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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Vista and 7 => Topic started by: computeruler on January 02, 2009, 12:53:21 PM
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I will be switching to windows vista and i have a lot of music with no way to back it up. Is there a way that i can keep the files on a hard drive so they will still be there when i install vista?
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Burn them to CD/DVD...they will play fine in Vista.
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i dont have 80gb worth of cd/dvds :-[ :-\
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what if i just installed it from windows xp? i herd people doing that nd it had some sort of file on there with the things from xp
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you can look at a external hard drive...they are cheap now. Just copy your files on it
Or if you want to be really cheap...look for online storage places that are free....some give you 10 gigs or more of room. Just make a few accounts up and copy your data up in chunks.
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ok someone else told me i can do the upgrade install so im doing it right now
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Don't!
Clean install is always the best way.
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yes ive figured that out hahaha i installed from xp and i got a black screen when it booted up saying something about vista boot loader and some other stuff and i couldnt boot xp or vista or linux ilive cd. So i installed it again and i want to know... how does it format a whole hard drive in 10 seconds!? lost all of my 18k songs >:( :'( :'(
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how does it format a whole hard drive in 10 seconds!? lost all of my 18k songs
You're kidding right ? ? ?
What happened to the 3 responses that mentioned doing backups first ? ?
I give up.
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Yeah. C'mmon, man, you've been around long enough to know better.
Even, if you went for an upgrade, to which we said NO, you have to backup your files.
What's the current situation?
Form full sentences in your answer.
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i have nothing to back it up on! they told me that it would still be there in a file called windows.old but it wouldnt work when I installed it the 1st time so i did it again. Its a good thing that music only cost me $15 and it stopped wanting to convert to a lower bit rate. I think i will buy a new hard drive (500gb) and when I do that i will get another zune pass and get more music! but still how does it format in 10 seconds
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i have nothing to back it up on!
If you don't, then you don't go ahead with an upgrade, but you wait until you do have something to back up your data.
What was a such big deal about Vista, that it couldn't wait for a while?
Now, you have nothing, no songs, and no Windows.
how does it format in 10 seconds
What do you mean by "format"?
When you upgrade, nothing gets formatted.
Tell us slowly, what exactly happened, and what is the CURRENT situation with that computer?
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ok after I did it in xp it broke like I said. I restarted with the disk in and I clicked format (becuase i figured i had no other option) and it did it in 10 seconds. I reinstalled vista again and its working fine, just no music. I only did the upgrade because i figured the stuff would be there in a file called windows.old. Its ok though because it was taking too much room on my hard drive and only cost $15. I will buy another one when I get a new hard drive. btw, what is that camra sound that keeps going off?
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what is that camra sound that keeps going off?
Huh?
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every once in awhile there is a camra sound. might be someone signing on/off aim but idk
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Camera?
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ya its like a camera going off sound.
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I have no idea. Check your startups.
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hmm ok probably aim
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Post HJT log, and I'll tell you what startups you don't need.
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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 9:36:53 PM, on 1/4/2009
Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6001.18000)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
C:\Program Files\COMODO\COMODO Internet Security\cfp.exe
C:\Windows\System32\mobsync.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe
C:\Windows\ehome\ehtray.exe
C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe
C:\Windows\ehome\ehmsas.exe
C:\Program Files\AIM6\aolsoftware.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\WISPTIS.EXE
C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe
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R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Windows Defender] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe -hide
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O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [COMODO Internet Security] "C:\Program Files\COMODO\COMODO Internet Security\cfp.exe" -h
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [StartCCC] "C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CLIStart.exe" MSRun
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O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter
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O23 - Service: Ati External Event Utility - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:\Windows\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe
O23 - Service: COMODO Internet Security Helper Service (cmdAgent) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\COMODO\COMODO Internet Security\cmdagent.exe
O23 - Service: PnkBstrA - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\PnkBstrA.exe
O23 - Service: PnkBstrB - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\PnkBstrB.exe
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End of file - 4250 bytes
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Checkmark these:
- O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter
- O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Aim6] "C:\Program Files\AIM6\aim6.exe" /d locale=en-US ee://aol/imApp
- O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background
- O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
Click "Fix checked" button.
No programs will be removed, they just won't start with your computer.
You must restart for the changes to take effect.
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ok done. Thanks! no mor windows welcome center cause that was starting to annoy me
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You were not alone :)
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lol im glad its not only me
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how does it format a whole hard drive in 10 seconds!?
Quick Format. Vista does that by default, since a full format of today's ginormous hard drives can take an eternity...
lost all of my 18k songs >:( :'( :'(
Since it was a quick format, you may be able to use Recuva or some other undeleter to get them back. Of course you'll need another hard drive to copy the recovered data to.
Bottom line: if you need to back up your data, have an external hard drive handy.