Resurrecting Sticky Notes in W7

[SC Tom]

First I laughed. Then I cried.

OK, I didn't really cry, but the truth in your irony is a bit painful.

The only reason I mentioned the cup of chili was that it was on the news a
while back as the "number one accident-causing food", even ahead of Stella's
hot coffee I can imagine someone else trying to eat chili while driving,
but I can't see me being too successful at it :-(

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Can you browse in Macrium ?

As I've already posted several times in this thread in my replies to
choro, yes.

That's all that is needed to find a single replacement file.

If you can't browse the Macrium images, then another solution
is in order.

Paul

Here's what I posted just a few posts up in this very subthread:

"As I just replied elsewhere in this thread, Macrium is one of three
programs that I have used that will mount an image as a virtual drive
with access to all the individual files in the image."

Message-ID: <[email protected]>

As I also said to choro elsewhere in this thread, Acronis TrueImage and
EaseUS Todo Backup have the same capability.

I didn't mention this before: Both EaseUS and Macrium have free versions
that have that capability as well. Maybe Acronis does too, but I don't
know either way about that.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

The only reason I mentioned the cup of chili was that it was on the news a
while back as the "number one accident-causing food", even ahead of Stella's
hot coffee I can imagine someone else trying to eat chili while driving,
but I can't see me being too successful at it :-(

All you need is a straw large enough to pass a bean.

 

[SC Tom]

How often you should back up and what you should back up depends on
you and what you do. For some people there's no need for 2. For
others, the frequency of 2 isn't sufficient.

Essentially you should back up what you can't afford to lose--what you
can't readily recreate. What that is depends on how you use your
computer and what you use it for.

It takes time and effort to backup, but it also takes time and effort
to recreate lost data. If you back up daily, you should never have to
recreate more than one day's worth of last data. If weekly, there's
potentially a lot more to recreate. You should assess how much pain
and trouble you would have if you lost x days of data, and then choose
a backup frequency that doesn't involve more pain and trouble than
that you would have if you had to recreate what was lost.

Some things (photographs, for instance) can never be recreated, and
more frequent backup may be wanted for them.

At one extreme is the professional user who would likely go out of
business if his data was lost. He probably needs to back up at least
daily. At the other extreme is the kid who doesn't use his computer
except to play games. He probably needs no backup at all, since worst
case he can easily reinstall his games.

Most of us fall somewhere between those extremes, but nobody can tell
you where you fall; each person needs to determine that for himself.

I make disk images once a month (that's often enough for me) unless I
install something important, or that took a lot of setup to make it run the
way I want it; then I'll make an extra one.
I use ATI and an external hard drive to create and store the images. I boot
from the ATI CD I made, start the process of making the image, then go make
coffee, read the paper, and eat breakfast. By the time I'm done with that
and my morning ablutions, it's done and has shut itself down.
When I do my A/V drive, which is about 80GB of data, I start it on my tennis
mornings. By the time I've played two or three sets, it's done.
So even though they are time-consuming (especially if you're sitting there
waiting for it to finish), you don't notice it if you schedule it at the
right times

 

[Char Jackson]

All you need is a straw large enough to pass a bean.

This can't end well...

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

This can't end well...

Are you trying to say it will come to a bad end?

Maybe this should stop before the censors notice...

(BTW, I got a rousing LOL from your reply.)

 

[Ed Cryer]

As I've already posted several times in this thread in my replies to
choro, yes.


Here's what I posted just a few posts up in this very subthread:

"As I just replied elsewhere in this thread, Macrium is one of three
programs that I have used that will mount an image as a virtual drive
with access to all the individual files in the image."

Message-ID:<[email protected]>

As I also said to choro elsewhere in this thread, Acronis TrueImage and
EaseUS Todo Backup have the same capability.

I didn't mention this before: Both EaseUS and Macrium have free versions
that have that capability as well. Maybe Acronis does too, but I don't
know either way about that.

One of the benefits of a Windows system image is that you can get it to
restore onto the HD with a Windows Repair Disk. This covers the
situation of a HD complete fail.

So then, HD fails and you replace with new one, boot from Repair Disk,
restore image.
As opposed to using a third-party set-up like all those; with which
you'd have to replace HD, install Win7, install your utility, restore
from image.

That said, I must admit that I see very few HD complete fails these
days, but you know the old BSTS (better safe than sorry) nagging doubts
that haunt the knowing mind; they trouble your beauty sleep, of which I
need quite a bit to retain my particular, idiosyncratic type of beauty.

Ed

 

[Char Jackson]

Are you trying to say it will come to a bad end?

