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  1. brucedavis

    Is it possible to recreate the recovery disk?

    There is a good chance that if you simply did "drap n drop", that you did not copy all of the recovery files. There are system files that are not as simple to copy. I successfully copied my recover partition onto a USB and the did a system restore in this thread...
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    Solved Can't get to BIOS - goes directly to Win boot

    Don't forget to mark your thread SOLVED :)
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    Administrator Permission?

    It may be easier to leave all of the permissions the same and use CMD line XCOPY. It may be more efficient if you get an external drive and make a restore point on it through your control panel.
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    Solved Can't get to BIOS - goes directly to Win boot

    There are links in this thread http://www.eightforums.com/installation-setup/72944-recovery-new-hdd-using-recovery-partition-copy-usb.html on making a USB Recovery boot stick. this will allow you to boot without DVDrom. It's a little complicated though.
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    Solved Can't get to BIOS - goes directly to Win boot

    Try using a Win8 recovery CD boot disc which should give you the options to open BIOS instead of going through the recovery process.
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    can't turn off bluetooth

    That's one of the things that annoys me about seemingly every MS OS since XP. In order to shut one thing down, you have to go through twelve different menus and options. What I would suggest is going through your Task Scheduler and look for all instances of Bluetooth and make sure that you go...
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    Does Win10 support the old Windows FTP?

    Are they using FTP through their browser or through a third party program?
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    Solved Cannot connect to internet anymore

    You're very welcome. Don't forget to mark your thread as solved :)
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    Solved Cannot connect to internet anymore

    On your computer in Control Panel/Network.
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    Solved Cannot connect to internet anymore

    You need to open the properties of your network connections/adapter and enable DHCP.
  11. brucedavis

    Solved Cannot connect to internet anymore

    Before you switched to the Router/Modem, were your PC settings for DHCP enabled? Is your "server" a "Desktop PC"? If so, I would suggest changing your network card to a different slot. If that doesn't work try that network card on a different computer to make sure that it works properly...
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    Cannot Re-Size Windows to Larger Size

    It's at the top of your pic, (You can apply this view to all folders of this type). "Apply to folders" button at the top on the left.
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    Cannot Re-Size Windows to Larger Size

    I apologize. I must be thinking of an older Win or something. I just checked and it's not there on Win8.0. I would suggest you try and open a window, preferably a shortcut link to an existing folder, not the My Computer drive listing, and resize as big as you want. Do not open any folders...
  14. brucedavis

    Solved Data Recovery After Partition Resizing, chkdisk Deletes

    Those "found.000"s are files and partial files that are renamed. if you sort by size, you should be able to discern some of them and rename their file extensions accordingly. This will only help so much and the rest of the files you will have to access individually with each file by either...
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    Cannot Re-Size Windows to Larger Size

    When you open the options menu, are you sure you have remember windows positions/size selected?
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    Solved Were any posts lost while site was down yesterday?

    I recieved an email about a reply yesterday and EightForums was giving me an error message when accessing the site. Today, the site is loading but the reply noted in the email is not there. Can anyone elaborate on this? Thanks! *edit* I double checked and apparently the email was for the...
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    Solved Changed UEFI to CSM

    Does your battery wires look like these? Genuine TOSHIBA Satellite P855-S5312 CMOS Battery, RTC Battery TOSHIBA Satellite P855-S5312 BIOS battery The wire attachment should disconnect. Disconnect it for a second and reconnect. There is usually a glue that they use to attach the...
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    Solved Changed UEFI to CSM

    Have you tried unplugging the CMOS battery? That should reset all of the BIOS settings to DEFAULT.
  19. brucedavis

    HELP ? Windows 8.1 created 450mb extra recovery partition?

    takitezsdc, Try using DISKPART from command line. select the drive and main partition. Issue command EXTEND. This should absorb any unallocated space into your main partition. It sounds like this space is unused. You have provided virtually no tangible data to understand what is happening other...
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    Solved Can File Explorer Auto-Refresh be Disabled?

    @brooksndunn, I appreciate the options you have suggested. I have already acknowleged that using sort by date can help to prevent this but in cases where I'm not renaming a camera roll of images, the sort by date can be tedious. I have used these methods on occasion for lack of a disabling...
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