When doing a complete PC backup in Windows Vista Ultimate, the backup software indicates that my data drive is considered a "system" disk and I cannot deselect it for backup. I really don’t need the drive to be backed up. Anyone know why it is showing up as a system drive? I scanned the folders and it is all just data from what I can see. Thanks for the help!

Hi everyone. What is the BEST software which can copy EXACT 1:1 CD/DVD/ISO? Not just copy all the files and folders but everything AS IS. Even regardless any kind of data copy protection. And to override the copy protection. Not to remove, cancel,skip or bypass protection but to copy the protection also. For example copy exact bootable windows disc, game/video/audio CD/DVD’s I am asking this because i want to make backup/reserve copies of my discs

I tried the following but I can’t find the 8 digit number…

First, You Need To Disable Security Tool.

My Computer>c:\>Documents And Settings> All Users.
At The Top Of Your Screen, Click Tools, Then Folder Options.
Click The View Tab.
Choose "Show Hidden Files And Folders".
Uncheck "Hide Protected Operating System Files".
Apply, Then Click Ok.
Click On Application Data.
Now, You Will See A Folder With 8 Digits. Click On The Folder.
Rename The File As "Something.exe".
Reboot Computer.
My Computer>c:\>Documents And Settings> All Users>Application Data>DELETE The 8 Digit Folder.
Tools, Folder Options,Do The Following.
Check "Hide Protected Operating System Files".
Choose "Do Not Show Hidden Files And Folders."
Then Run MalwareBytes. (The Free Version)
http://www.malwarebytes.org

Update MalwareBytes, Then Run A Full System Scan.

After purchasing a WD My Book for my Mac, I transfered 10 GB of data to it, and deleted it from my computer immediately after (retard moment). I stupidly decided to test WD’s Smartware password protection, and after creating a password (entering it correctly twice) for some fucked up reason my password doesn’t work (on multiple computers). I’m wondering if there is a way to bypass this software, and if not, will data recovery recover the folders from my computer in their COMPLETE and original forms? (the folder was full of pictures, videos and documents). It’s been about 20 mins since I deleted the folder, and I’ve made sure there has been no disc activity.

Sorry for the rushed writing; I’m freaking out right now because it is imperative that I retrieve all of these files somehow…

Okay, I have done my fair share of googling and youtubing to remove this virus. And I have seen tons of ways to do it.

However, my problem is this. The virus is on my computer. It was popping up, and I used the task manager to temporarily stop it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AYR-7O4m8Y&feature=related
This is my guideline to remove it. But here’s the problem, I can’t find the random number folder, and the program isn’t showing up in my applications and data. Yes, I clicked to show hidden files and folders, I’ve done everything that can make the folder appear, but I can’t find it. It’s not there. Or if I try the other method where I try and mess with the icon of the program from my desktop, the icon isn’t there at all.

So what do I do? Do I continue with what the youtube video is stating? Or should I try safe mode? Please give some detailed answers. Thank you.

I had one of my documents folders "Made private" in order to keep my folders private. That pc crashed and im desperately trying to get my data from this privatised folder. I made this disk into a slave and when i try to access the folder that has my desktop files, it says "access is denied". I have some important files that i need. You assistance will be deeply appreciated. Regards
I dont think the gentleman below understood the question. There is a feature available in XP where you can make the "my documents and settings" folder in C drive private. I assume the "making private" means technically that the folder is being encrypted.

I want to know how to access this folder if i have the HDD installed as a slave on another computer. There must be a security certificate thing that i need to find and import to the system im working with.

My mom has had troubles with her hard drive failing. I’d like to get her an external hard drive to backup her data. What I’d really like, however, is for that drive to just mirror a couple of folders (say her My Documents) so that anytime a file is added or udpated, it automatically goes to the external drive as well. I don’t think she needs super-powered RAID drives aimed at a corporate market. I just want something simple that I can walk her through the set-up once and have it just work for her.

Any recommendations?

I’ve been a PC tech for going on 10 years now and up until now, I’ve been using xxcopy to copy data from a customer’s drive. When we were using Windows XP on our test machines, we didn’t have problems gaining permissions, but since switiching to 7, we’ve had user permissions error after error.

When I use the security tab, sometimes I can’t get permissions or ownership. In those cases, I have to go through the automatic permissions release by opening the folders in question through the normal explorer. None of this should be necessary.

