Frog, I apologize if I said or implied that I performed a WinPE-based restore; in fact, I did not. I just initiated the DS restore process from...
Thanks for your insight into this issue!
Brian, sorry that I confused you - I misread your question... :oops: My response should have been... "Of course, why would I do otherwise?"
No Brian, the last thing my son did the night before the issue arose was Windows Updates (which included the NVIDIA driver). Upon booting up...
Froggie, Your intuitive (not just lucky) call was the right call - I (and my son) thank you!!! A bit of detective work seems to reveal the...
Hi Gaddster, would you please elaborate on those batch files?
HI Panagiotis, Yes, from within Windows 7, where it restarts into DOS to do the restore. I never actually did attempt any cold boot restore (DOS...
Froggie, I uninstalled the display driver and that did the trick!!! - but I can't understand why none of DS' image restores didn't replace the...
Hi Brian, my son's PC was purchased in 2011, so I don't think SRP is applicable! The C-partition is active and as I already mentioned, Windows...
Pete, when I questioned my son about what he was doing on his PC the day before his PC 'booted to black' he said that he noticed that MS updates...
Well, nothing to lose by trying that, BUT if the graphics driver (or any other driver) had recently become corrupted wouldn't restoring one out of...
Froggie, thanks for the quick reply. Actually, I did try that and it didn't find any errors!
I have made a great many backups & restores with Drive Snapshot over the years without issues on any of our family PCs, that is until yesterday!...
With our schools so under-funded I consider myself lucky if I get reimbursed for a spool of CD-RWs! :rolleyes:
Oh wow, what a treat. Thank you for that tip!!!
Before I go out and buy a spool of CD-RWs do you (or anyone here) know for sure if Puppy will save to CD-RW?
Tom, thanks for the thought but I already have Dell's latest BIOS for our Dimension PCs. USB boot is not supported. :( I like quietman's idea of...
Interesting! - I'm on my lunch hour but will checkout your suggestions this eve... Thank you.
Thanks Pete - I wouldn't have thought running a 'cold' DS restore from your WinPE10 UFD would be twice as fast as running a 'hot' DS restore from...
Thanks for your input. Actually, I'm not Linux-knowledgeable, so I need to educate myself before introducing it to students!
Pete, When you mention DS' "new Windows restore" are you referring to Restore the Entire Disk from Images? Also, would you please provide a link...
Based on a quick glance it doesn't look like our old x86 Dell PCs (post #1) support this. Also, our Dell PCs will only boot from HDD or CD (BIOS...
My objective is to introduce students, who are mostly Windows users, to Linux. ;)
That just might be the answer to my need. Do the basic apps and internet browser also run in RAM? Of those RAM-based distros which one would...
And for those who never came across the term VBR, it refers to a volume boot record, which is the first sector in each data storage volume that is...
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