Help needed with lenovo s10e

Ok, no problem.

One thing I just saw was that there is a problem with the ghosted image that requires that we fix the mbr to get it to boot. That is why I had so many problems loading it up without third party software. Once we ghost the drive we want to fix that in one shot so we don't have to repeat all this noise. I'll work on getting recovery console on USB otherwise we can use Testdisk off of a USB. Just a heads up that you don't get frustrated and do anything too quickly once the drive is set up and imaged. It is fairly easy to fix just one more program that is difficult to get working off of a USB stick.

 

ok all let ya know when download is complete..to back track besides the ghost there,s nothing eles i should have downloaded correct.

 

You'll eventually need the zip file from this page http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-stable/0.7.0-4/ which is small and two folders I'll put up on mediafire.

I'm going to reghost my drive and see if I can fix the MBR using testdisk. Save us from finding out later.

 

ok downloaded but im going to need a bigger usb. when running 7 zip with S10e Ghost Image.exe i get there not enough room..yes my com is full and has a small hard drive.

 

How much room do you have left on your Win7 HD? You need 3.65gb. You might be avle to temporarily change the space used for system restore or the recycle bin if you have them set as default.

 

And you don't want to run 7zip on the exe.

You want to make 3.82gb (actual amount) of space.
Run the exe to extract the GHO file.
I would save the exe to DVD as a data file for backup and then delete it.
Run 7zip on the .GHO making sure you use 1400M as the size of the pieces. Don't forget the M or you will get a million pieces.

Right-click to Recycle Bin and select Properties. How much space is it reserving for each drive? If you only use one partition C: it should be easy to change.

 

ok i extracted extract the GHO file to desktop,now i will put it 7 zip.

 

You will need another 3.72GB for the three 7z 001 002 003 files. I don't know how much space you have (if you turned off the recycle bin). You could burn the exe to DVD for safe keeping or delete it.

 

i burned the exe to DVD .i think i will have to go buy another usb stick like 8gb.im getting a external harddrive but not for a few weeks.

 

How much space do you need? Did you try turning off the recycle bin and restarting to see how much space you can get?

If you have a stack of DVDs around you could burn one more with the GHO file. Then delete the gho from HD and split it from CD to HD.

 

ok i ran it in 7 zip got 3 files but there are listed as s10e 7z .001 and 002 the other just says S10E.gho

 

Change to details view and get the sizes. I am thinking you ran out of room and it didn't complete file 003.
I have 001 =1433600
002=1433600
003=1037513

the original large gho=3904713

 

ok all free up a little more room and try again.

 

Maybe dump the linux iso that is fairly easy/quick to get back.

 

free uo 4gb and still same thing.how do i change to view.ok think i got it

heres what i got

s10e.7z.001 1,433,600 kb

s10e.7z.002 663,553 kb

s10e.GHO 2,097,152 KB

 

this computor does not have linux on it.this is my main computor.if i get a big usb stick can i run 7z from that.

 

Hold on the S10e.GHO is the wrong size. Is that the file you extracted from the exe?

When you ran the exe the GHO file should have been the original large gho=3904713

 

A larger USB stick would make things simpler but we should be ok.
You run the 3.55gb exe and get a 3.72 GHO file. Then you split the 3.72gb GHO file to 3 pieces totaling 3.72gb.

I thinking you may have a corrupt original GHO since yours is only showing a little more than 2.1gb.

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Check to see if you have a GHO of 3904713 anywhere on your PC if not.
You could delete those three files (001,002, the gho that is 2,097,152 KB)
Run the exe from DVD and see if you get the proper size GHO file of 3904713
Then split that.

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Details view in Explore is in the list when you click the symbol 2 over from the help (?)

 

when i look in my documents where i extracted the file to it is.2,097,152 kb

 

This program should give you a fast look at your hd to see if you have misplaced a large file.

 

That file is not the right size so it can be deleted along with part 001 and 002 since it won't work. You did burn the exe to DVD? It should have been 3.55gb. If it was the correct size then it should still work and you can try the extraction again to get a 3.72gb gho file.

 

im going to get a usb,i have no idea where all my room went?be back later.my kid has one that way i can move stuff from the computor to the usb to save room thanks be back.

 

If you get a larger USB there will be no need to split the files. We can just put ghost and the GHO file on the usb. And be done with it. 7z is just away of getting around the 2gb USB stick.

But we have to get the proper size GHO file out of the exe. It may have just quit when it ran out of room but it should have given a warning, I would think.

 

well do it tommorrow....thanks,im redownloading it but its really slow.im only getting 7.4kb download speed it says 4 days...lol is there a fileserve for this.

 

I don't know where else to get it. My there aren't many people seeding. Try allowing DHT and see if it helps. I have the file but am not connected to any peers.

Double check the DVD that you wrote with the exe. How big is the exe?

 

i didnt i burned the iso. its faster now ,will be done in 4 hours.thanks for not getting to frustrated with me.i only have a 40 gb hard drive but i really dont know where all the room went.

