Re: [Blind-Computing] Stopping: This message was converted toplaintext, in JAWS
Ah thanks. If I can't find another way, I may apply your idea and use the Outlook dictionary. Thanks for the tip. Chris Feist - The one and only! -Original Messages- On Behalf Of Jon Pierson Hi Chris, It might not have been the proper way but I found that phrase on the screen and added it to the Outlook.jdf dictionary. There is another one about Outlook blocking pictures or similar as well. Jon -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Chris Feist Hi. With JAWS 10 in Outlook, when I open an email, I often get the message "This message was converted to plain text" before it reads the email. Is it possible to have this version of JAWS not say that? JAWS 7.0 doesn't ever say this, but the later versions all seem to. Thanks, Chris Feist - The one and only! For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Stopping: This message was converted to plaintext, in JAWS
Hi Chris, It might not have been the proper way but I found that phrase on the screen and added it to the Outlook.jdf dictionary. There is another one about Outlook blocking pictures or similar as well. Jon -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Chris Feist Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:44 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] Stopping: This message was converted to plaintext, in JAWS Hi. With JAWS 10 in Outlook, when I open an email, I often get the message "This message was converted to plain text" before it reads the email. Is it possible to have this version of JAWS not say that? JAWS 7.0 doesn't ever say this, but the later versions all seem to. Thanks, Chris Feist - The one and only! For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
[Blind-Computing] Stopping: This message was converted to plain text, in JAWS
Hi. With JAWS 10 in Outlook, when I open an email, I often get the message "This message was converted to plain text" before it reads the email. Is it possible to have this version of JAWS not say that? JAWS 7.0 doesn't ever say this, but the later versions all seem to. Thanks, Chris Feist - The one and only! For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary
Don, Good points and ideas. The fingerprint etc you discuss would all be eliminated with the clean command, correct? After not being able to do what I wanted, I wiped the drive clean, re partitioned it and layed down new formats. I think I'm going to once again set it up with the factory disks and try creating and replacing the image to see if that works. Al -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of Donald Marang Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:25 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary I have not replaced a drive like you are attempting to do. I do know that Image for Windows is designed to do just that operation. In fact, it should also make replacing the drive with a larger drive a breeze. I have also heard Leo LePorte walk people through the process on his "The Tech Guy" radio show / podcast. He uses Image for Windows as well (now a sponsor). Perhaps your problem is that some manufacturers place a fingerprint on the drive. I do not know if they place this in the master Boot Record, a small, hidden partition or just within the main partition. Perhaps a Google search for replacing a drive for that manufacturer would provide instructions. I know I have run across similar instructions in the past. Don Marang - Original Message - From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" To: Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary > David, > > After doing some research yesterday, I believe the source of > the conflict is in having multiple physical disk drives in > the machine I set the new image up in and then burned it. As > you know, the BIOS assigns drive #'s and in my case the are > 0 & 1. My suspicion is that when I go to restore the image > it is looking for a device numbered the same as on the > image. That may or may not be so. I consistently get the > same message "target device not found, press enter to > reboot." I'm wondering if the sightless restore of this > program is limited to only restoring the image on the same > physical drive it was created from? This has good utility in > the event one's system gets screwed up and one wants to > simply lay down the unadulterated image again. However, I'm > not sure of the program's utility in terms of laying down > the image on a different or newly purchased hard drive? Have > you had success with this? Regarding your suggestions below, > the format of the drive I don't think that would matter as > all info is erased and the image then is put down. The > format will be that of what the image is. The hard drive is > the same brand but different size. I've played with many > options, even installing the image from the DVD onto the > extra drive while system is up and running. It installs the > image ok, but when the hard drive is removed and put into > the other computer, the system won't boot. Keep the ideas > coming and I'll keep researching > thanks, > Al > > -Original Message- > From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com > [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of > David Ferrin > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 12:10 AM > To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary > > > Is the new drive formatted the same way as the old drive > was? Also is it the > same type of drive? > David Ferrin > www.jaws-users.com > VIP Conduit Tech Support > www.vipconduit.com > - Original Message - > From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:29 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary > > > David, > > Thanks, I'll spare you the long version (ha, ha). A simple > way to sum all this up would be say I have a good image on a > DVD and my current hard drive bites the dust. I go to the > store and buy a new one. I partition it an put it in the > machine and attempt to lay down the image on it and get what > I described to you at the end of the