Latitude E6510 Owner's Lounge

@selden

Too late now, but it might have been better to exclude READER from the backup, instead of reformatting the partition.

In my case, the precision on reader offered no benefit. It was not added when windows was reinstalled. Not having the READER partition recovers disk space and simplifies backups.

 

I was wondering if changing the format would disrupt something such that now the backup image is compromised, i.e. may restore but then glitch the system... but perhaps only if attempting to use the Reader functions.

GK

 

FWIW, Norton Ghost 15 backs up to VHD files (as does the quirky native Windows tool) and includes the capability to restore only selected files/folders to the original/different destination.

 

'Quirky backup tools' is what puts me off proprietary formats... Norton Ghost hosed a system on me years ago. I like the feeling I get when I can browse my backups with Windows Explorer.

GK

 

damm now i am tempted....

 

[ QUOTE =GKDesigns ]

I don't think there is any problem with booting the OEM drive to review your factory installed system in Windows before swappping in a new drive and performing a clean install of Windows. The BIOS doesn't care that a previous system drive has been removed... there are no risidual carry-over mysterious hiccups from swapping in a new drive other than it will not boot until you install an OS on it.

agreed


Booting your new system before removing the factory OEM drive allows you to research the installed name and driver of the primary devices in Device Manager that you will be downloading drivers for from Dell.com. Then you'll be prepared to achieve same or similar installation on the replacement drive.

never had to do this before, always went well just downloading the latest drivers from dell (or other places) for the hardware i knew i had anyways

GK[ / QUOTE ]

 

sweet !!

how much ??

 

i love the computer, I just feel like the processor's working harder than it needs to.

My old inspiron e1505 ran virtually silent when using Word & Firefox, and my latitude is noticeably (not like it's working THAT hard, but still) louder.

Is this just the increase in power from the processor or what? I'm considering taking it in to the IT guys at my school to see if it should be running this way.

I'm practically afraid to game on it for fear of wearing down the GPU/CPU.

Considering buying one of those fabric notebook sleeves just for the dissappation of heat.

 

Well, I deinstalled the driver, cleaned the registry twice, rebooted and W7 automatically reinstalled the *previous* driver version. So I deinstalled, cleaned the registry twice, and W7 automatically installed the MS VGA driver. Without deinstalling the VGA driver or rebooting again, I installed 258.96 and rebooted. It came up running the MS VGA driver. So I installed 258.96 again and rebooted, again without deinstalling or cleaning. (Possibly a mistake.) It now claims to be running 258.96.

I'm just gonna try using it for now and see if it glitches. I got the computer to use, not to fight with system software!

*sigh*

 

Depending on your expertise, and with a new system, seeing is believing... noting your primary devices in Device Manager can be helpful when organizing your install and confirming you have succesfully installed what you set out to install.

GK