Dynamic disk status invalid.
Have a problem...Before installing Vista, I tought of making a backup on a second internal hard disk which a bought and...
Any Software to Analyze Hard Disk Capacity?
During the past few weeks I have faced the problem of lost some GBs from my Hard disk! My Hard disk's Capacity is 500 Gb...
Password reset disk
Hi,When I initially set up Vista I did not make a Password Reset disk because I chose a password that I would not forget...
disk partitioning in vista
Hi all, I have a new HP laptop that I wish to partition into a C and a D drive. I can't seem to find an Fdisk proram t...
Windows - No Disk
i started getting this message that a few ppl have been getting and been solved. however my no disk message has a differ...
Recover a file from Installation Disk
I'm using Vista Ultimate. One of my programs says that the file ntdll.dll is faulty. The one on my HD has a Jan 2008 ...
Disk Management
Hi, I created a few Partition on my Vista Home Premium system and inadvertently Partitioned an External Hard Drive and ...
Dissapearing Hard disk space
I have a total of around 196 GB of hard disk space in my c:// drive and no data in it at all instead of my operating sy...
low disk space
i am not sure why my c-drive is telling me low disk space but all i have install is windows vista and some applications...
Help, need 64-bit disk or advice . . .
Greetings all, I attended a Microsoft event, and received a free copy of Windows Vista Ultimate Not For Resale. I had t...
Can you archive windows lives messages to disk?
The boss would like to clean up his email by removing all of his email messages from his windows live account to a dvd. ...
Software to secure delete 'free' hard disk space
I'm after opinions on what software to use - freeware or commercial - that makes the job of securely erasing data unref...
Vista disk cleanup button?
In Windows XP every drive (real or partition)has the disk cleanup button on the drive properties general tab but in Vis...
Help: Scan Disk
Hi I am running vista ultimate, every time I start my PC it wants to scan my external drive for problems, I have allow...
That o'l disk thrashing again!
OK, I thought I had cured my disk thrashing by turning of things I don't need. Then it came back again, and it goes on f...
Customize Disk manager
Does any know of a way to customize the view Vista of the disk manager ? I find the action pane, tree console, ect... to...
Disk management console view is not up-to-date
I have stumbled on a problem that is reported in many forms in different forums, but it is always blamed to something el...
Disk to Disk copy
Hi,I have an external hard disk where I backup my files and system backups. Yesterday, I purchased a larger external ha...
Help me….my hard disk is damaged!!!
Hi everyone , I am employed as a manager in a firm. I have a problem that I had like to talk about. My system was workin...
Vista Disk Defragment - room for improvement?
Hello,Is there any reason for us to hope that in future Microsoft may improve the graphical display of disk Defragmente...
Error Message "Windows - No Disk"
I have a brand new Dell 420 and ever since I did the transfer of files from my old system to the new system I get this ...
System mis-reporting disk usage
I am using Windows Vista (32-bit) on my computer. Lately, I have noticed that the reported "used space" on m...
Vista burning feature not recognizing its own disk
I only use Vista built-in burning feature to backup important files. I’m not interested in burning movies, music, mak...
Freezer Method for Hard Disk Recovery
Is it feasible to recover the hard disk with the following method.http://recoverdisk.blogspot.com/2009/04/freeze-it-myth...
Backup disk for SP1 ?
I have installed SP1 about 5 days ago. I'd like to know how to make a backup disk of SP1, just in case ? Thank you. t-4...
Prevent disk from shutting down
Hi I have Vista Ultimate 64, I have an external Hard Drive attached through eSATA, it shuts down after 20 Mins of idle, ...
Cannot connect to remote disk over network
Hello, my first time here, and I'm looking for help.I'm running Vista Ultimate, 32bit, with a home network and internet....
sec master hard disk s.m.a.r.t. status bad fix
Hi. Not Show Drive HDD 1 Tr. Why Error: sec master hard disk s.m.a.r.t. status bad fix. Plz Help For Fixed. -- AhrimanS...
Reformatting but no disk.
Hi Have had a lot of trouble with trojans and corrupted registry, I have tried the dell restore to factory settings but ...
Externnal USB Hard disk doesn't show up anywhere
Hello...Seagate USB external drive ST3400601U2 doesn't show up anywhere in disk Management, Device Manager or in Explore...
Minimum Disk Space for V. Business
What is the bare minimum for Vista Biz system partition? For Win7, its official requirement is "16 GB", but a...
Windows Disk Management Console
How do I get to the Windows disk Management Console? I need to make a change....
Question About Vista Recovery (Repair) Disk
Hi,In connection with a problem getting Vista updates, I downloaded and burned to CD a Vista Recovery (Repair) disk. Ho...
privileges from install disk command prompt
My week-old Dell laptop running Vista Home Premium has suddenly presented me with the not unfamiliar boot-to-blank-scre...
Chkdsk Hangs every time. Disk reports OK?
Hi All,On Vista Home Premium, I've set Chkdsk to run but each time it hangs about three quarters of the way through step...
Windows vista recovery disk
Hithe problem is with the compaq presario F500 which i gave as a gift to my cousin, unfortunately neither of made a reco...
Windows is unable to format disk
I'm trying to format some CD-RW disks to make my backup disks and only once out of about 10 tries have I been successfu...
Blank DVD disk not recognized by Windows Explorer
(Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP-2, IE-8, WM-6, WLM-09, classic mode, dial-up.)If this is not the correct newsgroup, ...
USB External Backup Disk and Vista Pro
HiWe use a USB external hard disk to backup to from 2 Vista Pro PCs on a wired LAN. All works OK until such time as th...
Disk fragmentor
I'm looking to purchase a defragmenter, Which disk defragmenter is preferred with Windows Vista? Pefectdisk, or O&...
free disk space slowly decreasing
hello everyone, i am glad to of found this forum. It looks like i will be active here, this has a lot of great things. B...
Recovery Disk Creation
Hi, Last month I got a HP laptop and I forgot to take recovery disks. Due to some problems, my OS got corrupted and so ...
hard disk making a strange clicking sound
My external hard drive, Western Digital, is making a strange sound whenever I plug it to the computer. It goes like &qu...