message. Suggestions? > > Al > > -Original Message- > From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com > [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of > David Ferrin > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:10 PM > To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary > > > Al all I can say is if this is a brief description please > don't give me the > long version because I will have to read it very carefully > before even > having a chance of grasping a handle on what you ultimately > ended up with. > Confused in Pennsylvania. I'll review it further. > David Ferrin > www.jaws-users.com > VIP Conduit Tech Support > www.vipconduit.com > - Original Message - > From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" > To: "Blind-Computing" > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 4:30 PM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary > > > Well the subject says it all. I will try to
Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary
I have not replaced a drive like you are attempting to do. I do know that Image for Windows is designed to do just that operation. In fact, it should also make replacing the drive with a larger drive a breeze. I have also heard Leo LePorte walk people through the process on his "The Tech Guy" radio show / podcast. He uses Image for Windows as well (now a sponsor). Perhaps your problem is that some manufacturers place a fingerprint on the drive. I do not know if they place this in the master Boot Record, a small, hidden partition or just within the main partition. Perhaps a Google search for replacing a drive for that manufacturer would provide instructions. I know I have run across similar instructions in the past. Don Marang - Original Message - From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" To: Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary David, After doing some research yesterday, I believe the source of the conflict is in having multiple physical disk drives in the machine I set the new image up in and then burned it. As you know, the BIOS assigns drive #'s and in my case the are 0 & 1. My suspicion is that when I go to restore the image it is looking for a device numbered the same as on the image. That may or may not be so. I consistently get the same message "target device not found, press enter to reboot." I'm wondering if the sightless restore of this program is limited to only restoring the image on the same physical drive it was created from? This has good utility in the event one's system gets screwed up and one wants to simply lay down the unadulterated image again. However, I'm not sure of the program's utility in terms of laying down the image on a different or newly purchased hard drive? Have you had success with this? Regarding your suggestions below, the format of the drive I don't think that would matter as all info is erased and the image then is put down. The format will be that of what the image is. The hard drive is the same brand but different size. I've played with many options, even installing the image from the DVD onto the extra drive while system is up and running. It installs the image ok, but when the hard drive is removed and put into the other computer, the system won't boot. Keep the ideas coming and I'll keep researching thanks, Al -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 12:10 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary Is the new drive formatted the same way as the old drive was? Also is it the same type of drive? David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com VIP Conduit Tech Support www.vipconduit.com - Original Message - From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary David, Thanks, I'll spare you the long version (ha, ha). A simple way to sum all this up would be say I have a good image on a DVD and my current hard drive bites the dust. I go to the store and buy a new one. I partition it an put it in the machine and attempt to lay down the image on it and get what I described to you at the end of the message. Suggestions? Al -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:10 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary Al all I can say is if this is a brief description please don't give me the long version because I will have to read it very carefully before even having a chance of grasping a handle on what you ultimately ended up with. Confused in Pennsylvania. I'll review it further. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com VIP Conduit Tech Support www.vipconduit.com - Original Message - From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" To: "Blind-Computing" Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 4:30 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary Well the subject says it all. I will try to be as brief below as possible to explain my dilemma and hopefully find a simple answer that I am obviously overlooking. About a month ago I purchased Image For Windows and am thrilled with the program. I have successfully created and restored two different images with no problem. Here is my current dilemma. I have two Acer computers. I'll call them Intel and A M D so as to not confuse them in the below dialogue I'm describing. My primary in home networked computer was the Intel. The A M D computer as well as my wife's worked off this Intel unit. The computer had not been re formatted for about a year and a half and I also wanted to swap it out for the A M D machine which has a faster processor and twice the memory. I know the hours it can take to set a computer up from scratch so I fig
Re: [Blind-Computing] Audacity Documentation
Thank You Jacob! Holland's Person, Bill E-Mail: billgal...@centurytel.net - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese! For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Audacity Documentation
