re: Erunt and DriveImage backups suddenly taking 10 times longer!
Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 7:54 am
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Posted by raminder singh
(92 messages posted)
I thought I should let you know that I found and downloaded the Lenovo System Toolbox
and used it to run tests on the hard disk, CPU, memory, and the motherboard. Everything
was found to be healthy in these tests.
raminder singh
On Saturday, April 4, 2009 at 7:06 pm, raminder singh wrote:
>I carried out the directions in your last message (# 1238737061, April 2, 10:37pm)
>and after following all the steps loaded the ERUNT backup of March 7, which I extracted
>from the stored drive image of that date. There were some small problems with the
>recreated user profile bearing the name stored in the image, but after some sensible
>cutting, pasting and deleting, that user profile is as good as it used to be.
>
>Now, the ERUNT registry backup is rapid, as it used to be, as you had predicted.
>Also, the DriveImage backup is as rapid as it used to be. So, both the problems
listed
>in the "Subject" of this thread have, happily, been solved! Please accept my sincere
>gratitude for guiding me through the process and for the time and effort you expended.
>
>Surprisingly, there is also a significant reduction in the number of event 11 errors
>that I see! If I wait a minute or two before clicking to log in, there is no more
>than one such error.
>
>I sent an email to Western Digital support some days ago, seeking their opinion
about
>event 11 errors being an indication of a dying disk. The person who responded was
>dismissive of the suggestion and said that event viewer errors are not meant for
>diagnosing hardware; also, that if the WD disk check utility showed a healthy disk,
>there was nothing further to be said. Anyway, I am convinced that some hardware
is
>damaged. But I can use the machine without anxiety now, and, being a retired person,
>waiting a couple of minutes at start up is not a problem!
>
>It remains to try out a new SATA cable as you and others have suggested. I may do
>so, sometime, if it is clear that I will not have to cut any cable clamps to remove
>the old one. Also, I will look into your suggestion and spend some time at the Lenovo
>website, to see if any comprehensive hardware testing utility is available for download.
>
>Thank you again.
>raminder singh
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