Access is Denied (from Local Disk Manager)
I am partitioning my C drive so I can install Windows Pro as a duel boot to the pre-installed Windows Vista Home Premiu...
MMC hangs at disk management
Please give me pointers to solve this problem...Vista Home Premium 32 bit 3 gigs ram. Dual core Athlon 3800+I did a scan...
Hard Disk Problem
My friend got a Hp laptop with windows vista home premium 160 gb hard but today i found out that his laptop is showing o...
DISK BURN vs DISK COPY?
Can someone kindly explain the difference between copying a disk (using disk copy) and burning a disk image to a secon...
CD/DVD Blank Disk Issue
It appears the format a "Blank disk" issue when attempting to read a CD/DVD with files seems to degrade over t...
scedule check disk not responding
I lost my wireless and my security program somehow. Attempted to use system restore and received a message that there ...
DVD-RW wants to wite recycled file to every blank disk
Hello All,I am having a weird problem and can't seem to find any info about it on the web. Whenever I put a blank disc ...
No Disk Error: exception processing message 0xc0000013
I don't know why, but whenever I'm on the computer, a message saying, "Exception processing message 0xc0000013 Para...
disk failure during system restore
my computer has gone crazy half my stuff don't work and when i try a system restore it runs far a while then i get a me...
Opening the dvd disk door
My new Gateway has a vertical dvd drive which has a very slow/mushy button to open it. Is there a program that will just...
Which disk or partition is "\Device\Harddisk1\DR1"?
Which disk or partition is "\Device\Harddisk1\DR1"?...
Disk cleanup - System error memory dump files
Is there something useful to do with System error memory dump files, or can I safely tell disk Cleanup to delete them?Ro...
Disk Ativity
I have disabled Indexing, and there is still disk activity, when I am not doing anything. Is it the defrag or what is r...
Boot disk / system recovery failure
Hi, first time on forums, first time I've needed expert help with a PC. I'm very newbish with technical computer stuff, ...
recovery of encrypted disk
I have a Buffalo 4-disks RAID 5 external USB drive. It was encrypted with Secure Lock Ware. The drive was accidently re...
Vista Ultimate, Invalid Disk Pack
Hi!A weird problem. I used to have 3 USB disks (dynamic GPT) running fine under Vista Ultimate. Then I made a fresh Win...
Backup Disk Full
Folks - I've been faithfully backing up my C: to another internal hard disk on a weekly basis for over a year now. I ju...
Creating a recovery disk that will work on SATA drives
Enviroment in useVista Home Premium Compaq Presaio CQ40 Laptop 200+ GB Sata Drive (I think) 4GB MEMORYI am trying to cre...
can login only in safe mode after disk clean up
Hi,I'm looking for help. It's about a HP Compaq 6710b laptop, with Vista pre-installed.After doing a disk cleanup, I can...
Vista Ultimate 64 + Paragon Disk Partioning
HI,Recently upgraded to Vista Ultimate 64 as I acquired an extra 4GB of memory to up my PC to 6GB. I have several drive...
Disk read error...
Hello everyone,I'm new here and desperate for some help. I have a Sony Vaio vgn-ar320e and I'm getting a disk read erro...
Where is disk defragement?
Where is disk defragement in Vista?Thanks,Scott...
Avg. Disk queue length
After doing a check on the health and performances of my comp, the program gives me a red flag for the Avg disk Queue Le...
Install Home from Ultimate disk?
Okay, this is probably going to sound stupid but I have to ask.I was given Vista Ultimate a few weeks ago but my wife's ...
Vista Windows Back-Up 100% Disk Utilization
I have an HP intel Core 2 Quad Vista Home Premium 64 Pavillion with 4GB RAM & 4GB Ready Boost. Every week or so the ...
Disk Boot failure kinda thing...
Hi all..First I must say that I wouldn't be posting if I hadn't exhausted all other options... Basically, I have/had a 3...
The case of the missing disk space
Hi,I have a strange problem with missing disk space. I'm running vista 64 with a 750GB (698gb) HD and I've noticed more ...
Directory of Autounattend.xml for partitioning an disk
HIIn which directory of the DVD of Vista SP1 64 bit I have to put the Autounattend.xml file in order to allow Vista to a...
Installing Vista on HP with Recovery Disk
HiI'm not sure if my last msg posted, but I'm trying to use a purchased and legitimate HP recovery disc of Vista Ultimat...
No Hard Disk Found
Hi, new here. I have a sony vaio laptop that has been working perfectly up until a few days ago. I got a blue screen tha...
No free disk space error even though there is enough disk sp
Hi there, I am trying to install a software and it gives an error as Not enough disk space on C drive even though there ...
Disk Defrag and Event Viewer
Is there a log available to Event Viewer that will give me the start and stop time of the disk defragmenter? If so wher...
Re: HD Disk Wipe Software
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:28:29 -0700, Wonderman wrote:Can anyone reccomend a free and fast disk wipe program. Thanks. ht...
Disk Burner
ok so does any one know how to burn disks(copy disks) on a windows vistaPS Is it true that Petz games(Petz,Petz 2,Petz 3...
Error on Hard Disk 2 message
I have a 2 month old Dell Studio Mini that has been great up until a few weeks ago. My wife went to start the computer a...
Troubleshooting a disk full issue in Vista
I have a fairly new PC running Vista Ultimate. Last week I noticed tha tthe HD in Computer reported only 3GB of the 137 ...
Stuck with a full Hard disk :S
Guys I Hav a 40 gb hard disk full of nothin:S lol No software installed except microsoft office and adobe photoshop. My ...
initialize USB disk
Hi, I have Vista and I have a hard drive that I had for my personal stuff from XP, my son installed it into my new PC ...
Initialize usb disk with vista
I have an ide disk plugged to an usb port (via an adapter) that i could see with diskmgmt as "uninitialized"....
unexplained loss of hard drive space on disk
I'm running Windows Vista on a Toshiba Satellite laptop. Without any additions of program material to the computer, it ...