If anyone out there is using a data transfer software that can ignore user permissions and roll right from one drive to another, I would be eternally grateful for a link to buy. If the software is free, that’s even better!
Assuming I switched to Linux, what would be the best data transfer utility to transfer data straight from a customer drive to my PC’s storage drives? Let’s say the new Ubuntu release I just read about? Are the built-in utilities enough or is their drag-and-drop much more comprehensive than the over-bloated Windows D&D?

I formatted my computer and i forgot to backup my file and folders and i had very important documents for school. Is there a way to backup my data after a computer is formatted or is there a program that i can download like it just restore the previous folders and files

I bought my laptop (an Acer Aspire 5735 with Windows Vista) a year ago and over the past few months it has been turning itself off. The problem occurs mostly when talking on Skype. My laptop feels warm before going on Skype, but then when I log in and am talking to someone it will go hot and the fan will go really loud and then my computer will either turn itself off (without shutting down; the screen just goes blank) or the fan will quieten but then go loud again before turning off. This happens every time I use Skype now. I can usually talk for about 5 minutes before this happens and when I turn my laptop on again after it will turn itself off again after the fan has sped up. When it turns off either a message pops up saying ‘no microphone detected’, ‘no speaker detected’ or a window pops up from eDSLoader (I think it is data security for Acer) saying something like ‘This illegal function could not be initialized’ and then a load of zero’s and a few letters identifying the function but it never stays on long enough before turning off to take note. This window sometimes also comes up when my fan speeds up when surfing the internet and then my computer will turn off.

I am unsure as to whether it is a trojan that is the problem (if they can even do this) because when I tried to download some work off the internet a warning came up that I had trojans in My Documents and other folders, and when I tried to scan for anything using Norton 360 it spent ages scanning files called Backdoor Rustock A and B and when I researched these found out they were trojans.

I’m not that great with computers and so I would appreciate it if someone could tell me what a possible cause of this problem could be and how I could sort it out and whether the trojans are to blame and how to get rid of these.
Thanks a lot
Thanks for the advice danno? I’ve just ordered one now and will try it out.

I usually use the CD Writing wizard to back up the files and folders, But Windows XP Professional comes with this Backup Utility.
And its Very Difficult to use, Do you think if I use an External Hard drive, it will be much easier??

Looking for automated backup software - please consider the following!
- Something that can be set on a schedule.
- Incremental backup after full backup - is it possible to eliminate deleted files folders? i.e. you delete a folder on computer, it is removed from backup? That way I don’t restore and find culmination of unused files/folders.
- Replicates info on hard drive versus using a ‘package’ - some software programs package up backup data and can be restored only with same software. I want to be able to open backup folder from any system (if needed) and have access to files/folders.
- Able to select destination, just just F: drive for example, but F:\Notebook Backup.
- efficient, easy to use interface, reliable, etc!

I have tried CMS software (didn’t remove unused/deleted files on subsequent backups), Windows Vista Backup SW/Retrospect SW by EMC (both ‘packaged up’ backup), and Norton 360 Backup would let me select a destination folder - only to USB Backup Drive.

Everytime I log on to the web, I look in one of my folders in the User Data folder and I keep getting an xml document called pmocntr[1].xml; when I finish browsing, I delete it but it always pops back up and have to keep deleting it at the beginning/end of each browsing session. All I know is that its some type of spyware; I look all over on the web and don’t see any additional info on it. I’d like to know how severe of a threat this is and what steps to take to delete it permanently. Any relevant feedback is appreciated. Thanks.

1. stop av.exe processor under task manager
2. delete C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Loca\av.exe
3. delete C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Local Setting\Application Data\av.exe
4. delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe (default) –>There’s 2 file. One is good and the other is bad. The bad one is (Secfile).

I got all of these information by running malwarebytes, however before taking any action, I go into my folders and I did not find any of these files. Sometimes I wonder if Malwarebytes is the start of this scandel. I installed it for remove some trojan and then deleted it and install avast. A few weeks later, I got 2010 vista security popping up. So I have to reinstall malwarebytes and malwarebytes detects the malwares and deleted it. Then I deleted the malwarebytes again, a couple days later I got the 2010 pop ups again. So I have to reinstall the Malwarebytes again. This time after malwarebytes scan everything, I want to see for myself if those files actually exit. Went into the directory and I can not find any of those files. It is like you actually need Malwarebytes to do the work. I used spybot the first time I have 2010 pop up and spybot did not find any 2010 vista security threat, instead it only found some xupiter spyware. After spybot found xupiter and not 2010 vista security thread, I have to run malware b/c I still have 2010 popping up, of course, malewarebytes found the files to 2010 vista security. So with that say, what’s your point of view on this?

