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Michael,
Zone Alarm can be a pain. Actually a watered down version of Zone
Alarm is what is used on Windows 2000 maybe XP but I'm not sure. The
stand alone version can cause problems.
CASPER TELLS YOU TO TURN OFF ALL PROGRAMS BEFORE RUNNING IT.
Ya got to follow those instructions. It will skip stuff or have
problems as you did with stuff like Zone Alarm.
Also there is a procedure for repairing 2000 and XP that would have
fixed you up and probably the first crash also. Then again if your
computer is broken and you don't have a second computer it is hard
to find the procedure on the internet. I have it printed out.
Sorry about your problems but this is how we learn sometimes. OUCH!
Jimmy
Wednesday, October 20, 2004, 4:09:37 PM, you wrote:
MG> Jimmy et al,
MG> Like many of you, I like to clone my hard disk (drawered so I can swap it
MG> if necessary). I used to use Ghost but panicked one day when I wasn't sure
MG> which drive was truly Master and which one was Destination. That encouraged
MG> me to switch to Casper, as I love its interface, etc. (especially that it
MG> can do its thing within Windows).
MG> As you may recall, several weeks ago I had a disaster during a backup that
MG> wiped out my backup and caused a registry problem that could only be
MG> resolved by reinstalling my Win2k OS. It's been plenty rough since then,
MG> but the other night I decided it was time to preserve my hard work, so I
MG> used Casper to back up.
MG> At the very end of the backup I got a warning from Zone Alarm Pro that it
MG> had defended against something (not an intrusion). I tried clicking on the
MG> OK button to make it go away but it wouldn't budge. Things appeared frozen.
MG> Suddenly I got the dreaded Blue Screen of Death, just as I did before.
MG> After a major hissy fit, I calmed down and tried rebooting my main disk. No
MG> luck.
MG> This timing is especially bad (isn't it always) as I was closing in on a
MG> trading seminar I'm scheduled to do this week. Desperation drove me to try
MG> booting from the cloned copy. It actually made it past the Windows splash
MG> screen and was playing the wav file you hear when finally arriving at the
MG> Desktop. Suddenly, I got a message saying I was either missing my PageFile
MG> or it was too small. The problem was how could I go in to correct that if I
MG> couldn't even finish booting.
MG> A friend researched this for me and advised I could assign the C drive
MG> designation to the destination drive by booting from a Win98 floppy or CD,
MG> then running 'ckdsk /mbr' which would take care of the problem. I am now
MG> typing this from the destination drive that's now my main drive, with all
MG> my apps intact. Say halleluja!
MG> All of this is to warn others that there MAY be a link between Casper and
MG> ZA Pro (latest version) which can cause such disasters. I'm going back
MG> behind a router firewall and uninstalling my ZA. Meanwhile, I'm looking for
MG> safe alternatives to Casper. I encourage further discussion on this, as
MG> many of you really extended yourselves to help me before. I'm very
MG> grateful, and hope I can prevent others from similar disasters. This isn't
MG> meant to diss Casper per se, as I really loved using it until this came up.
MG> I just want to help others prevent similar fates.
MG> Thanx to all,
MG> Michael
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Best regards,
Jimmy mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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