Recent content by tbarb

Thanks everyone. Cloud and externals it is....

So you turn create an Image Disc, turn on File Saver, and make a back up using Norton Security out of the box. What do you really have copies of? I "assumed" the Image Disc had a complete copy of the OS and any changes made up to the time by installed software like in the registry, or is it...

Ahh, I had my plan all worked out and then I saw a new page through Control Panel on the new PC that listed either the same things using different names or new ways to back up your system or data files: I was going to make a system image on an external HD and one on the D: drive inside the...

Thanks for reply, I think in my head I was writing off the data in the computer and not really considering it (as if I was in the position of needing to restore already). I think your suggesting I just keep trucking with my old external HD's and replace them when needed. It is not likely I...

I have 3 SimpleTech 500GB external hard drives which have been my backup strategy up until now. I used one for photos which are also backed up on the web and I think I am covered there. I used one for data which was also on an external USB as I do not have that much and I am always updating most...

Thank you. I was going to copy DVD to DVD to renew my old discs, but if I can find the original files I should be able to just drop and drag them to the DVD drive in file manager. If that does not work then something is wrong with the drive and it goes back. In the meantime maybe I can get...

I just bought a new laptop and apparently I am feeling my 10 years of not really playing much attention to what has been changing as my old laptop worked that long. The new laptop does not have an optical drive , so I bought an external USB ASUS Zen DVD writer primarily to install my old...

The specs on these two laptops seem almost identical except for the refresh rate on the ASUS model, but then it's $100 more for the sales prices I found. Since I do not need the higher refresh rate they are equal to me in specs. I need the machine for photo editing and thus need a fairly good...

I am buying a new laptop after 10 years on my trusty Lenovo Thinkpad E420. I am not sure what to get. The Thinkpad was great overall, but I will be doing trading and lots of Photoshop and Lightroom and need a graphics card they don't seem to have. 1. What is your budget? $900 to $1300 2...

I wanted to get back and thank you for your replies and help. This offending file stopped coming up on several reboots after running several scans on Lenovo's site and some I had as a general approach to computer health so it seems to have disappeared under the same circumstances it appeared...

Thanks for your reply and ideas. Your SFC scan ran and reported no problems. Lenovo update scan could not find problems either. Maybe I will search for the file and delete it. Perhaps the system will replace or rebuild it. The computer runs okay on what I've asked it to do since the error upon...

I am running Windows 10 on a Think Pad Edge laptop that upgraded itself (without telling me) in the update process from Windows 7 several months ago. Now upon booting up I am getting a dialoge error box right after boot up that reads: "C:\Program files (x86)\Think pad\Utilities\PLUMTR64.dll"...

Thanks for replying. I do have a desktop tower system that connects to the same router by Ethernet cable. And it has Wi-Fi, (Both the tower system and the laptop have both Ethernet and wireless) ...but I am unclear as to what you mean by "reset the system and then let windows 10 reload." (Sounds...

Over the past week, 5 months after upgrading to Windows 10 (which snuck in by a Windows update); I cannot keep connected to the internet. It connects and disconnects over and over. This affects both wireless and cable. It sometimes switches between the two. I had assumed it was software and not...

Thanks for posting the above suggestions. Seems I am only getting very general things in the log and too many that I cannot tie to a specific hardware item so I will probably cut my losses.