Recent content by casper1973

Unless you took a backup, no. It has to be asked... if you want it reverted to just after you installed it... why not just re-install it?

I come across issues with Windows Updates on such a regular basis that I made a batch file to save me time. It's nothing fancy just the same commands you will find at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/971058 but I have automated them to save time. Anyone who wants to use it can copy the...

You can use this to make a bootable USB stick from a Windows DVD or ISO - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool. You will need access to another computer and a USB stick 4GB or larger, Or alternatively you could use an external CD/DVD drive that connects to a...

Hard drives are available at most tech stores, Amazon, Newegg etc. They are very generic so you don't need a specific one just for your laptop make/model. Any decent 2.5" SATA hard drive will do the job. With Windows 8 the licence is built into the UEFI/BIOS. You will need to re-install...

I usually find disabling Secure Boot and enabling CSM (Compatibility Support Module) does the trick in situations like this. I'm not familiar with that BIOS so you will have to look around.

Since you already have a Hirens CD I would start by doing some hard drive diagnostics. 0x4dD I/O error basically means there was an error reading or writing to the hard drive. Doesn't necessarily mean your drive is failing but it's worthwhile to test anyway. I believe Hirens has a program called...

This software you use for appointments - do they not have a technical support department? Would make your life a lot easier if you could just call them and ask the correct procedure for migrating data to a new PC. I dealt with what sounds like a similar system in a dental surgery last year -...

Well before anything - I don't know the law where you live but over here you would fail a security audit for storing patient data on XP because it's considered an insecure OS since Microsoft dropped it. It sounds like your setup is fairly simple. I would just go for something like Acronis...

What kind of data are you backing up? Some of the most common are... - Office documents (Word, Excel, PDF's etc) - Emails (Outlook?) - Accounting data (Sage, Quickbooks etc) - Any specific programs? SQL/Oracle Databases? The reason you are missing data is likely because your current backup...

Being just 1.7GHz the i3 will struggle with what you are describing. Consider the average Desktop i3 is between 3 and 3.5GHz -- and they aren't high tier performance, more middle of the range. The i5 Laptop may have less RAM but this can easily be upgraded in the future, whereas upgrading the...

Since you can get into the BIOS my first step would be simply removing the password to see what happens. However I have a feeling you have turned on secure boot by accident.

What exactly does "typing rubbish" mean? Keys aren't working? Typing the wrong keys? Have to press keys really hard?