install XP on the D: drive if you wish to. (IMHO Win 7 is much better than XP and I never boot to XP on my dual boot system.)
samsung n150 – dual boot windows 7 and windows xp guideYou might also find this guide useful
How To:Upgrade a Samsung NC10 Hard DriveHope this helps
@Uncle Frank 108087 wrote:
My nc10 is infected with numerous viruses, and while Microsoft Security Essentials has been identifying and removing them, they keep cropping up. Now it appears some components of Windows have been corrupted. Can anyone walk me through reformatting my drive and reinstalling windows?
Welcome to the forum
Press [F4] at the boot screen and carry out a Full Restore with the Samsung Recovery Solutions software.
Or use the recovery CD that came with the machine.Both methods will delete all data on the C: drive in the restoration process.
Before doing that it might help to run malwarebytes.org software on it but if it is as bad as you are indicating then an OS re-install is probably the best bet. malware bytes will root out malware only, not viruses
Hope this helps
@chili85 108088 wrote:
I have N210 and want to run parrot DS1120 speakers. Has anybody set these up wirelessly? I dont have optical drive, do i need one to install these speakers? Help please in simple terms.
CheersRob
Welcome to the forum
Can you not download the drivers from the manufacturers website?
If not copy them temporarily onto a USB memory stick on another pc to allow installation on the N210Hope this helps
@Bobthebass 108051 wrote:
EASEUS shows 13.45 Gb on the recovery partition including amongst others init.woo and init.wcl
🙂
Thanks for pointing me to that Jeepers!!
Your welcome
On a related note – for making normal system / data backups, is it better to use the Samsung software, or Win7’s built in backup routines?? (My first Win7 system, so not sure how well the OS tools work?)
Personally I use SRS and Acronis (free for my Maxtor, Seagate external hdd). Also I use an HP Simplesave external hdd just for incremental data backups for all our machines. In summary the more backups the merrier 🙂
I felt the outlay of approx £100 on a couple of dedicated external drives was worth the outlay for peace of mind. Equally external DVD or flash drives can be used as an alternative.Have a look at these two threads, there are others as well.
Samsung Recovery, System Restore, Windows Backup? Which backups do I need?
NC10 Recovery optionsHope this helps
@Bobthebass 108049 wrote:
Thanks for the reply.
Your welcome
Recovery Solution 4 has three headings – Restore, Backup and System Software.
Under restore there is Basic Restore, Complete Restore and Data Restore. Does this sound right?Yes, choose Complete Restore and the menu is presented. Then exit out.
I might download the EASEUS and unhide the partition for a look anyway.
In EASEUS Partition Master right click the Recovery partition > Advanced > Change Drive Letter, and assign any unused drive letter eg. Z. Apply changes and the Z: drive will appear in Windows File Explorer.
To re-hide assign set New Drive Letter to None. [F4] at boot will then function when required.Hope this helps
Bobthebass – Welcome to the forum
The Recovery partition is finalised during the initial setup process.
Windows Disk Management will report the partition as 100% free because it is hidden and therefore cannot be read by Windows.If you want to see the files, the partition will need to be temporarily unhidden. This can be done with EASEUS Partition Master (free) if required and look for files init.woo and init.wcl (several GB).
However it is probably easier to press [F4] at boot and the Recovery image will be available for selection on the menu. It will be named something like initial backup, then Exit without selecting Restore.
If it’s not available there is no backup – highly unlikely though.
Hope this helps and let us know how you get on.
simplesimon – Type 27 is a hidden partition Type 07 is unhidden.
My deduction is that sda4 becomes the D: drive after the C: to D: ratio drive split is determined by the setup process.
Sda1 Recovery contains 3GB which will be the Winclon (SRS) software.
Sda2 is the Windows 7 small 100Mb partition.
Sda3 could be the image which is transferred to the Recovery partition on setup?
Sda4 likewise, this could also be the image as well although it is strange that there is 15GB and 17GB on both Sda 3 and Sda4.Are these figures after you imaged Sda1 to 3 into Sda4 as that would explain the 17GB in Sda4. I would have expected Sda4 to be empty.
It would be interesting to know what the data contents are on the used portions on sda2 to 4.
Hope this helps
@LondonSarita 108040 wrote:
Hello all
It was indeed due to the Windows update and all has been fixed
Thanks for all your help and input – much appreciated
Your welcome
Glad it’s all working now 🙂artifex – Welcome to the forum
The Recovery partition contains an image of the initial machine setup after it was first started and set up.
Hope this helps