Disk Defragment
Hey:I'm confused about Vista's defrag program. I know it is recommended to run on a schedule which makes me wonder. Ca...
Can I create some sort of raid disk with two usb drives in
Hi,I want to have two flash drives working in like a raid mirror.I can plug in one of the usb flash drives and get say a...
Windows Disk Diagnostic User Resolver
Hi: I ran Autoruns for Windows and under Task Scheduler it has Windows disk Diagnostic User Resolver with a Red Circle...
Any way to obtain details in disk defragmenter?
Is there any way to set disk defragmenter so I can see progress (percent defragmented or amount remaining)? I was able...
Why so much hard disk activity?
We have 2 identical Dell XPS desktop PCs, both with duo 2.66 processors, 240 GB hard drives, and running Vista Home Prem...
Recovery disk full
I have a DELL laptop running VISTA. I have noticed that my D (recovery ) drive is almost full. I have gone through the ...
Password reset disk - no floppy drive
Is it possible to make a password reset disk on a computer that does not have a floppy drive? This question is for both...
LOST Disk space for no reason
Hi, I am on Vista 64 SP1 Home Version. Under Computer, the Local disk C: shows I have used 57GB of C drive.But in C Driv...
Re: DISK BURN vs DISK COPY?
"DDW" wrote in message "Copying" burns the files to the media in uncompressed form that you can a...
Is it safe to delete "Error Reports" in Disk cleanup?
In disk cleanup, i got 4 "error reports": - Per user archived Windows Error Reports - 1,04 MB - Per user queue...
Disk Space Wrong Vista 64 bit
Hello Has anyone experienced the disk space being reported wrong with Vista 64 bit thanks N...
File autounattend.xml of Vista 64bit not partitions the disk
HIUsing WAIK, I created the autounattend.xml file by putting it on a DVD of Vista Ultimate SP1 64 bit. Code: -----------...
Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto Solid State Disk
Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this bootable? As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it an...
Message telling me that external disk must be formatted
I have a 500 gig Seagate hard drive connected through a USB port on the front of my Dell 531, running Home Premium. In ...
Re: No Hard Disk Found
I am having the same problem. I have: intel dx58so mother board intel i7 processor seagate 1.5tb 32mb sata hd i dont ...
Constatn disk access
I am running Vista Home Premium, 64 bit version. My computer has been very slow for about 5-6 minutes after startup wit...
Need Help - Disk Space Cleanup Manager Has Stopped Working
Hello--We have a client with a brand new laptop, with Vista Business 32-bit OS and when he tries to run the disk Cleanu...
There was an error saving attachment, check disk space.
Hi, I hope someone can help me, but I am unable to open attachments in windows mail, I get the message saying it is dow...
"You are running out of disk space on RECOVERY (D:)" message
On my new VISTA PC, I tried to use the built-in Backup program. The back-up apparently failed because there was not en...
Vista uses the disk a lot after login
Hello everybody I am a very new user of vista. I have been xp for a while though :). I have successfully installed the ...
Ubuntu - How to free up disk space
This is exactly why NOBODY wants to use that piece of Crap Ubuntu. Who in their right minds wants to run cryptic comman...
intermittent freeze due hard disk reading
Can somebody help me with the following issue?I'm using Vista Home Premium. Every 10 seconds my hard disk does something...
Disk Encryption with TrueCrypt and Backups
Most companies these days are using disk encryption on their laptops. I am planning to use TrueCrypt for my laptop. Th...
How to see the body of messages copied from an old disk to a
both disk are using windows vista and windows mailI have a list of all messages in windows mail but I can't see thei con...
Disk Defragmenter Will Not Automatically Run--Vista Ultimate
I can set when I want disk Defragmenter to run and what partitions to defrag. And I check the box to run automatically ...
Running Disk Cleanup Wipes out my computer
I have Windows Vista Professional and if I select all the options shown on the disk cleanup application it disables my ...
Store data on Data disk always
Simply stated, I want all data that I own stored on my second drive [d:].I moved all the Users folders , i.e. Documents,...
recovery partition D, full disk warning
Something in my HP desktop is trying to write on this partition. I have had this problem since day one on a new comput...
Disk Management Query Error
Good afternoon,I am attempting to shrink the Vista volume, so I can dual boot another OS. I've done this countless time...
Problems with disk cleanup
I am looking to create space in my hard drive but i read on the forums somewhere that the disk cleanup process for vist...
Creation of Bad Block on Hard Disk
I want to create some sectors on hard as BAD BLOCKS. Can anybody explain. I have found a link at http://recoverdisk.blog...
Disk management refuses to assign a disk letter. Help!
I have a WD MyBook external hard drive, capacity 250GB. It is a USB device and needs no drivers, or at least it didn't...
Vista Disk
I have a computer with Vista 64 bit OS. It didn't come with a OS disk. Can I create one and if so how? Thanks in advance...
USB Flash Disk access problem; Vital Data at Stake =[
I was recently using my 16GB transcend flash drive to upload pics to facebook when it failed. I had already uploaded two...
Check Disk Log Location
The Vista check disk log can be found as follows: Go to Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer, Windo...
Hard Disk
I have a what alot of people are going to say is a really dumb question But I need advice please. How do I know if one o...
USB flash disk and USB WiFi weird issue
Hi All, I recently noticed a strange problem on my new PC (i7-4GB DDR3-DX58SO-Vista 32 Ultimate): I have a USB Wifi don...
Disk drives
From Ray.C.Why do I have three removable drives on my computer F.G.H which I don't use and then when I plug in a usb fl...
hard disk strange
Recently I installed windows vista ultimate and i have a problem when i open programs my hdd make a strange noise...
x64 Vista SP1 corrupts large NTFS disk volumes
ISSUE AFFECTS ONLY x64 EDITIONS OF WINDOWS VISTA SP1 OR WINDOWS SERVER 2008.I'm seeing corruption of my NTFS file system...
RE: Disk Management - Shrink volume
Thanks for your help but I crossposted as I wasn't sure which newsgroup covered my particular query. Also, not everybod...