Maybe this should stop before the censors notice...

(BTW, I got a rousing LOL from your reply.)

I don't know, I just picture everything seemingly going well when an
oversized bean is encountered. Suction is increased to the point where
the bean gets inhaled rather than ingested, and it's all downhill from
there.

Precedent: <https://www.google.com/search?q=pea lung>

If a pea can sprout, why not a bean?

 

[Char Jackson]

One of the benefits of a Windows system image is that you can get it to
restore onto the HD with a Windows Repair Disk. This covers the
situation of a HD complete fail.

So then, HD fails and you replace with new one, boot from Repair Disk,
restore image.
As opposed to using a third-party set-up like all those; with which
you'd have to replace HD, install Win7, install your utility, restore
from image.

Acronis TI includes the capability to burn a bootable CD to cover that
situation. They others may, as well.

 

[Ken1943]

You can make a boot cd from all image programs. Paragon and Acronis have
the complete program on theirs.

One of the benefits of a Windows system image is that you can get it to
restore onto the HD with a Windows Repair Disk. This covers the
situation of a HD complete fail.

So then, HD fails and you replace with new one, boot from Repair Disk,
restore image.
As opposed to using a third-party set-up like all those; with which
you'd have to replace HD, install Win7, install your utility, restore
from image.

That said, I must admit that I see very few HD complete fails these
days, but you know the old BSTS (better safe than sorry) nagging doubts
that haunt the knowing mind; they trouble your beauty sleep, of which I
need quite a bit to retain my particular, idiosyncratic type of beauty.

Ed

KenW

 

[Gene Wirchenko]

[snip]

I don't know, I just picture everything seemingly going well when an
oversized bean is encountered. Suction is increased to the point where
the bean gets inhaled rather than ingested, and it's all downhill from
there.

Precedent: <https://www.google.com/search?q=pea lung>

If a pea can sprout, why not a bean?

Next on alt.windows7.general, the real story behind "Jack and the
Beanstalk". Presented by Char Jackson.

sincerely,

Gene Wirhcenko

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

One of the benefits of a Windows system image is that you can get it to
restore onto the HD with a Windows Repair Disk. This covers the
situation of a HD complete fail.

So then, HD fails and you replace with new one, boot from Repair Disk,
restore image.
As opposed to using a third-party set-up like all those; with which
you'd have to replace HD, install Win7, install your utility, restore
from image.

That said, I must admit that I see very few HD complete fails these
days, but you know the old BSTS (better safe than sorry) nagging doubts
that haunt the knowing mind; they trouble your beauty sleep, of which I
need quite a bit to retain my particular, idiosyncratic type of beauty.

Ed

As Ken and Char say.

I have used boot CDs from all three. To boot from, not to restore from,
so my testing is sketchy

I have also had a situation where a boot CD didn't work, but IIRC, that
was only with Casper, a cloning program. I gave up on Casper for that
reason, coupled with the way their Tech Support handled it (not).

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I don't know, I just picture everything seemingly going well when an
oversized bean is encountered. Suction is increased to the point where
the bean gets inhaled rather than ingested, and it's all downhill from
there.

Precedent: <https://www.google.com/search?q=pea lung>

If a pea can sprout, why not a bean?

Actually a rather heart-warming story, IMO.

Although if the bean was cooked in the chili, it just possibly might not
be viable

 

[Char Jackson]

Actually a rather heart-warming story, IMO.

Although if the bean was cooked in the chili, it just possibly might not
be viable

Details, details.

 

[Ed Cryer]

As Ken and Char say.

I have used boot CDs from all three. To boot from, not to restore from,
so my testing is sketchy

I have also had a situation where a boot CD didn't work, but IIRC, that
was only with Casper, a cloning program. I gave up on Casper for that
reason, coupled with the way their Tech Support handled it (not).

Thank you.
I use Paragon, but I didn't know it had that option.
I looked again, and there it is; burn a restore boot CD.
I did just that and tested it. Excellent. More intuitive dialogue than
Win7 one, and it found archives at lower levels in the file hierarchy of
my external HD. Win7 only finds those in the root level.

All in all I have to give Paragon the tick for better performance.

Ed

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Details, details.

Well, I am sometimes a bit of an experimenter, so the next time I have
chili I'll plant one of the beans (NOT in my lung) to see if it grows -
just in case I'm wrong about the viability.

 

[choro]

Well, I am sometimes a bit of an experimenter, so the next time I have
chili I'll plant one of the beans (NOT in my lung) to see if it grows -
just in case I'm wrong about the viability.

That would be a very organic chili.