Activity for Edward Sutton
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Edward Sutton posted a comment on discussion Open Discussion
Scanning then analyzing files step with many files will result in compression estimates starting very high and falling fast but at a decreasing rate throughout the compression. Shouldn't the time spent analyzing be added to total time estimate and not counted toward the compression rate per time spent? Compressing data that exceeds allocated resources usually starts faster until resource use gets higher then slows down; if detecting that transition state then the compression rate per time could be...
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If that was two of many scanners on virustotal seeing it then there are two possibilities: 1. file contains malware and only those two vendors are aware of it or 2. those two vendors are misdetecting the malware while the other guys have it right. As someone who uses a number of tools with high malware detection rates I've learned that some things won't be seen properly. If the antivirus company doesn't make clear by the detection what malicious things are going on, preferably with details that an...
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Sounds like you would have copied the mismatch state too. If you went from one disk to another with dd, and both disks are the same sector size, you now have a byte for byte exact copy. Disconnect the old drive and you can try to repair/convert/etc. the new disk to a more sane state. If your hardware+software supports booting GPT, I'd recommend converting to that for future compatibility, Make sure you then make a backup once you are happy with it in a working state.
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To get unused blocks unmodified, you would want to use the dd type of clone instead of partclone; dd will not know if the disk contents are relevant or not so blocks left behind from deleted files will be captured as is too. It will take more time for partially used disks as it won't know that for the same reason: it blindly copies all blocks as is.
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Does a purchase of 8.0+ only go to Green Gate Systems or does it still help go toward the GPL project? Is Dimitri involved with Green Gate Systems or at least get something from the purchases? Will development continue on the GPL version from main developers? Are outside contributions still considered that could make it into future releases?
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I was thinking of searching for trim capability but https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/stormgmt/msft-physicaldisk has MediaType which may be relevant. Not sure what is available before Windows 8 and would definitely prefer an override be possible as there are reasons flash media can benefit from defragmentation. This is likely also relevant on bug#89.
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SDI reports missing signatures for signed drivers if it is not signed for your version of Windows. For example, AMD was quick to drop support for Windows 8.0; I have installed 8.1 drivers on 8.0 successfully but being marked that the were not made for it leads to SDI reporting that they are not signed on the screen to select drivers to install. I may have had a 'not signed' popup during install but many of those are detected and autoclicked to install anyway. You should not get unsigned drivers in...
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Requires submitting logs that capture the additional window detail so it can be added into a future version. Launch a second SDI copy while the dialog is still visible from the first and press F7 I think was how it is done. You should see a much larger log than usual then.
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Make sure SDI is the focused window (click on its title bar if not). Hover over the driver and a popup gives details in 4 squares about the device, current driver, and the new driver.
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SDI does not have a driver backup feature as the original developer found techniques usually used to do that were not reliable. Snappy does offer creating a restore point though if the system is something you do not want to have to reinstall from scratch then you should make sure you have a backup in order (and that holds true even if not running SDI or updating drivers; only skip a full system backup on a computer if you don't care to keep data from it and the state it is in).
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Can you attach a system shapshot from the logs folder after opening+closing snappy on that computer? If currently still having isuses, you could try going to safe mode to rollback drivers or run system restore or try a different keyboard/mouse though depending on the driver issue you may even need to use ps/2 keyboard/mosue to get working again before system restore/safe mode/driver rollback/os reinstall.
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For a gt75 laptop running an intel 8th/9th gen processor? Not sure if intel still releasing Win7 drivers for the newest chipsets. On a desktop you could add a third party pci-e to USB card that has Win7 drivers to add win7 compatible ports. Otherwise you either need Intel to release the driver, have someone other than Intel write one, or use Win7 in a VM with USB passthrough
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Using a restore point or uninstalling whatever driver caused an issue. Seem to recall something along a hp keyboard or mouse type of thing messing up those devices on some systems. but not sure about a surface. If still listing drivers that are an issue, the snapshot could help narrow down which install is an issue.
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If it only works when no drivers needed a reboot, there should be a second box below that for "After installation (need reboot)". Thinking these may attempt a reboot once a single driver install has completed instead of the whole batch. Are neither of these working as expected? Some themes offer a "Reboot PC (if required)" checkbox. The origin fork added scripting around r576 which allows autoreboot if needed from its scripting rules. I would have to check a current version of nonorigin to see if...
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Glad it worked out though I'd trust restart far more than shut down. Fastboot started in Win8.0and is a partial hibernation when you turn off the computer through Windows. On next startup some program states are restored to where they were before the shutdown. Though this will not bring back your Word document you had not saved yet, it will bring back Windows's understanding of what files are where on disk without actually looking at the disk. That would be fine as long as nothing happens to the...
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chkdsk /? gives other options. I think I have had disk results change for different issues that normal check/repair didn't flag/change when a /scan parameter (i think that was the one) made a difference.
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