Save hard disk space occupied by Vista.
Hard disks are cheap these days, but not free and won't be free in the future. It's OK if it is occupied things that I u...
Vista Ultimate Blue screen with bad disk. Now what?
Crashed with bad disk indicated. Interestingly I had a few flashes of a solid blue screen once in a while over the past...
Disk Cleanup Utility
How do I permanently remove the default check mark in the box next to "Thumbnails" or eliminate the category?...
Windows is unable to find a system with one disk
I am trying to install Vista Home Premium x64 bit on a single hard disk. It ran through okay once, but once it had to re...
Scan Disk Headache
*-When I try to do a scan disk cleanup, I keep getting disk Space Cleanup manager for windows has stopped working, I hav...
Windows Vista use up disk space fast ?
Hi, I just bought a Thinkpad T61 laptop 1 week ago and new to Windows Vista. It comes with 160GB hard drive and loaded...
Hard disk access non stop on new Vist Home Premium 64 bit
New machine, new install, and the hard disk access light is on alsmost solid 100% of the time, even if I go away for a ...
Check disk can not run, need to for backup
I get an error notification icon that indicates "last backup failed. If I open the icon a Backup and Status Confi...
Windows vista disk fragmenter easting A LOT of disk space
I am a relatively unexperienced windows vista user using windows home premium at 32 bit on an acer aspire 6920 notebook...
How does WinSAT measure disk performance
1. Does anyone know how WinSAT measures disk performance ? 2. Is the disk performance machine dependent i.e., if I moved...
"files ready to be written to disk", do what? on recpt ...
I receive this message when clkng; 'copy files to E:', ('send to' menu) -- Boswell...
? about Vista recovery Disk DL from neosmart.net
Unrelated to a recent previous post about a Vista Recovery disk, I read today on How-To-Geek.com about one that Windows...
System restore wont work says local disk has errors?
can someone tell me whats going on and how i can fix this. i tried running it in safe-mode but it didint work so what ca...
Install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto bootable Solid State Disk
Is it possible to install Vista 64 bit (SP1) onto a SSD and make this bootable? As in, a PC that only has a SSD in it an...
Bring Online Dynamic Disk whose status is invalid
I took out a hard drive from my desktop computer, put it in a USB external drive. However the drive will not come onlin...
Disk Cleanup not working
HiI have Ultimate, when I run disk Cleanup it stalls about half way through.What other method can I use to clean up my &...
Complete PC Backup - D: has turned into a system disk
I started using Vista's complete PC backup once Vista was installed on my computer. I have two physical disks, one part...
Replace Hard Disk
Hi. I am using Vista Home Premium, so I do not have the CompletePC Backup feature, sadly. I just finished reinstalling ...
Install XP on my new empty dual-boot disk...
I need an XP Pro OS on my Vista Home Premium laptop. I've used diskmgmt.mcs to shrink my disk by 30 gig - a nice and v...
"Restore files" fails on disk selection
I am using Vista Home Premium 64 Sp 1 on HP s3500f.I used DVD-RW to backup using Backup and Restore Center.When I wanted...
Severe loss of disk space after backup
Although I have read various threads about similar problems, none seem to provide me with an answer to this problem - h...
Vista Disk Check - No 10-second countdown
Usually when I run a disk check and reboot (which the system requires when checking the system disk), the system gives m...
Not recognising hard disk on Vista or 7 install
Am reinstalling Windows Vista after a virus infected my PC. I am reinstalling vista but after booting from DVD Vista doe...
Vista Disk Cleanup
This does not want to run on a new machine from Dell. When you run the program the following happens:1. You get the the...
Disk Management Not Working?
I'm not entirely sure this hsould go here because I'm not exactly sure what the issue is. Basically, when I go into disk...
Duplicate DVD Installation Disk
*** apologies if this is posted in the wrong category ***I want to duplicate my Vista reinstall DVD; God help me if it ...
Forgot only account password, no vista disk or password rese
I forgot the password to my computer, and it is the only account on the computer. I do not have a reset disk and I dont ...
Disk Messages
HiI'm not sure if this is the correct group, but perhaps someone could help.I am currently writing a lot of data to a ha...
low disk space - Windows Vista
I have no idea how to expand disk space in the recovery whatever. Please give me some help! Also, cannot permanently ...
Destination Disk
When I start my computer this message appears: "Feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other disk that is...
Partition Management--How do you label Partitions via Disk M
Recently a poster (Andy ) wrote in response to someone who was trying to format with diskMgmt and found the format opt...
resize disk
I plan to change my computer running Windows Vista into a dual boot system with Ubuntu linux as well. I wish to resize ...
Unexpected shut downs, because of hard disk do not know what
Hi I have had trouble with my hard disk causing a lot of (bluescreen) unexpected shutdowns. Here follows a zip of my Win...
defragment disk
I have had problems trying to defrag C: drive and have found a site that was a help, http://www.winhelponline.com/art...
Vista doesn't show setup.exe on CD disk with explorer
I am using a Vista Home Premium and I am trying to read a CD made from an XP Pro Sp3 Os. I am able to see all the fil...
no disk exception error message oxc0000013
does anyone have a fix for this - occured when i installed hp bluetooth mouse after already installed microsoft noteboo...
Solid state disk makes vista slower not faster
Hello, I replaced my system disk (hard disk) with a much faster SSD (solid state disk 128G) and now my system is slower...
System volume on disk is corrupt.
My computer was working fine for the past 4-5 months then all of a sudden this morning it just...stopped. I went to log ...
Windows Vista: unknown disk space allocation
Hi!I've bought the pc, whose I'm writing, 3 weeks ago. I found that the unit C:\ has 70.7 GB of free space, but I haven'...
Disk Defragmenter Schedule Not Working!!
I'm using vista business. I've set a schedule to run the disk defragmenter, but it doesn't work at all. Yet, I've anot...
