SIAP: Dell image restore hotkey for Vista.

I CTL+F11'd myself (at the Dell splash) to death on my XPS420 only to learn
that it's no longer valid as a means of reaching the Dell image/system
restore process. I don't know if this is a universal truth for Dell Vista
systems or just mine, but I suspect it's a Vista 'feature'.

F8, then chose "repair" followed by a nice GUI that includes all sorts of
nice options from a Windows system restore all the way up to the full Dell
image restore.

I'm sure someone has already posted this, but if so I missed it. If not,
enjoy.


Stew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: S.Lewis [mailto:Gossamer@interesting.com]
> Posted At: Friday, February 01, 2008 6:15 PM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: SIAP: Dell image restore hotkey for Vista.
> Subject: SIAP: Dell image restore hotkey for Vista.
>
>
> I CTL+F11'd myself (at the Dell splash) to death on my XPS420 only to
> learn
> that it's no longer valid as a means of reaching the Dell image/system
> restore process. I don't know if this is a universal truth for Dell
> Vista
> systems or just mine, but I suspect it's a Vista 'feature'.
>
> F8, then chose "repair" followed by a nice GUI that includes all sorts
> of
> nice options from a Windows system restore all the way up to the full
> Dell
> image restore.
>
> I'm sure someone has already posted this, but if so I missed it. If
> not,
> enjoy.
>
>
> Stew

Yep it is integral to Vista now and Dell chose to use it.

"Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: S.Lewis [mailto:Gossamer@interesting.com]
>> Posted At: Friday, February 01, 2008 6:15 PM
>> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>> Conversation: SIAP: Dell image restore hotkey for Vista.
>> Subject: SIAP: Dell image restore hotkey for Vista.
>>
>>
>> I CTL+F11'd myself (at the Dell splash) to death on my XPS420 only to
>> learn
>> that it's no longer valid as a means of reaching the Dell image/system
>> restore process. I don't know if this is a universal truth for Dell
>> Vista
>> systems or just mine, but I suspect it's a Vista 'feature'.
>>
>> F8, then chose "repair" followed by a nice GUI that includes all sorts
>> of
>> nice options from a Windows system restore all the way up to the full
>> Dell
>> image restore.
>>
>> I'm sure someone has already posted this, but if so I missed it. If
>> not,
>> enjoy.
>>
>>
>> Stew
>
> Yep it is integral to Vista now and Dell chose to use it.
>


Am I safe in assuming that the original partitioning does remain intact?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: S.Lewis [mailto:Gossamer@interesting.com]
> Posted At: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:19 PM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: SIAP: Dell image restore hotkey for Vista.
> Subject: Re: SIAP: Dell image restore hotkey for Vista.
>
>
> "Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:5FCAF6E23AD34094B13A03AC12DBCBEE@M2010...
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: S.Lewis [mailto:Gossamer@interesting.com]
> >> Posted At: Friday, February 01, 2008 6:15 PM
> >> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> >> Conversation: SIAP: Dell image restore hotkey for Vista.
> >> Subject: SIAP: Dell image restore hotkey for Vista.
> >>
> >>
> >> I CTL+F11'd myself (at the Dell splash) to death on my XPS420 only
> to
> >> learn
> >> that it's no longer valid as a means of reaching the Dell
> image/system
> >> restore process. I don't know if this is a universal truth for Dell
> >> Vista
> >> systems or just mine, but I suspect it's a Vista 'feature'.
> >>
> >> F8, then chose "repair" followed by a nice GUI that includes all
> sorts
> >> of
> >> nice options from a Windows system restore all the way up to the
> full
> >> Dell
> >> image restore.
> >>
> >> I'm sure someone has already posted this, but if so I missed it. If
> >> not,
> >> enjoy.
> >>
> >>
> >> Stew
> >
> > Yep it is integral to Vista now and Dell chose to use it.
> >
>
>
> Am I safe in assuming that the original partitioning does remain
> intact?