I recently bought a MacBook, i only used PC’s before this. I used a 320 gb external hard drive to hold alot of backup data, movies, music, ect on my pc. When i plug the USB into my Mac it doesnt not allow me to modify the external drive. It says the drive cannot be modified, and all the folders have locks on them. Any ideas how to unlock the drive?

Hi, recently my son’s old 60gb Launch Day PS3 stopped working. It had a disc stuck inside, so we gave it to a local electrician who advertises PS3 fixing. The blu-ray drive had gone and as the console is out of warranty, we decided we’d rather just buy a brand new PS3 slim.
We told the guy to back up all the accunts and game saves for us, which he did and gave back to us on a recordable CD.
When we had bought and set up the new slim, I put the files onto a USB stick to be inserted and restored on the new console.
It says, however, that there is no backup data.

I have tried:
- Formatting the stick to FAT32
- Testing if the PS3 can recognise the stick with a photo - which it did
- Testing that I can successfully backup and restore the data on the temporary PS3 slim account, which worked.

I then loaded both the old PS3 data and the tempoarary PS3 Slim data onto my computer. I noticed the files and folders went as follows:

OLD PS3 DATA:
[PS3] - [EXPORT] - [PSV] - 6 different .psv files
and
[SAVEDATA] - 29 different folders containing .pfd, .sfo files and .png icons.

PS3 SLIM DATA:
[PS3] - [EXPORT] - [BACKUP] - [201002201412] - 4 .dat files with "archive" in the filename.

I have searched the internet for a good hour now, and it seems no one else has had this issue.
Surely the old PS3 data is compatible with the Slim, right?
Has the old data been backed up wrongfully?
Is there any way of converting this data so it is readable by the Slim?

Thankyou to anyone who can help, a well deserved 10 points can be yours!

(P.S. I also thought of setting both PS3s up and doing a data transfer via an ethernet cable, however the old PS3 won’t power up anymore - just stuck on a red light)

Hi, recently my son’s old 60gb Launch Day PS3 stopped working. It had a disc stuck inside, so we gave it to a local electrician who advertises PS3 fixing. The blu-ray drive had gone and as the console is out of warranty, we decided we’d rather just buy a brand new PS3 slim.
We told the guy to back up all the accounts and game saves for us, which he did and gave back to us on a recordable CD.
When we had bought and set up the new slim, I put the files onto a USB stick to be inserted and restored on the new console.
It says, however, that there is no backup data.

I have tried:
- Formatting the stick to FAT32
- Testing if the PS3 can recognise the stick with a photo - which it did
- Testing that I can successfully backup and restore the data on the temporary PS3 slim account, which worked.

I then loaded both the old PS3 data and the tempoarary PS3 Slim data onto my computer. I noticed the files and folders went as follows:

OLD PS3 DATA:
[PS3] - [EXPORT] - [PSV] - 6 different .psv files
and
[SAVEDATA] - 29 different folders containing .pfd, .sfo files and .png icons.

PS3 SLIM DATA:
[PS3] - [EXPORT] - [BACKUP] - [201002201412] - 4 .dat files with "archive" in the filename.

I have searched the internet for a good hour now, and it seems no one else has had this issue.
Surely the old PS3 data is compatible with the Slim, right?
Has the old data been backed up wrongfully?
Is there any way of converting this data so it is readable by the Slim?

Thankyou to anyone who can help, a well deserved 10 points can be yours!

(P.S. I also thought of setting both PS3s up and doing a data transfer via an ethernet cable, however the old PS3 won’t power up anymore - just stuck on a red light)

i have deleted the partition and installed windows on it.but i forgot to make the back up of my folders is there any backup options?

I have a desktop and laptop that I need to backup. I would like to automate this procedure if possible. Should I just get a network drive and some backup software or what is the best way. I plan to only backup the My Documents folders on both machines and not the applications.

actually i want to format my computer and in the mean time i want to save my important files n folders stored in the computer by making a back up cd. so can someone help me out that which kind of cv wil b better to use and if possible some short methods to backup data quickly