Cannot change drive letter via Disk management
All - XP PC died, taken the hard drive and placed into external USB cage and plugged into Vista laptop. I cannot see it ...
can't remove usb external disk
hi,Every time i try to "safely remove" my external HDD (Western Digital Elements 3.5" 250GB) from my lap...
HELP disk management problem
I have a toshiba lappy.It has recovery partitions on the HD as supplied out of the box.I had Ubuntu linux dual boot ints...
2nd hard disk on hp dv7-3020
I bought an HP Pavilion DV7-3020sa a week ago which has 2 HDD areas but only 1 HDD fitted. I have bought an identical H...
Disk defragmenter
hello to everyone, this is my first time posting. i have windows vista basic and my computer has ben getting slow so i ...
A,B,C,.... Disk Drives
Hello,I find it mildly annoying and somtimes confusing that my hard drive is split into C: and E:, and an external driv...
"Windows - No disk" Error Message
I downloaded pictures from a CD and set it as a screen saver. Whenever the screen saver kicks in, I get the following m...
ACRONIS DISK PARTITION EXPERT- Download help
hi all Can anyone tell me where can i download acronis disk partition expert free full veriosn..withou pay ;)....it woul...
Can XP read a Vista disk?
I'd like to transfer files made on a disk formated on Vista to an XP machine. The XP machine will not copy the files. ...
Disk Management 64 bit
Dual boot Ultimate 32 bit and 64 bit. in the 32 bit version there is a Computer Management-disk Management option under...
Extending a Disk in Vista?
I had a 10 GB partition that just freed up. I want to combine that with my existing C: drive. Here's a disk management...
Shrink Volume Logical Disk Manager Error Access Denied
Hi techies, I am using windows vista Home premium 32 bit operating system. My laptop is hp pavillion dv6700Problem: I us...
How do I check my disk space in Vista Home Premium
I forgot how to check this where you see the pie chart of used and free space. Thanks...
HD Disk Wipe Software
Can anyone reccomend a free and fast disk wipe program. Thanks....
One disk is missing in USB Disk
I connect one removable hard disk to my Vista PC by USB,I can only see one disk and another disk is missing from the s...
VISTA Check Disk and Defrag
I don't have VISTA but a friend does have VISTA Home Basic. . How does he run chkdsk then defrag.Thanks...
Change disk drive letter?
Ok well, overnight somehow my External Hard drive's letter (F:) Changed to G and moved to my Cd Drive. I was wondering ...
Disk Drive is write protected or Read only
Hi All,Had issue that has been described here, where a disk in the system was in read only. In my case this was a 250Gb ...
Recover my documents from a crashed vista OS hard disk
My Vista Operating System Hard disk Just crashed. It was running Vista Home Premium. My Computer is an HP 8170in media...
WinXP Outlook Express to WIndows Mail but from 2nd disk
Greetings all, Recently I had a motherboard failure, Out of warrantee. But the drive is safe.How do I get my mail Outloo...
Complet reinstall Window Vista with Recovery disk ?
Hello,i want to complet reinstall mi Windows Vista Home Premium with Recovery disk - to have windows as i have when i fi...
Cant reinstall vista from my recovery disk
hello, can anyone help in my hour of despair.Here is the problem and some facts. I have a Packard Bell imedia 2423.It ha...
Partitioning a computers Hard disk
How do you exactly partition a hard drive or can some one tell me a good place to get a partitioning program or website...
Massive fluctuations in available disk space during a week
Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP2.I have noticed that during the course of an average week, the amount of available disk space ...
Error Msg: Disk Read Error...now new drive not working eithe
My Toshiba Satellite P205-S6287 running Vista froze and would not respond. I held the power button down to shut down. I...
Disk defraggmentor
When I run the windows disk defraggmentor or an independant third party version, my windows vista home premium computer...
USB Disk not mounted (KB 940199)
When I attach a USB memory stick to my machine Windows attempts to find new drivers online, and then after failing it t...
corrupt disk message
OK, everytime the computer restarts, it says there is a problem with one of my disks and does a disk check. I tried to ...
could not create a partition on disk 0
hi all got a problem with installing vista home basic (what a suprise)i have an icom shell and the recovery disc came wi...
(C drive: pq service) Disk full pop up when runing setup ple
hello...i reinstalled my vista as i had it rebooting continously..After reinstalling....the c drive shows full....when i...
Unreported Disk Space Utilization
I have a strange problem trying to account for the space usage on my disk. The disk capacity is 186 GB, and there is abo...
Cannot use upgrade disk
HiI have a new PC with Home Premium SP1 and tried to upgrade install using my Ultimate (original release)upgrade DVD bu...
Hard disk layout
Can someone tell me why there are no extended partitions anymore with Vista? Now I see only Primary partions. What effec...
Is there a built-in tool in Vista to partition a disk?
Tried to install Partition Magic 8 on Vista and failed Is there a built-in tool in Vista to partition a disk?...
disk tray question
what is this? it is the attatchment...
Vista Ultimate fails to install, clean install, new disk.
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Install Vista with HP Recovery disk
I recently tried to use the Vista repair tools to format the laptop back to factory conditions. I'd done the process be...
Mysterious Disk Usage
I just build a new computer and installed Vista Home Premium (64 bit). I only have one hard drive (640 GB). I've adde...
Disk Cleanup
Does anyone know why disk Cleanup will not clean the recycle bin? CCleaner cleans it just fine.C.B. -- It is the respo...
No clue as to Disk Defragmenter status
I remember that in previous versions of Windows all the way up to Windows XP, the disk Defragmenter would tell me exact...
Halo, Mass Effect or any other are on the disk
Unable to load any game will read the file on the disk after about 20 min. Will attempt to load game for about an hour ...
Reinstall Vista without the disk?
Okay so I asked about some trouble with IE & FireFox yesterday & I've come to the conclusion it's probably best ...
Disk Defragmenter Question
I fired up my Vista Ultimate's disk defragmenter for the first time yesterday. It has been plugging away for over eight...
Messed up C: disk administrations, help!
In desperate need of help!I was trying to install something on my computer, and it kept telling me I didn't have adminis...
