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Re: RAID Access Failure

Yup, lol . . . some things are built for comfort, some for security, some for speed. In the future, I'll be running without RAID at all. I personally don't think its worth it. Anyhow, to get back to my problem . . . I thought it worth reporting that I ran CHKDSK from XPs recovery console, and...

Posted to Desktop Edition (Forum) by Twoboxer on 07-18-2008
RAID Access Failure

I bought 2 copies of Desktop (v3.202) and DL'd one copy to this Dell machine (24 days remaining on trial). I have not been able to backup the C: drive because of the error shown below. On my first attempt I tried backing up everything (3xC: partitions, 1xD: full backups) to a third PC on the network...

Posted to Desktop Edition (Forum) by Twoboxer on 07-16-2008
Settings for restoring Dell Utility Partition

I have backed up 2 partitions on my laptops (C drive and the Dell Partition). I have restored the C drive partition sucessfully, however when going through the restore wizard for the the Dell partition I was unsure of some of the settings so I didn't proceed as I didn't want to render my laptop...

Posted to Desktop Edition (Forum) by tjubb on 06-11-2008
Re: Can't back up/restore "Dell" partition

Thanks John. I downloaded the diagnostics from the link you provided. Do I just burn it onto a CD? run it? How do I make the CD bootable?

Posted to Desktop Edition (Forum) by david.g.becker@attglobal.net on 05-27-2008
Re: Can't back up/restore "Dell" partition

I just don't know...but it sure sounds possible. In a previous post I told what happened that led me to ask about this. I can live with the idea of beginning a restore from the Dell OS CD to replace the * partition and then continuing with the SPD CD, as long as I know that this is a reliable approach...

Posted to Desktop Edition (Forum) by david.g.becker@attglobal.net on 05-19-2008
Re: Can't back up/restore "Dell" partition

Thanks John, that's just what I figured re the partition. Here's what happened: My OptiPlex 330 is a warranty replacement for a GX620 that was very buggy. But I swapped the hard disks into the replacement in order to avoid the chore of restoring :( Two weeks ago, disk 1 (the boot disk) failed...

Posted to Desktop Edition (Forum) by david.g.becker@attglobal.net on 05-19-2008
Can't back up/restore "Dell" partition

2 Dell OptiPlex 330s running Win XP Pro. Both machines have a boot/diagnostics partition on the boot HD that identifies itself as * (Windows is on the C partition) and has a volume label "DELL." On my machine, running SP Desktop 3.2, the * partition is not offered as a backup option, it doesn't...

Posted to Desktop Edition (Forum) by david.g.becker@attglobal.net on 05-19-2008
Re: Why does my disk have a second volume on it?

The unlettered volume is a Dell utility partition. This sometimes contains utilities from Dell used to test, diagnose and configure your system. It is a hidden partition that is never assigned a drive letter. It is only accessible via BIOS or hot key during boot. This shouldn't be related to ACT...

Posted to Desktop Edition (Forum) by admin on 04-04-2008

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