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Hello...
Been doing the IT stuff for 26 years. My last job my title was Sr. Network Analyst..which ment I was project manager for all items dealing with communications from port on the wall to connection to the server. This could include anything from Cat6 to fiber optics to wireless.
Looking for a place that when I have pc issues I have a resource..

Rick Harvey
 
Hey Rick, welcome to NeoSmart Technologies.

We're glad to have you on board, whether you can help us or we can help you :smile:
 
Greetings:

My experience is mainly in hardware, mostly electronics & industrial controls, but I also enjoy computer tweaking which resulted in my infatuation with Linux distros. And that's what brought me here: I was referred to this site by another computer help forum when I sought help removing a Linux version that I didn't like from my HD which also contains Win7. Regards.
 
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Hello everyone my name is james31211 I paid 9.75 to dwnload the vista recovery disk but can't seem to do anything with it, how do I burn it to a cd or dvd, i've tried everything....
 
It's free as a torrent, but if you got it from here or another source just burn the entire download to a CD.
Don't do anything to it first.
It isn't a zip or a rar file that needs to be unpacked.
If your system leads you to believe it is, then you've probably got it set up incorrectly with the true filetype invisible, and the ISO association taken over by something like Winrar.
Set your folder options like this, and just burn it as an ISO directly with the W7 burner if you have W7.
Vista cannot burn ISOs so get yourself a free copy of Imgburn and use that. It works fine.
 
@Terry60,
If you're sixty (Terry60), then *I* must be ancient! (jharris1993) :booyah:

@James,
Let me amplify hat Terry said a little bit:

An "ISO" (. . . .-dot-iso) is an *image* of a CD or DVD, where every single sector is read, starting at sector 1, going all the way to the last sector of the disk - as if it were a gigantic file - one sector at a time. It's not just the data, it's all the metadata, disk structure, VTOC, etc. etc. etc. - along with all the data on the disk.

To "burn" an ISO, you need a burning program that knows the special method to burn an ISO. I use CDBurnerXP (freeware) which - despite it's name - works wonderfully on Vista/7. I am also sure that Terry's suggestion is also excellent. Both of these programs will allow you to:

  • Burn an Audio Disk
  • Burn a Data Disk
  • Burn an ISO image
You want to select "Burn an ISO image", and then select this particular file. Pop in some blank media and then burn away!

Some programs also allow you to "Create an ISO image" - this is the WRONG choice - do not pick it by mistake.

If the file is less than 700 megs in size, burn the ISO to a CD. If it's larger than 700 megs, burn it to a DVD.

By the way, the term "ISO" comes from the designation "ISO-9660" which was the original format for CD's standardized in the 80's. The group that standardized this format was the International Standards Organization, hence "ISO". Nowadays there are a number of standards other than ISO - Joliet for "Microsoft" format CD's, HPFS for Mac format, and DVD's have a format all their own. But the images of all these different formats are still called "ISO's".

BTW, it's really not necessary to change the file association - so long as you select the correct file with your burning software, and tell it to burn it as an ISO image. However if you do decide to change it, it might make it a little easier to burn - depending on the software you use.

What say ye?

Jim.
 
Hi,48 year old whos been building his own rigs since the days of my first dx120

thought i knew it all...but turns out i know feck all.. :grinning:


hoping to fill in the gaps by sucking the info out of this forum :brows:
 
Welcome to the forums and I know exactly what you mean!!

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Just saw a thread that helped me out from your forums here and I guess I'll start stopping by more often. I am a qualified expert / Master over on experts-exchange and have helped many people. I'm a computer technician with 8 years in the field with a Networking Specialist AAT.

Of course as all of you other Break Fix IT Tech's out there there's always something new coming through those doors that you have to figure out. So I'll be glad to help others and I'll be looking for help from time to time.
 
Hi there, I was linked to this forum through a tutorial on using easy BCD to boot memtest+x86 on my netbook from .iso image.
The UI was a little different from the tutorial and while figuring it out I changed some things:frowning:.
After restart, it fails to boot anything (winXp, win7 or memtest)

My screen says

Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix this problem:
1. Insert your windows installation disk and restart your computer.
2.Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."
3. Click "Repair your computer."

If you do not have this disk, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.

File: \Boot\BCD

Status: 0xc0000098

Info: The windows Boot Configuration Data file does not contain a valid OS entry
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It is a HP mini 110 netbook. It came with windows XP. Just last night I installed windows 7 via shared network DVD drive, and everything was going great.

I came across the tutorial mentioned above to boot memtest+x86.

I would reinstall windows 7 again but like I said, I needed the shared drive, and without my machine booting at all, I am unable to access it.

I hope this is an easy fix for you guys and are willing to share with me.
I just got this computer running exactly how I wanted it, now nothing :frowning:

Thanks in advance.

Edit - I figured it out. I just ran a windows repair .iso from my flash drive. It looks like all is good now. Great forum, btw, I think I will be by often, alreadt bookmarked.
 
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