Getting Hard Disk drivers loaded before XP Setup run on Dual
After creating 6 GB partition (maximum shrink volume available) and formatting NTFS using the Vista HP disk management ...
Recovering Vista with recovery disk after Installation of Ub
Is it still possible to run the recovery disks to reinstall vista to factory settings that came with my computer after I...
Well crap....Disk Defrag problems?
I was under the impression for quite some time now that when you run disk Defrag on the schedule that it actually defra...
Can't access disk defrag or system restore?
Hi, Can anyone help I am trying to defrag my ‘C’ drive, before turning on the disk protection in steady state. When...
Create Disk Partition / Dual boot?
Question: How do you create a disk partition in Vista Home premium if the disk is not dynamic? I would like to install ...
problems with disk clean up
Used to, when I did disk clean up, it would let me delete "system memory dump" but now it only calculates it,...
Disk Defragmenter Command Line Switch?
I'm trying to get disk Defragmenter to analyze only 1 disk at a time but can't seem do do it. I'm using the following bu...
Windows Disk Cleanup doesn't work
I have windows vista home basic 32 bit, inspiron 531s. I tried to utilize disk cleanup for C: drive and is inoperable. ...
DVD RW not reading blank DVD disks, thinks no disk is in the
HiI have a Toshiba A100 laptop with vista home premium installed on it. I am trying to burn DVD disks on my laptop, and ...
disk defragmenter not working?
I am new to this forum, but need some advice on the disk defragmenter. I tried to defragment the disk last night and lef...
Spurious disk activity, disabled the usual suspects.
I have a Dell XPS 1530 with Vista Buisness installed. The problem I'm having is that every once in a while it seems that...
Disk drive error when opening links or attachments
I've just started using Windows Mail as I've just bought a new Vista computer. Whenever I try to open an attachment or ...
recovery disk of home basic sp1
Hai, I have lenovo y 410 775789Q model with vista home basic sp1(just 20 days back) and they didn't give me any disc rel...
Why does Vista always want to format a blank CD or DVD disk?
Vista Home Premium. I have no third-party CD/DVD recording software on the machine. Every time I go to burn files to a ...
help pls - can't get out of disk check
I've been ripping CD's to disk. During this process, there are 2 folders that have files in them, I can listen to them,...
Can't open disk with pictures on it...please help!
I am trying to open a disk that was given to me that contains pictures on it. When I check the disk's properties, it sho...
Disk Read Error During Install
We are running XP Pro (sp2).My son, preparing for College, was able to purchase Vista Ultimate upgrade for 20 bucks. Ca...
initialise disk
Hi, I have Vista and I have a hard drive that I had for my personal stuff from XP, my son installed it into my new PC t...
Full pc Backup without Install disk
hi ive got a backup of my hdd on a external hdd but its a full system one now when i try 2 use it it says use the window...
Reformatting w/o a disk custom built pc
Hello, Im new to all of this so please bear with me. I'm currently running windows vista 32bit and am having problems wi...
Annoying disk access
Every second or so my disk access light on the pc flashes - Windows XP Premium SP1. I have tried every tool I can think ...
Hard disk is full
Hello everyone!,I am running Vista Home Premium (32-bit) Service Pack 1 on a Gateway GM5474 computer. The computer has a...
Boot into molasses: CPU and disk at 70%, network not connec
I am repeatedly booting into an unusable system - disk & CPU all used up, and when I can start Task Manager, System ...
Password change and reset disk
have read that if I change my Vista password then the password reset disk does not have to be remade.Is this correct, af...
What could cause constant disk access in Vista?
I booted up this Vista Home Premium machine maybe 10 minutes ago. Right now I am not running anything, and the hard disk...
Do you get a separate disk for the XP VM in W7?
Hi All,Does anyone know if the XP Virtual Machine that comes with certain version of W7 comes with a separate disk? Or,...
Hard Disk Activity
Vista Ultimate My hard disk is continuously being accessed by some process. I do not see anything on Process Explorer do...
LOst disk Space after DVD burn failure
Hi!! I tried burning a disk with vista, it gave a message of burning fail and option of "deleting the temporary bur...
Vista Hard Disk Recovery Solution problem
Hi I hve problem with WinRE. OEMFactoryRestore.exe not run another programs (OEMFactoryRestore.hta) and not run recove...
reformat and subsequent disk issue
ok, first off, i haven't posted here for a while, but last time I did it was kind of complaining against Vista since it ...
Booting from 2nd hard disk ?
Howdy, Need some advice on the following:Current setup is HD-1 Primary SATA DRIVE AND primary boot drive Por...
external usb disk drive
Hi,I have Windows Vista, and I like to make my external usb hard disk stay at D: drive even after I reboot the system. W...
check disk log for external hdd
I have a vista home installed on my acer laptop. I have been pestered by my computer to check for errors on my external ...
office 2007 files and acounts from disk image to new install
Great Thanks to Rive and SIW2 for your excellent help. Got vista loaded and running on new MOBO. Just have to contact AC...
Vista not installing on newly formated disk
Please help, I think I have dug myself into a big hole. There were bad virus issues I could not get on top with (CA Secu...
Rescue documents using Repair disk and command prompt
Hello!I have a Dell Latitude D630 with 64-bit Vista Business installed. When I start the computer wants to make chkdsk o...
Dynamic Disk BSOD
I have Vista ultimate installed on my original harddrive. I recently installed a new harddrive which i partitioned and m...
Re: Unalocated Disk Space
"Curious" wrote in message I interpreted the OP's post to mean that the had a 160GB HDD with 10GB unallocat...
Windows detected a hard disk problem
I'm getting this error message for my new Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB drive. I've got 2 of them installed and 1 is being r...
Change owner of folder on external disk
I use Robocopy to backup music and photos on a external Western Digital 1TB disk that is on a local network. The backup...
So Much Disk Space
I bought a new HP laptop last week. This is the first time I used VISTA. I'm shocked just how much disk space all the...