http://vip.chowo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/jaws/Audacity-1.3.2-Guide.html Once it's loaded in internet explorer etc., file menu, save as... Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: "Bill Gallik" To: "Blind Computing List" Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:32 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Audacity Documentation Where is the user documentation for Audacity? Seems to me this is why I blew this tool off on my Windows 2000 system. That help feature is a piece of crap if you're totally blind. Holland's Person, Bill E-Mail: billgal...@centurytel.net - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese! For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4491 (20091008) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4491 (20091008) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary
Your thought on the fact where a system has multiple hard drives sounds interesting and makes me think that is a possibility. Also I must point out that it would seem to me that the manner in which the drive in question has been formatted does play a part in the recovery process. You see as I understand it the recovery process simply erases and reloads your data and does not in fact at all reformat your drive. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com VIP Conduit Tech Support www.vipconduit.com - Original Message - From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" To: Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary David, After doing some research yesterday, I believe the source of the conflict is in having multiple physical disk drives in the machine I set the new image up in and then burned it. As you know, the BIOS assigns drive #'s and in my case the are 0 & 1. My suspicion is that when I go to restore the image it is looking for a device numbered the same as on the image. That may or may not be so. I consistently get the same message "target device not found, press enter to reboot." I'm wondering if the sightless restore of this program is limited to only restoring the image on the same physical drive it was created from? This has good utility in the event one's system gets screwed up and one wants to simply lay down the unadulterated image again. However, I'm not sure of the program's utility in terms of laying down the image on a different or newly purchased hard drive? Have you had success with this? Regarding your suggestions below, the format of the drive I don't think that would matter as all info is erased and the image then is put down. The format will be that of what the image is. The hard drive is the same brand but different size. I've played with many options, even installing the image from the DVD onto the extra drive while system is up and running. It installs the image ok, but when the hard drive is removed and put into the other computer, the system won't boot. Keep the ideas coming and I'll keep researching thanks, Al -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 12:10 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary Is the new drive formatted the same way as the old drive was? Also is it the same type of drive? David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com VIP Conduit Tech Support www.vipconduit.com - Original Message - From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary David, Thanks, I'll spare you the long version (ha, ha). A simple way to sum all this up would be say I have a good image on a DVD and my current hard drive bites the dust. I go to the store and buy a new one. I partition it an put it in the machine and attempt to lay down the image on it and get what I described to you at the end of the message. Suggestions? Al -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:10 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary Al all I can say is if this is a brief description please don't give me the long version because I will have to read it very carefully before even having a chance of grasping a handle on what you ultimately ended up with. Confused in Pennsylvania. I'll review it further. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com VIP Conduit Tech Support www.vipconduit.com - Original Message - From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" To: "Blind-Computing" Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 4:30 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary Well the subject says it all. I will try to be as brief below as possible to explain my dilemma and hopefully find a simple answer that I am obviously overlooking. About a month ago I purchased Image For Windows and am thrilled with the program. I have successfully created and restored two different images with no problem. Here is my current dilemma. I have two Acer computers. I'll call them Intel and A M D so as to not confuse them in the below dialogue I'm describing. My primary in home networked computer was the Intel. The A M D computer as well as my wife's worked off this Intel unit. The computer had not been re formatted for about a year and a half and I also wanted to swap it out for the A M D machine which has a faster processor and twice the memory. I know the hours it can take to set a computer up from scratch so I figured I would simply take the hard drive out of the A M D computer and use it to set up the Intel computer as time permitted. The first thing I did was to use the Image for Windows program to create an image of the A M D computer. I then restored that image to con
Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary
