Ctrl-I doesn't work here! As soon as I start or restart the laptop I am given the option to hit Esc to bring up a Start Menu (one of the menu...
MudCrab, I tried that while booting (twice) and 'no cigar'. Cruise
As I couldn't get the DS restore to bootup, there was no way of telling... Cruise
Brian, I 'told' DS to do a partition structure restore using DS' right-click method, but I have no way of knowing whether or not DS 'obeyed'. I...
This suggestion made sense to me, so I did that yesterday (with both DS and IFW). Each backup completed and verified successfully. I next tried...
aladdin, I believe that the HP_Tools partition just contains HP's diagnostic tools. When I first got the laptop I repartitioned it (much...
I'd open a new thread but how do I recreate all of the pertinent posts (history) within this thread? Also fwiw, while the mSSD does not show...
Brian, Thanks for that info on using DS - to be perfectly clear, should that be an MBR restore or a Partition Structure restore? ??? If I...
Brian, since I would like to also restore the partition structure in-place before my system crash, do you see any problem in my also attempting to...
MudCrab, my son has my digicam so I have no way to take snaps when not in Windows. However, I can tell you categorically that BIBM, IFD, and DS...
I don't think it is possible because it doesn't show up as a drive/partition! Cruise
aladdin, I used BIBM after the 'shxt hit the fan' (on Brian's recommendation). BIBM had nothing to do with the cause of the problem or the...
Robin, I can't accept that solution. I paid extra for that mSSD option based on the premise that it would speed-up startup and my frequently...
Hi MudCrab, There is an issue that I need to make you aware of. The new HP disks I used to recover my system created one large C-partition...
Yes, being imaging specialists I'm praying they will have answers for me. I can't fathom not being able to create restorable images!!! How else...
All that my layman's brain can decipher from that reference is that the mSSD cache drive adds complexity to re-installing Windows (which I've...
Hopefully, this is what you expected to see... [ATTACH] PS. This exercise is quite educational.
aladdin, here you go - I opened the Disk Drive and Storage Controller items so that you can see the contents (let me know if there is something...
aladdin, it's not as if I haven't been listening hard to all of you, and I'm truly grateful, it's just that the BIOS and/or Device Manager info...
MudCrab, please read my post #85 (above). Cruise
I thought so as well - until it wasn't worth anything to me! Cruise
Under Policies - write cache is enabled. Under Driver Details - disk.sys, hpdskflt.sys, partmgr.sys That's it. No such listing in the HP...
I understand, but this episode makes me wonder about the worthiness of backing-up my laptop's system. In the 3 months that I've owned the laptop,...
Under Device Manager > Disk Drive all that I see is 'Data'. Is the controller listed somewhere else? Cruise PS. Got to run off now. I'll...
I don't see it there either. :doubt:
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