Vista Error "No Disk" 0xc0000013
Does anybody know what this is?0xc0000013 parameters 0x761692A0that is the error code and the first parameter but this p...
lap top no instal disk stuck on boot screen
i bought a lap tp last yr didnt come with disk. Now i have boot mang window says i need a instal disk every tie i boot i...
Windows Vista disk drive icon changed, can't fix it
I recently purchased a Seagate FreeAgent Pro external hard drive and used it to move files and settings from my old com...
Continual disk check
Every boot og Vista Home Premium PC asks for c: disk to be checked. In msconfig I disabled all services and all startu...
Retrieve sub-directory from backup disk?
(Long background to explain what I want to do.)I'm running Vista Ultimate, 64-bit, and Windows Mail. Dialup connection....
Hard disk Diagnostic software
Since I can't afford to lose any of my data (who can?), I'd like to have something on my laptop that monitors the hard ...
Cloned disk has problems
Hi,I just bought Casper 5.0 to use for keeping a spare disk cloned from my system disk. I just tried it, then booted to...
Laptop asks for boot disk
I have a Toshiba Satellite, AMD Turion 64x2 dual core, 3 gb ram, 250 gb hard drive, Vista home premium os. When the lap...
Set up a disk partition to run XP?
I have a problem I can't solve... I have a much needed 32 bit program that I cannot run in the Vista 64 bit environment...
dedicated disk, dedicated server
hi,can somebody tell me what's the meaning of a decated disk, and dedicated server?thanks in advanceStephane....
Check Disk at startup on External Drive
On a nearly new Vista Home HP Pavilion, check disk runs at start up on the 1TB WD external hard drive. I determined tha...
Disk Defrag
After contacting hp 5 times disk defrag still does not work on vista. i ran auslogic love it,, but after the $$$ i spen...
Improving disk performance
My gaming with Windows Vista Ultimate is too slow. The constant disk activity is slowing down my user applications. My c...
VISTA 64 does not see my external disk for backup
Vista 64 keeps on looking and never finds the external disk which I can see clearly see under Computer. It is a WD and ...
Hard Disk is Threshing
For some time now I have had a problem where, apparently at random, my hard drive starts running and ties up my laptop ...
Disk Check Hangs up at 62%
I must have scheduled a disk check on my vista laptop. When it booted up and performed the disk check, It keeps hanging ...
installaton of Vista upgrade download on new disk
::I just bought Vista Ultimate 32-bit upgrade from Microsoft via download from the Microsoft Ultimate Steal download sit...
massive disk activity on Vista Ultimate
from time to time my HD just starts getting really active and stays active for a long time...Resource monitor disk show...
Windows vista on External Hard disk
Hi,is it possible to install windows vista on External Hard disk? thank in advance...
Re: Change disk drive letter?
Colin Barnhorst;755596 Wrote: What is the "it" that doesn't show up?If both F: and G: are assigned to devices...
Disk Chewing
How do I stop Vista from chewing on my disks. I have had a failure of my C: hard disk and i want to stop Vista from che...
Not enough disk space
Whilst trying to print Microsoft Works Calender, the message "There isn't enough free disk space for Print, Send o...
Copying large numbers of files from external disk
In the process of migrating from old to new computer I copied a large number (80,000+) of files onto an external drive ...
Disk Management ?
OS is Home Premium 64 bit. 4 separate HDs Drive 0 = Ultimate 32 bit Drive 1 = Home Premium 64 bit Drive 2 = Files Drive ...
Problems with Disk Management tool
I recently purchased a new computer (AMD quad core 64 bit) with Vista Home Premium installed. The included hard drive wa...
Re: Vista Disk Space
You keep saying 10 GB. The O/P is talking about 10 MBI see drives every day on which there are 7-10 MB of unallocated sp...
Disk Imaging without OS?
I'm not sure if this is the best place, please feel free to move this to another thread...I'm pretty sure I'm going to h...
Where is check-disk in Vista
How do I run check-disk in Vista? No "RUN" command please as that doesn't work anymore. Where is it located s...
How to identify disk IO intensive process?
I was playing a simple board game backgammon (no disk IO, no net traffic) while my hard drive suddenly start to have a ...
External USB Disk Access?
What is the easiest way of determining what process is accessing my external USB drive?Thanks.Ross...
Disk Boot Error
Hello ladies and gents. I am having an issue with my computer running vista ultimate x64. I have an ASUS M2N-SLI motherb...
Disk Management - Shrink volume
I have a laptop with a 90GB hard disk. There is 60GB free and I'm trying to use the Shrink volume option in disk Manage...
Please help with Vista SP1 Disk Creation
Hi All,Finally i got some better forum were i can put my issue and expect some good reply. hope someone will help me wit...
Full computer (disk image) backup and restore in Vista Ultim
Hi,I had a total hd breakdown on my laptop this morning. Under normal circumstances I would have had hours of restore wo...
A chain of problems...starting with check disk.
I have Vista Home Premium. A few days ago I was having problems installing software for a printer, which would cause a ...
Disk Defrag problems
I attempted to run disk Defragmentor several times recently, and it never completed - even after 19 hours! To make mat...
Incremental backups = full hard disk drive (sooner or later)
It seems to me that Vista's built-in backup supports only 1 model: a full backup the 1st time, and incremental backups ...
Unalocated Disk Space
I have a 160mb internal hard drive with 1 partition (ntfs). Vista sp2. When viewing drive info 3rd party software is sho...
how to display flash objects from hard disk
Flash objects are .flv files and are stored in the IE cache.I copied an .flv file from the cache to one of my directorie...
Network disk access password not saved
I'm experiencing a strange problem. I have two Vista biz pcs, one is a laptop and the other is a desktop. I have prchase...
Laptop crashed, disk status unreadable
Hi All!My laptop, HP dv9000, Vista, SATA harddrive Sceen whent black and i could do anything not even restart. couldn't ...
"restore files" can't find proper disk
-I am using Vista Home Premium 64 Sp 1 on HP s3500f.--I used DVD-RW to backup using Backup and Restore Center.--When I w...
