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    Fixing Bad Sectors on Hard Drive

    I used the dd command in linux to clone the corrupted hard drive (1TB) onto a 3TB blank hard drive. I got input/output error and the dd command stopped. I am now running the dd command again with conv=noerror,sync option to fully clone the drive. Does this mean that I won't be able to ever...
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    Fixing Bad Sectors on Hard Drive

    Do I need to close the entire hard drive or can I get away with cloning only the Windows partition? IS there a way to backup the cloned image to a network drive instead of buying a external drive to save the close image to?
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    Fixing Bad Sectors on Hard Drive

    How can I do this? Do I just clone the Windows partition or the entire hard drive? I am guessing this would require me to have another hard drive the same size or larger?
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    Fixing Bad Sectors on Hard Drive

    So does this mean I won't be able to recover the files?
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    Fixing Bad Sectors on Hard Drive

    Thanks majulook The commands you specified me to run in Linux are to test which blocks are bad on a specific partition. However, it is possible at all to FIX the blocks WITHOUT losing the data. I was able to backup on my data however, few folders within /Users/myusername/Desktop were corrupted...
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    Fixing Bad Sectors on Hard Drive

    I am unable able to load into Windows 8. The automatic repair and chkdsk is taking 3 days and still hasn't fixed the issues. I used Ubuntu live USB to backup all the data on my hard drive, however some files failed to be backed up. I did a SMART disk check in Ubuntu and it reported that my...
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    Fresh Windows 8 Install without Lenovo Drivers/Software

    Damn. I didn't have a 16GB USB to creative a recovery media. I formatted the the Windows8_OS partition (Partition 5), and did a fresh install. The label "Windows8_OS" also disappeared after formatting. What can I do now? I did a fresh install, should I make the fresh install with manually...
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    Fresh Windows 8 Install without Lenovo Drivers/Software

    So does this confirm that I can format Windows8_OS partition and do a clean install without it breaking the OneKey recovery. I am curious which image is used when I do a Windows 8 reset. I did a reset and it loaded the same Lenovo drivers and software. Thus is it loading the image from the...
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    Fresh Windows 8 Install without Lenovo Drivers/Software

    Based on the following referesnce, it seems if I do a a format/fresh install of the Partition 5 (Windows8_OS 888.4GB), then I shouldn't have any issues. It is my understanding the Lenovo OneKey method will work even after that...
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    Fresh Windows 8 Install without Lenovo Drivers/Software

    I see seven partitions, I am unsure what each of them. Which partition am I suppose to format and install a fresh copy of Windows 8 on. 1) WINRE_DRV 1000MB (Recovery) 2) SYSTEM_DRV 260MB (System) 3) LRS_ESP 1000MB (OEM Reserved) 4) 128MB (MSR REserved) 5) Windows8_OS 888.4GB (Primary) 6)...
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    Fresh Windows 8 Install without Lenovo Drivers/Software

    When reinstalling Windows 8.1 with a USB, how do I ensure I don't destroy the OneKey partition. I want to ensure I don't damage it in case I have to use it in the future. Also after doing a fresh install of Windows 8.1, can I install my own programs and drivers and then setup Windows 8 such...
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    Fresh Windows 8 Install without Lenovo Drivers/Software

    I have a Lenovo Edge 15 on Windows 8.1 The new laptop came with preinstalled software and drivers. However I prefer to do a fresh Windows 8.1 install without the Lenvo drivers/software. After doing fresh install, I prefer to go to Lenvo's support site and download and install the drivers...
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    Purposely Interrupting Windows 8 Reset

    I have a Toshiba Satellite Radius laptop. I wanted to reset it to default factory settings so its back to how I bought it. After turning on the laptop, I pressed the 0 key, and it took me to Windows 8 recovery screen. I clicked on reset, and I said to erase all files. The resetting process...
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    Lag/Delay in Explorer when Renaming Copying Creating Files

    It seems none of the third party softwares are causing the issue. I disabled all and restarted explorer with fixed my explorer lag/delay issue. None of the software caused the issue again when enabling them one by one. I restarted the computer, and noticed the explorer lag/delay issue again...
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    Lag/Delay in Explorer when Renaming Copying Creating Files

    No, my problem is not similar to yours.
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    Lag/Delay in Explorer when Renaming Copying Creating Files

    I tried all the steps and it didn't seem to fix the problem. However, one note is that I didn't disable my antivirus (ESET Nod32).
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    Lag/Delay in Explorer when Renaming Copying Creating Files

    That didn't really help me. I am still having the issue. I believe your problem and my problem are two different issues.
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    Lag/Delay in Explorer when Renaming Copying Creating Files

    Any way to fix this issue?
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    Lag/Delay in Explorer when Renaming Copying Creating Files

    I have been noticing randomly delay or lag in my Windows Explorer whenever I do operations such as create new folder or files, copy/paste files, or rename files. By lag, what I mean is that lets say I rename a file from "File A" to File B", I don't see the change in the file name...
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