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MS-Vista + Linux dual boot? (does Vista play nice?)
Remove the drive from the laptop and try to recover the data from another system that works. If you insist on continuing on your present path it is likely you will You can boot from a disk imaging program disk and image to an external drive. You can boot from a Linux disk and copy files to an external drive,

in lieu of swapping out hard drives
5) Once you have back up everything from C:\ drive to external drive. You are ready to reformat your hard drive. 6) Of course, you have to go through the entire new installation and copy Greetings all, A friend of mine called me tonight saying he can't get Windows Vista Home Premium to start on his laptop.

Restoring Disk Image to Virtual Drive
If the system does not have a floppy drive (and as it's a laptop it probably doesn't), make sure it can read one from a USB external floppy during setup before to a removable drive (do not use the Vista backup program, just copy the data off) such as a CD/DVD, external drive, or thumb drive. c) Boot the system

Computer Upgrade Quest Has Been Answered
What I'd like to do is create a virtual XP Pro machine on my new Vista laptop and have the image of my old XP Pro laptop run in that virtual machine. it has no problem seeing either the secondary virutal drive or the external USB drive. It just can't see them when I boot up off the Acronis CD.

Startup repair not working
It makes a full image of C: on external USB harddrive. The image can be mounted and Explore'd. True Image 10 hangs after the Acronis Loader runs when booting from the Acronis Rescue CD, or when attempting to create Acronis Secure Zone. Vista arrived pre-installed with Norton and other software on a new laptop (HP

Why I Love Santa Claus
Beyond verifying that an ExpressCard works to mount an external SATA drive on her laptop, I haven't been able to go further. I have been using the ExpressCard with my MacBook Pro but Boot Camp does not support a Windows partition on an external drive so I haven't been able to pursue that route either.

Driver search fails everytime - and have to set the search manuall
Step 1: I generated a full drive image and threw it on a 120GB USB external drive Step 2: Booted the Vista upgrade disk I have no intention of boring the audience with the details of the Vista upgrade, as they can be found everywhere on the InterTubes and they're all exactly the same. Step 3: Boot into Vista for

Trying to get my new laptop to recognise an external drive.
I just bought a new HP Vista OS laptop. I found out most of my application would not work on this new laptop. My choices are either make dual boot Wista and XP Butt after try to boot from XP install CD, the internal drive is not showing, and I install to one of my USB external drive with no problem during the

Korea Times: Only 14% Wait for Windows Vista
"Jimmy Brush" wrote: Hello, If you have a retail Windows DVD, you can boot from it and then select repair your computer. Just upgrade to a bigger drive. Have a Vista backup on a USB drive. Needing info on how to restore to the new drive...Originally bought my laptop with XP, upgraded to Vista.

Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files
The following information might help you sove the problem: The wrong diskette is in the drive. Insert %2 (Volume serial number: %3) into drive %1. (0x80070022)." Again, I had already created 17 BACKUP DISKS and if I have to start over, well some blood will be spilled tonight (and it will be my laptop's and Vista's.

Digital music dilemma
Malke notrea...@invalid.invalid microsoft public windows vista general ijuba wrote: Hi, Any ideas on how to retrieve data from a hard drive crash? Kept meaning to backup, you may need a drive adapter; ie, laptop-to-IDE or a SATA controller card, etc. A usb/firewire external drive enclosure works very well, too.

Can't get past square one.
I'd like the option to boot to "whaterever" on my laptop, yet have the ability to boot into windows XP for work, or when the laptop is not connected always. Do you have 10-15G unused on your internal hard drive that you can commit to this? Booting to an external drive can be done, but it's tricky to set up and

Mac vs PC
I realized that my wireless card is Broadcom (sp) which seems is not supported by Linux (I should have thought of that when I ordered my laptop). Then I decide to turn off my external drive and move hard disk up to the top of the boot sequence which I thought would have then booted from Windows because Ubuntu is on

Creating a dual boot so I can use Vista or XP
I have a vista laptop connected to a XP desktop with a crossover cable. No wireless. XP connected to broadband modem. I have an external HD connected to the desktop that is having data on it corrupted when I try to transfer from the laptop to the LACIE external drive on the desktop via the network.

External USB Hard Drive not working, Vista asking for drivers
"It ain't Vista's fault". I need to reboot the system to safely disconnect an external drive.' Again, your fault, for buying such low-rent hardware. You should be ashamed. <snipped all the complaints that have been brought up here time and time again, only to be side-stepped by all the MS boot kissers.

USB Device not recognised
To save your data, you can remove your hard drive and mount it in an external drive case, then read it from another computer. I have an HP laptop with Vista, I purchased in April '07. My Vista keeps going to startup repair option when booting up. It will stay on the 'Startup repair is checking your system for

After creating 17 backup discs, Vista tells me backup "failed"
I have a 500gb Lacie USB 2.0 External Hard Drive and I am trying to get it to work with a new Dell Laptop with Windows Vista Ultimate installed. Once I unplugged the drive however I was back to square one. Vista reclassified the drive as other devices and yellow exclamation mark. On boot up Vista asks for the

Linux Loaded Lenovo Laptop..More Linux Slopware..This is ...
Dominic Payer d...@fsv.co.uk microsoft public windows vista hardware_devices Some external enclosures are not Vista compatible. Check that the one you have is compatible. Why would your old laptop not boot? Was it the laptop itself or the drive which had gone bad? "help with vista and old drive" <help with vista and

After backup disc #17, Vista tells me backup "failed"
Please help PS: The computer I am installing vista on is broken and will not let me on even in safe mode, so I cannot move my files to an external drive or anything. Thanks. Depending on the target drive's characteristics, you may need a drive adapter; ie, laptop-to-IDE or a SATA controller card, etc.

Unexpected Error
Thankfully I backed up files through the good old copy > paste on my external drive. But if it worked, I would use the Vista tools. is a paragraph that may apply to your situation: "Complete PC Restore Now imagine that one sunny afternoon, I decide to use my laptop while sitting by the pool.