Re: disk partitioning in vista
If you are partitioning the drive into C: and D: then I assume you are going to re-install the operating system? If so ...
disk space taken up randomly
So here is my problem. I installed my ages of empires game and tried to run it and it couldn't find the rockalldll.dll (...
Partition HD With Acronis Disk Director
Plan to format and re-install Vista Ultimate SP1. Would like to use Acronis disk Director 10 to create 3 partitions on ...
running out of disk space
I seems to be getting a large number of temp_someFilename.zip in %temp% folder lately like 10 GB in two days. I delete...
How to re-install Ultimate without the full or upgrade disk?
I have a PC which originally in 2006 had XP, then I used Vista Business Upgrade disk and License to upgarde to Vista Bus...
Re: Puzzle - External HDD Disk Management Error
"R. C. White" wrote:Hi, Mike.shows a virtual disk service error, but the code has no associatedA "virtual...
Windows vista recovery disk Lost
Hithe problem is with the compaq presario F500 which i gave as a gift to my cousin, unfortunately neither of made a reco...
Vista disk management
I have 450gb free on my primary partition. I want to shrink it to provide a partition to dual boot Windows 7 with a size...
Motherboard fried, new motherboard, oh oh disk driver issues
So chaps and ladies, my motherboard went and died on me, it was out of warranty and I now have a new motherboard. I hav...
The disappearance of local disk (D:) after full system recov
Lesson learned the hardway: After accidentally deleting a number of bios settings, and receiving an error message that r...
Vista "boot disk" or recovery disk
When I had XP, I had a startup problem so I rebooted with a Windows XP CD that came with the computer. It fixed it.I'm ...
disk drive is stuck thinking the recovery cd is in
i thought it was just not seeing any disks in the drive but now that i have looked closer it seems that it is thinking ...
Anyone Noticed that Vista Displays Free Disk Space Wrong?
Did anyone notice that Vista calculates free disk space wrong?I'm using a D: drive for storing data. The drive hosts man...
2nd Drive on notebook is bumping system disk to Disk 1 posit
Hello,I have an HP DV7 notebook that I recently added a second SATA 500 GB hard drive in the expansion bay. The purpose ...
Disk Read Error Press Ctrl, Alt, Del To Restart
I get that message ( in the title) when trying to boot windows. This happened to me earlier today and I used system res...
"Unallocated Disk"
Hello, While partitioning my hard drive of 250GB (7.44gb EISA configuration + C Drive), I got 40GB(E:)+50GB(D:)+19.74GB...
Istruction for partitioning an black hard-disk
HII would like to create an Autounattend.xml file for Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit Retail able to completely erase partitio...
Disk Cleanup; New entries appear
Running Vista Home Prem\32bit. Bden running disk Cleanup for a year. When I ran disk Cleanup this time I saw 4 entrie...
Re-Allocating Disk Space and Re-Letter Drives
Hi, I used the (Administrative Tools) disk Management to Partition a 500G "C" Drive into a C, D, E and F Driv...
Re: Initialize usb disk with vista
hi, I have got exactly the same problem so that makes two of us.My pc runs with vista home premium 64bit. My hard drive ...
Disk noise
Please can anyone help. I am on Windows Vista and office 2003 and 2007 and I cannot stop my computer hard disk from ti...
Hard Disk May be Corrupt *not sure*
Hey Guys, Got a laptop of a freinds here that has quite an interesting problem. It came vista pre installed and a few da...
Vista 64 Disk encryption?
Is Bitlocker available for Vist 64? If not does anyone know of any other full disk encryption software that supports Vis...
Can I set VSS storage location to another disk ?
Can I set VSS storage location to another disk ?Once I was told I cannot, but this syntax shows it may be possible.vssad...
removed disk from laptop but cannot see files
I had a Sony notebook which was dropped and rendered the machine unusable. I removed the HDD and stuck it into an extern...
very slow file copy disk to disk
-- vista32bit ultimate.2x750gb sata hdd. 4gb ddr3 ram.intelquad core q9550 2.83ghz cpu 1330fsb asus mobo ..and OC...I h...
Does vista install erase hard disk?
I have installed vista upgrade as a trial version (the so called clean install loophole), hoping that I can move my file...
Recovery from recovery disk not possible
System: Vista Business OEM pre-instaled on my laptop. I have a recovery files on my external HDD (whole system). In hel...
USB hard disk error: "You need to format the disk in drive F
I was using my USB hard disk for a word document when suddenly, I was unable to save my file. When I double-clicked on ...
Disk defragmentor
After scanning disk, message pops up saying that performance can be improved. Defragmentation is then run. After defra...
Computer Management - Disk Management...
Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1....When I try to get into Storage -> disk Management, it just sits there. At the bottom ...
Vista - USB External Hard Disk
I use a USB external hard disk to backup to from 2 PCs on a wired LAN. All works OK until such time as the drive is di...
Transferring Disk Space
Can anyone tell me how I would "transfer" disk space from my partioned D drive to C drive? Just tp try, I've ...
Vista Business - hard disk running constantly
I have Vista Business installed, and the hard disk is running constantly. I have implemented several suggestions posted...
Full hard disk?
Vista says that my hard disk is full, when I check through command promt I still show 120 gig of free space. How can I ...
logical disk mgr - access denied
I have a new system (under a week), Vista ultimate, and want to partition the hard drive (500gb) - Have gone though the...
Delay with check disk dialog
When I try to use the check disk dialog (right clicking a drive/properties/tools/error checking) the UAC dialog comes u...
Marked variations in free disk space day-to-day
I have 2 disks (C: and D:) on my laptop running Vista Ultimate and I have noticed that during a week the amount of repo...
autoschedule Disk Cleanup and Error Checking
In Vista I can schedule defrag and some other maintenance programs to run automatically. However, I do not see the opti...
Error message at start up/floppy disk fail
I have just unlocked my cpu as it was crashing due to overheating,so i set my bios to default and now it says"flopp...
Vista beta removal on multiboot disk
I have one PC with X64, XP and Vista beta 32/64 on it that currently uses "Vistaboot Pro". Since Vista beta n...