Don't know for sure, but I would expect so. You can change partition
sizes in Vista non-destructively too (although not by a lot)

On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:29:30 GMT, "Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: S.Lewis [mailto:Gossamer@interesting.com]
>> Posted At: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:19 PM
>> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>> Conversation: SIAP: Dell image restore hotkey for Vista.
>> Subject: Re: SIAP: Dell image restore hotkey for Vista.
>>
>>
>> "Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:5FCAF6E23AD34094B13A03AC12DBCBEE@M2010...
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: S.Lewis [mailto:Gossamer@interesting.com]
>> >> Posted At: Friday, February 01, 2008 6:15 PM
>> >> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>> >> Conversation: SIAP: Dell image restore hotkey for Vista.
>> >> Subject: SIAP: Dell image restore hotkey for Vista.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I CTL+F11'd myself (at the Dell splash) to death on my XPS420 only
>> to
>> >> learn
>> >> that it's no longer valid as a means of reaching the Dell
>> image/system
>> >> restore process. I don't know if this is a universal truth for Dell
>> >> Vista
>> >> systems or just mine, but I suspect it's a Vista 'feature'.
>> >>
>> >> F8, then chose "repair" followed by a nice GUI that includes all
>> sorts
>> >> of
>> >> nice options from a Windows system restore all the way up to the
>> full
>> >> Dell
>> >> image restore.
>> >>
>> >> I'm sure someone has already posted this, but if so I missed it. If
>> >> not,
>> >> enjoy.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Stew
>> >
>> > Yep it is integral to Vista now and Dell chose to use it.
>> >
>>
>>
>> Am I safe in assuming that the original partitioning does remain
>> intact?
>
>Don't know for sure, but I would expect so. You can change partition
>sizes in Vista non-destructively too (although not by a lot)


Does Partition Magic 8 work in Vista ? I ask this even tho my guess
is no. In any case Acronis Directory Suite (I think version 11) works
for Vista. I'm safe for now since I'm still with XP.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: RnR [mailto:rnrtexas@gmail.com]

>
> Does Partition Magic 8 work in Vista ? I ask this even tho my guess
> is no. In any case Acronis Directory Suite (I think version 11) works
> for Vista. I'm safe for now since I'm still with XP.

Last time I checked (about a month ago), no PM for Vista.

"Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:7F3EE83A03DC450B9062D0ED6D01B420@M2010...
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: RnR [mailto:rnrtexas@gmail.com]
>
>>
>> Does Partition Magic 8 work in Vista ? I ask this even tho my guess
>> is no. In any case Acronis Directory Suite (I think version 11) works
>> for Vista. I'm safe for now since I'm still with XP.
>
> Last time I checked (about a month ago), no PM for Vista.
>

Have a look at this freeware:
http://partedmagic.com/downloads.html

I have used it successfully instead of PM8 on a vista system with SATA drive.

On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:24:48 GMT, "Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: RnR [mailto:rnrtexas@gmail.com]
>
>>
>> Does Partition Magic 8 work in Vista ? I ask this even tho my guess
>> is no. In any case Acronis Directory Suite (I think version 11) works
>> for Vista. I'm safe for now since I'm still with XP.
>
>Last time I checked (about a month ago), no PM for Vista.
Paragon software makes a variety of Vista compatible partitioning SW.

http://paragon-software.com/

Mike

RnR,
Acronis TrueImage 10.0, also works with Vista machines, for backups. As well
as Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0 for partitioning.

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"Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: RnR [mailto:rnrtexas@gmail.com]

>
> Does Partition Magic 8 work in Vista ? I ask this even tho my guess
> is no. In any case Acronis Directory Suite (I think version 11) works
> for Vista. I'm safe for now since I'm still with XP.

Last time I checked (about a month ago), no PM for Vista.

Tom Scales wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: S.Lewis [mailto:Gossamer@interesting.com]
>> Posted At: Friday, February 01, 2008 6:15 PM
>> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>> Conversation: SIAP: Dell image restore hotkey for Vista.
>> Subject: SIAP: Dell image restore hotkey for Vista.
>>
>>
>> I CTL+F11'd myself (at the Dell splash) to death on my XPS420 only to
>> learn
>> that it's no longer valid as a means of reaching the Dell image/system
>> restore process. I don't know if this is a universal truth for Dell
>> Vista
>> systems or just mine, but I suspect it's a Vista 'feature'.
>>
>> F8, then chose "repair" followed by a nice GUI that includes all sorts
>> of
>> nice options from a Windows system restore all the way up to the full
>> Dell
>> image restore.
>>
>> I'm sure someone has already posted this, but if so I missed it. If
>> not,
>> enjoy.
>>
>>
>> Stew
>
> Yep it is integral to Vista now and Dell chose to use it.

Great, one more thing for Microshaft to muck up!