Recent content by Gonzonator

Yeah, thanks a bunch. Spent last night restoring a system image after following your advice! Several programs stopped working, and I was unable to download or save new files. Oh, and in addition, the problem with sharing files in Libraries wasn't solved. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!

I have abandoned Libraries altogether as it is just not worth the hassle. I don't use any of the flashy new Windows apps either because they need the files in the Library. Yes, they are very pretty and yes, you can navigate through to an individual file, but unless anyone knows of a way to let...

UPDATE! I have to report that getting through to Microsoft is a tortuous experience! I called the activation number, and after a couple of attempts to input the long numbers, which didn’t work, I was passed through to customer support which promptly hung up on me! AGAIN! I tried some of the...

To be clear, what I meant was why don't they have a "I've bought a new Hard drive, please hold my hand while I transfer Windows to it" button? Disk image is useful as a backup and ultimately I will use the old drive for that, but it's not the same as cloning.

Yes I still have my key; what I meant by "retrieve" was to remove the key from the old drive so I can use it in the new one (actually since it is a clone, the key copy is already "there"). That refresh option didn't appeal to me, due to the necessity to re-install programs i.e. several hours...

I came the long way round via windows XP! Though I had 64b motherboard, I still had 32b XP on there. Wouldn't let me download the 64b version as I was running a 32b machine, so instead found a 64b pre-release on web, downloaded that to a spare partition, used it to download the full version in...

Hi, Having an issue with Windows activation after copying a drive.. what is the right way to fix this? After I installed Windows 8 last year, my ancient 160GB drive started to creak, so I bought a new 2TB one that should do me for the forseable. While I would personally rather do a fresh...

Library givex me share ressetting problems I find sharing a drive works untill you try adding one of the drive directories to the library. Then when you reboot the library folders permissions all reset, so whilst you can still access the drive on the network, you have to manually add...

I know this post is a few weeks old, but did anyone find a solution? I have the same problem; I have added folders from a shared partition to the library, and now the folder permissions don't persist when you reboot. The rest of the folders on the shared drive are still accessible, from my Wii...

Solved! Thanks wpcoe, that's more or less exactly what I did. I actually went hunting for software before I read your post, so I ended up using the free Minitool Partition Wizard Home Edition. It might not have the slider bars, but it still did exactly what I wanted in about 30 seconds! Drive...

I am trying to extend a primary partition into part of what was a logical. I have already shrunk the logical, created a new partition in the new space, copied the data from the left to the right, then deleted the left drive to try an leave space for the Primary to extend into... but it won't...

The tediously simple solution: This is because drive can only be extended to the left.. the resulting drive must be contiguous on your disk. You cannot extend backwards (right) or by leapfrogging over a space that is already taken with another partition! There is a (somewhat tedious)...