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| From | Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-11 |
| Subject | Re: Battery save app |
| Date | 2025-01-29 05:54 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vnd1e2$2bgto$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <vlsvuq$g0ka$1@dont-email.me> <20250111-122554.260.0@dbnnet.news.eternal-september.org> <vna5p3$1nioi$1@dont-email.me> <vnadjs$1pv97$1@dont-email.me> <vnctt4$2at3s$1@dont-email.me> |
On Wed, 1/29/2025 4:54 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
> On 28/01/2025 10:04 pm, Paul wrote:
>> On Tue, 1/28/2025 3:50 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
>>> On 11/01/2025 11:25 pm, dbnnet wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> So it's not only HP that has this problem. Let's hope someone
>>>>> in this thread knows where to voice the magic incantation. -- Jeff Barnett
>>>>
>>>> The only manufacturer that I have had any success using a battery
>>>> Saver App, is Lenovo. This using Lenovo Vantage. It worked well,
>>>> and had it set at 60% by default. After 6 years the battery was
>>>> still in excellent condition. I have tried finding a solution for
>>>> Acer, HP etc without success.
>>>>
>>> I've used a HP 6730b Laptop that I brought, second-hand, in 2009 (I
>>> think it was a 2007 production) until a couple of weeks ago.
>>>
>>> It came with Win7 Home installed then I dual-boot installed various
>>> versions of Linux.
>>>
>>> A couple of weeks ago, when I booted into my Win7 installation (basically to update my AVG anti-virus stuff), the Laptop/Win7
>>> wanted to wipe my Win7 E: (which contained all my SeaMonkey Browser
>>> Profile and my MUSIC) .... so I've had to get this Win11 HP
>>> Desktop up and running ..... whilst I try to resurrect my MUSIC (at
>>> least) from the Laptop!! ;-P
>>
>> If you look in Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) do you still see the
>> Music partition ?
>>
>> +------+---------------+-----------------+------------+-----------+ |
>> MBR | Windows7 C: | System reserved | MUSIC E: | Linux | +------+---------------+-----------------+------------+-----------+
>
> Basically, yes, except where you have "System Reserved", I have my
> Windows7 D:\ which contains the Executable Programs I've installed
> (LibreOffice, SeaMonkey Suite, Family Tree Maker, etc)
>
>> Perhaps you were using AVG Tuneup at the time ?
>>
>> https://support.avg.com/answers?id=9065p000000kHgHAAU
>>
>> Golly, an AV company that makes disk maintenance software. I sure
>> hope they went to computer school before they wrote that.
>>
>> Paul
>
> Avg, certainly was my Anti-Virus of choice, but can't say I've heard of "AVG Tuneup". AVG would be on my D:\ ... which is the only drive NOT to be on the "Deletion List" when I boot into Win7 ..... YET!!
>
> Sorry, can't look at you support.avg.com link content ATM as I'm guessing I've reached my monthly download limit and my ISP is severally limiting anything to do with my Browser!! ;-(
>
> Still, Feb 20 isn't too far away!! (Gotta look on the bright side of life!!)
Unless this is some kind of ransomware, what kind of software
deletes partitions for fun ???
I don't think I've seen any behavior like that here.
*******
An application like TestDisk can restore partition table entries.
This assumes no lengthy (two hour) erasure writes were done to the disk
by the malevolent software.
https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download
+-------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| MBR | <unallocated> |
+-------+----------------------------------------------------------+
to
+-------+---------------+-----------------+------------+-----------+
| MBR | Windows7 C: | System reserved | MUSIC E: | Linux |
+-------+---------------+-----------------+------------+-----------+
The problem with TestDisk, is it easily picks up phantom file system
headers. I had it recover a disk properly, only one time. It is a fine
idea, but I don't know if it has been fixed up yet or not. It can make
mistakes, like have partitions overlapping when it is finished.
You can also have damage to disks, where the partitions are still intact,
but the content inside is scrambled. There is at least one freebie for NTFS,
that can recover files in that case. Again, it all depends on the kind of
damage, as to what can be recovered. To use that kind of recovery
software, the partition has to have known boundaries.
The application Photorec can recover data, but there is an assumption
the disk is not too fragmented. As without directory information,
it is pretty hard to "glue" pieces of files back together. And if
you've ever had a tool recover fragments with no file names,
you'll know what Hell is like. I had a returned result once,
of 100,000 fragments from a scan, each fragment really tiny, and no idea
how the pieces fit together. Like a giant puzzle with no "hints"
to aid in reassembly. I couldn't do anything with that.
There are cases that recover well, like some of the cases that
Recuva handles (accidental erasure in the Trash bin). But at least
for accidental erasure incidents, the structures of the disk are
fully intact, which is why the recovery can be pretty good.
Paul
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