Jon, No I haven't but may do so. I'm sure with some sighted assistance this issue can be resolved, I just kind of like the way the DVD disks could lay down an image without that type assistance. I'll keep you posted, thanks for the suggestions. al -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of John M. Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:09 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary Have you tried contacting the author of the program for help? I have restored images to new, larger hard drives and it has worked fine for me. I did do it from an image that was on an external HD, using the Image for DOS boot CD and I had sighted assistance. But the restore did work and the new partition was automatically resized to fill the new, larger HD. John - Original Message - From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" To: Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary > David, > > After doing some research yesterday, I believe the source of > the conflict is in having multiple physical disk drives in > the machine I set the new image up in and then burned it. As > you know, the BIOS assigns drive #'s and in my case the are > 0 & 1. My suspicion is that when I go to restore the image > it is looking for a device numbered the same as on the > image. That may or may not be so. I consistently get the > same message "target device not found, press enter to > reboot." I'm wondering if the sightless restore of this > program is limited to only restoring the image on the same > physical drive it was created from? This has good utility in > the event one's system gets screwed up and one wants to > simply lay down the unadulterated image again. However, I'm > not sure of the program's utility in terms of laying down > the image on a different or newly purchased hard drive? Have > you had success with this? Regarding your suggestions below, > the format of the drive I don't think that would matter as > all info is erased and the image then is put down. The > format will be that of what the image is. The hard drive is > the same brand but different size. I've played with many > options, even installing the image from the DVD onto the > extra drive while system is up and running. It installs the > image ok, but when the hard drive is removed and put into > the other computer, the system won't boot. Keep the ideas > coming and I'll keep researching > thanks, > Al > > -Original Message- > From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com > [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of > David Ferrin > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 12:10 AM > To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary > > > Is the new drive formatted the same way as the old drive > was? Also is it the > same type of drive? > David Ferrin > www.jaws-users.com > VIP Conduit Tech Support > www.vipconduit.com > - Original Message - > From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:29 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary > > > David, > > Thanks, I'll spare you the long version (ha, ha). A simple > way to sum all this up would be say I have a good image on a > DVD and my current hard drive bites the dust. I go to the > store and buy a new one. I partition it an put it in the > machine and attempt to lay down the image on it and get what > I described to you at the end of the message. Suggestions? > > Al > > -Original Message- > From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com > [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of > David Ferrin > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:10 PM > To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary > > > Al all I can say is if this is a brief description please > don't give me the > long version because I will have to read it very carefully > before even > having a chance of grasping a handle on what you ultimately > ended up with. > Confused in Pennsylvania. I'll review it further. > David Ferrin > www.jaws-users.com > VIP Conduit Tech Support > www.vipconduit.com > - Original Message - > From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" > To: "Blind-Computing" > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 4:30 PM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary > > > Well the subject says it all. I will try to be as brief > below as possible to explain my dilemma and hopefully find a > simple answer that I am obviously overlooking. > About a month ago I purchased Image For Windows and am > thrilled with the program. I have successfully created and > restored two different images with no problem. Here is my > current dilemma. > I have two Acer computers. I'll call them Intel and A M D so > as to not confuse them in the below dialogue I'm describing. > My primary in home networked computer was
Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary
Have you tried contacting the author of the program for help? I have restored images to new, larger hard drives and it has worked fine for me. I did do it from an image that was on an external HD, using the Image for DOS boot CD and I had sighted assistance. But the restore did work and the new partition was automatically resized to fill the new, larger HD. John - Original Message - From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" To: Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary David, After doing some research yesterday, I believe the source of the conflict is in having multiple physical disk drives in the machine I set the new image up in and then burned it. As you know, the BIOS assigns drive #'s and in my case the are 0 & 1. My suspicion is that when I go to restore the image it is looking for a device numbered the same as on the image. That may or may not be so. I consistently get the same message "target device not found, press enter to reboot." I'm wondering if the sightless restore of this program is limited to only restoring the image on the same physical drive it was created from? This has good utility in the event one's system gets screwed up and one wants to simply lay down the unadulterated image again. However, I'm not sure of the program's utility in terms of laying down the image on a different or newly purchased hard drive? Have you had success with this? Regarding your suggestions below, the format of the drive I don't think that would matter as all info is erased and the image then is put down. The format will be that of what the image is. The hard drive is the same brand but different size. I've played with many options, even installing the image from the DVD onto the extra drive while system is up and running. It installs the image ok, but when the hard drive is removed and put into the other computer, the system won't boot. Keep the ideas coming and I'll keep researching thanks, Al -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 12:10 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary Is the new drive formatted the same way as the old drive was? Also is it the same type of drive? David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com VIP Conduit Tech Support www.vipconduit.com - Original Message - From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary David, Thanks, I'll spare you the long version (ha, ha). A simple way to sum all this up would be say I have a good image on a DVD and my current hard drive bites the dust. I go to the store and buy a new one. I partition it an put it in the machine and attempt to lay down the image on it and get what I described to you at the end of the message. Suggestions? Al -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:10 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary Al all I can say is if this is a brief description please don't give me the long version because I will have to read it very carefully before even having a chance of grasping a handle on what you ultimately ended up with. Confused in Pennsylvania. I'll review it further. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com VIP Conduit Tech Support www.vipconduit.com - Original Message - From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" To: "Blind-Computing" Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 4:30 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary Well the subject says it all. I will try to be as brief below as possible to explain my dilemma and hopefully find a simple answer that I am obviously overlooking. About a month ago I purchased Image For Windows and am thrilled with the program. I have successfully created and restored two different images with no problem. Here is my current dilemma. I have two Acer computers. I'll call them Intel and A M D so as to not confuse them in the below dialogue I'm describing. My primary in home networked computer was the Intel. The A M D computer as well as my wife's worked off this Intel unit. The computer had not been re formatted for about a year and a half and I also wanted to swap it out for the A M D machine which has a faster processor and twice the memory. I know the hours it can take to set a computer up from scratch so I figured I would simply take the hard drive out of the A M D computer and use it to set up the Intel computer as time permitted. The first thing I did was to use the Image for Windows program to create an image of the A M D computer. I then restored that image to confirm it worked prior to taking the hard drive out and using it in the Intel machine. I also created an image of the In
Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary
David, After doing some research yesterday, I believe the source of the conflict is in having multiple physical disk drives in the machine I set the new image up in and then burned it. As you know, the BIOS assigns drive #'s and in my case the are 0 & 1. My suspicion is that when I go to restore the image it is looking for a device numbered the same as on the image. That may or may not be so. I consistently get the same message "target device not found, press enter to reboot." I'm wondering if the sightless restore of this program is limited to only restoring the image on the same physical drive it was created from? This has good utility in the event one's system gets screwed up and one wants to simply lay down the unadulterated image again. However, I'm not sure of the program's utility in terms of laying down the image on a different or newly purchased hard drive? Have you had success with this? Regarding your suggestions below, the format of the drive I don't think that would matter as all info is erased and the image then is put down. The format will be that of what the image is. The hard drive is the same brand but different size. I've played with many options, even installing the image from the DVD onto the extra drive while system is up and running. It installs the image ok, but when the hard drive is removed and put into the other computer, the system won't boot. Keep the ideas coming and I'll keep researching thanks, Al -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 12:10 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary Is the new drive formatted the same way as the old drive was? Also is it the same type of drive? David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com VIP Conduit Tech Support www.vipconduit.com - Original Message - From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary David, Thanks, I'll spare you the long version (ha, ha). A simple way to sum all this up would be say I have a good image on a DVD and my current hard drive bites the dust. I go to the store and buy a new one. I partition it an put it in the machine and attempt to lay down the image on it and get what I described to you at the end of the message. Suggestions? Al -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:10 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary Al all I can say is if this is a brief description please don't give me the long version because I will have to read it very carefully before even having a chance of grasping a handle on what you ultimately ended up with. Confused in Pennsylvania. I'll review it further. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com VIP Conduit Tech Support www.vipconduit.com - Original Message - From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" To: "Blind-Computing" Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 4:30 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Image restore quandary Well the subject says it all. I will try to be as brief below as possible to explain my dilemma and hopefully find a simple answer that I am obviously overlooking. About a month ago I purchased Image For Windows and am thrilled with the program. I have successfully created and restored two different images with no problem. Here is my current dilemma. I have two Acer computers. I'll call them Intel and A M D so as to not confuse them in the below dialogue I'm describing. My primary in home networked computer was the Intel. The A M D computer as well as my wife's worked off this Intel unit. The computer had not been re formatted for about a year and a half and I also wanted to swap it out for the A M D machine which has a faster processor and twice the memory. I know the hours it can take to set a computer up from scratch so I figured I would simply take the hard drive out of the A M D computer and use it to set up the Intel computer as time permitted. The first thing I did was to use the Image for Windows program to create an image of the A M D computer. I then restored that image to confirm it worked prior to taking the hard drive out and using it in the Intel machine. I also created an image of the Intel machine before doing anything just in case something went amuck. I then unplugged the Intel hard drive and plugged the A M D one into that unit. I got the factory restore disks out for the Intel computer and installed them on the A M D hard drive which was now temporarily in the Intel unit. This erased all data on the A M D hard drive and created the factory image of the Intel computer. Everything worked well and I installed JAWS, a few other key programs I wanted and then burned a new image with image for windows to use a starti
Re: [Blind-Computing] Installing Windows 7
Hi Mark, you can do the install without sighted assistance, but it is recommended that for the first few times when booting from the DVD you get someone to make sure that you're selecting the right options etc. Alternatively you can install inside your current version of Windows. Your screen reader will speak the first part of install, then setup will do the rest for you till it's ready for you to complete the last phase, in which you can bring up Narrator with Windows U, tab once, space, enter. Second, drivers are not simple to discuss. If you originally had Vista, then most likely you'll already have drivers for Windows 7. If you had XP then problems may occur, i.e., some drivers may not work without going through Windows update. What I would do is consider a dual boot situation, so you have the current Windows on your main partition or drive and Windows 7 on the next available partition or drive. That way should you experience problems you won't need to worry about the loss of your current operating system. Hope this helps, and good luck. -- Chris Hallsworth e-mail: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmail.com Yahoo! Messenger: christopher...@yahoo.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Mark Sent: 08 October 2009 8:42 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] Installing Windows 7 Hi I am considering installing windows seven as a clean install on one of my computers. I do have some questions though. First is this a project I can do on my own or do I need sighted help? Second, what does a person do about the drivers. I have no idea how to back them up nor how to reinstall them under windows 7. Any thoughts are appreciated. God bless, Mark For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Vista Is OK
Windows 7 will be a much better version of Vista so to speak. Keyboard operations will feel like lightning. Those are my personal thoughts, and I think most people who are using it already in the RC or even RTM phase will agree with me. -- Chris Hallsworth e-mail: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmail.com Yahoo! Messenger: christopher...@yahoo.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Bill Gallik Sent: 08 October 2009 10:39 AM To: Blind Computing List Subject: [Blind-Computing] Vista Is OK Hmmm, after all the negative information I heard about Vista I must admit I was quite reluctant to go with this OS. Now that I've been pounding the keyboard for a week now though, I find that I'm liking this OS very much. There are features built in that I used to have to set up as hot keys or play some other tricks to enhance my personal efficiency. Now that I'm learning some of the nuances of this OS I find myself liking it better and better. I would say that for someone who is more inclined to keyboard operation this is a very nice system. Now, I wonder how Windows 7 will be? I don't think I'll be so timid in the future. Holland's Person, Bill E-Mail: billgal...@centurytel.net - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese! For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
[Blind-Computing] Vista Is OK
Hmmm, after all the negative information I heard about Vista I must admit I was quite reluctant to go with this OS. Now that I've been pounding the keyboard for a week now though, I find that I'm liking this OS very much. There are features built in that I used to have to set up as hot keys or play some other tricks to enhance my personal efficiency. Now that I'm learning some of the nuances of this OS I find myself liking it better and better. I would say that for someone who is more inclined to keyboard operation this is a very nice system. Now, I wonder how Windows 7 will be? I don't think I'll be so timid in the future. Holland's Person, Bill E-Mail: billgal...@centurytel.net - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese! For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
[Blind-Computing] Audacity Documentation
Where is the user documentation for Audacity? Seems to me this is why I blew this tool off on my Windows 2000 system. That help feature is a piece of crap if you're totally blind. Holland's Person, Bill E-Mail: billgal...@centurytel.net - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese! For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
[Blind-Computing] Installing Windows 7
Hi I am considering installing windows seven as a clean install on one of my computers. I do have some questions though. First is this a project I can do on my own or do I need sighted help? Second, what does a person do about the drivers. I have no idea how to back them up nor how to reinstall them under windows 7. Any thoughts are appreciated. God bless, Mark For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