 

So this morning you ran the S10e Ghost Image.exe and then deleted it? I don't care I was just making sure before you re-downloaded.

 

can i download it on the computor running linux ,even though thats the computor we will be trying to get xp in.because theres tons of room.

 

I had thought about that but because you are downloading and exe, it won't run on linux. You have to run the exe to decompress the GHO file.

How much space do you have on Windows PC after deleting the 2.1gb copy of the GHO file and the 001 and 002 files?

Actually, I'm testing decopmpressing it with 7zip and it seems to be working. This may be an option.
But I would create a FAT32 partition on the laptop and of course you will have to set up bitorrent on the linux. but if you want to try I can give you the instructions for creating the partition. You will have to do it anyway.

 

i have a bit torrent already,ya i will create a fat 32...

 

You will need Gparted on USB from sourceforge in the zip file. (Linux Mint won't let you edit the partition it is on)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpa...ble/0.7.0-4/gparted-live-0.7.0-4.zip/download (125mb Sorry!)
Format a USB drive to Fat32. (Rightclick on the drive letter in Computer and select quick format and fat32).
So download the file and extract it to your USB drive. (right-click the gparted zip file and select extract and point to the USB drive letter)
Go to Start/Orb type in cmd when search finds cmd.exe, right click it and select Run as Administrator.
Then type the letter of your USB drive with a colon and <enter> ie. f:, or g: etc.
You will get a prompt showing that letter.
type in CD utils <enter>
type in Cd win32 <enter>
type in makeboot.bat <enter>
Follow the instructions in the window that opens and close it after you get confimation that the drive is made bootable.

Then boot from the USB in the laptop. You can just hit <enter> on all the text screens until it opens up gparted. Find your large linux

partition and right-click it and select Resize/Move. In the window that opens put 10000 (ten thousand)in the box for free space after. Click

Resize button at bottom of window. Click Apply. Click ok to warnings.

When it is done and gparted refreshes the window. You need to rightclick the new 10gb unallocated space and click New . Set the size to 10000 (10 thousand) and the filesystem to FAT32. Click Add. Click Apply.

You should have a large linux partiton and a 10gb FAT32 partion when gparted refreshes. You can reboot into linux.

Any questions ask.

 

I just finished unzipping the exe with 7z and it worked. I tested the integrity of the image with Ghost and it passed so I think it will be fine to download on the laptop.

 

Go to Start/Orb type in cmd when search finds cmd.exe, right click it and select Run as Administrator.

when c windows system 32 cmd.exe popup when i right clich on it i dont get run as admin.

also is this a colon (



i also have this in programs in the laptop

KDE Partition Manager

 

I just have cmd.exe at the top and right-click it. You don't get that?

Are you Win7 or XP. Xp you don't need administrator.

 

when i type cmd in the serch i get a black popup window...im running windows 7

 

Don't hit enter after typing cmd. It will search and come up with the window in my pic.
Choose run as administrator.
You will get the black window and then do the instructions.

Colon is :
You're just typing the letter for your USB drive with a colon after it.

You will see a prompt like Users\YourNAME> and you type whatever the letter is and a colon.

Users\YourNAME> H:

 

ok im running it as admin now...my usb is G SO what is that in colon

 

G:
Your prompt should change from Users\yourname to G:>
Then cd utils <enter>
cd win32 <enter>
makeboot.bat <enter>
Then you'll see some kind of press any key and a warning.
Then a message that the drive should be bootable.
Then press any key to exit. But it won't exit so just close the window.

 

i typed in G:


is that correct

 

Yes. I edited my last post.

 

then i hit enter and uder that i got

G:\>

 

Your prompt should change from Users\yourname to G:>
G:> is the prompt which is waiting for you to type in so type the following <enter> is the enter button.
cd utils <enter>
cd win32 <enter>
makeboot.bat <enter>
Then you'll see some kind of press any key and a warning.
Then a message that the drive should be bootable.
Then press any key to exit. But it won't exit so just close the window.
Edit/Delete Message

 

G:\>cd utils
The system cannot find the path specified


is the ok so far?

 

No. Have you unzipped the gparted files to the USB?
Type dir <enter> do you see utils or system32

 

ok its bootable now.

i got all this

Then you'll see some kind of press any key and a warning.
Then a message that the drive should be bootable.
Then press any key to exit. But it won't exit so just close the window.
Edit/Delete Message

 

i dont want to interupt my download on the laptop,so we will contuine tommorow is that ok.

 

That's fine. Believe it or not we are not that far away from finishing. It is just the back and forth part that takes the time. I'll see you tomorrow.

 

wow still 8hrs left 57% done

 

ok download done.

 

ok i put 10000 where it says free space preceding.

am i sopposed to put anything where it says free space following because it says 0.


at the top of this resize/move/ screen it says

minimum size-12379 mib

maximum size-73165 mib