Posts by shadowlynx102

To put it simply, the drive is dead, and having to deal with this slave-master setup just adds an unnecessary layer of frustration to the whole thing.

Sam Peterson6 said:The issue is all sorted out now; turns out my hard drive was just dying on me, so a buddy of mine hooked me up with his old one. I got Windows installed and everything's running smoothly again.

Thanks

Honestly, you could have figured that out pretty quickly from this message here:

Sam Peterson6 said:Every time I boot up my computer, I get hit with a black screen and this error message right at the top:
1720-SMART Hard Drive detects imminent failure (Failing Attribute: 5) Please back up the contents of the hard drive and run HDD Self Test In
Press F1 key to continue

So, was all of this being done on a tablet?
Something clearly isn't working right with that tablet of yours. Maybe try switching over to cellular data instead of using the Wi-Fi to see if that helps. What kind of tablet are you actually using?

Maybe try switching over to a different browser, like edge, just to see if the issue persists. If everything runs smoothly there, then you probably just need to clear out the cache in your main browser.

Honestly, this error code isn't much to go by on its own. You'll probably get more clarity if you dig into the Event Viewer and cross-reference those logs with a Blue Screen of Death viewer to see what's actually happening under the hood.

Jerry Robinson56 said:Sorry, but that’s pretty bad advice... never pay them off... seriously, never. The developers don't actually send you anything—they just rent out access to their helpers.
Reporting it might feel useless, and it probably is, but at least it gets "archived"...

I think you've got it all wrong. I actually know of two companies here in the States that got hit by cryptolocker, and after they paid up, they actually managed to get all their files unlocked. Look, there's definitely a risk that you're just throwing money down the drain, but what else can you do? If you weren't thinking ahead and keeping regular backups, this is really your only shot because there aren't any reliable tools out there to fight cryptolocker.

You’ve been hit by ransomware. Unless you're willing to cough up a few thousand dollars to get the decryption key they promise, you can basically kiss all your data goodbye. There isn't really another way out of this mess, and honestly, filing a report with the FBI isn't going to do much to get your files back.

Jerry Robinson56 said:🤣 Perhaps someone should actually read what you're typing... maybe then you'd grasp the reality of the situation. But unlikely.

"A dead drive isn't necessarily useless, but when you clone it onto a new one, you aren't solving the core issue. You haven't fixed the underlying mechanical failures; you've just moved them, leaving you vulnerable to the inevitable errors that follow."
Do you follow, rookie?
Pure arrogance.

I actually managed to successfully clone a drive riddled with bad sectors using Macrium Reflect. None of the other Hard Drive cloning tools I tried could pull it off.

I've put together a list for you right here: https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/...s-for-android/

Honestly, I’d just grab an antivirus app from Google Play and run a full scan on your phone. If you really want to be 100% sure and get some actual peace of mind, your best bet is probably just doing a factory reset.

There is actually some software out there designed specifically for this. https://www.ronyasoft.com/products/proposter/en/

Is anyone else seeing this happening with other browsers too?

.tib files are essentially what you use with Acronis True Image. You can actually mount them just like you would an .iso file on Windows 10, which lets you browse through all the individual files inside the archive as if they were sitting right there on your drive.

Jacob Bennett34 said:When I picked up my Samsung SSD, it actually came with their own utility on the website, which let me clone my entire Windows setup from my old HDD over to the new SSD quite easily.

I’m pretty sure most other major brands have similar proprietary software tailored specifically for their own SSDs.

EDIT: Since I noticed you're still running Windows XP, you should probably double-check a few things first; from what I understand, those older systems don't support SSDs natively without some extra driver work, and then there's the issue of...
How old is your motherboard? You might run into hardware limitations where that SSD won't actually feel any faster than your old HDD.

Forget about Samsung's tools or anything else like it. Macrium Reflect is hands down the best software out there. It managed to clone my system drive even when it was riddled with bad sectors, and it didn't skip a beat.

First things first, running Windows 10 on just 4 GB of RAM is going to be a real struggle for the system. You’d see a massive difference if you just swapped in an SSD and bumped that RAM up to 8 GB. Honestly, it surprises me that it’s managed to stay snappy enough for basic tasks up until this point.

feralbadger37 said:I mean, I get the logic behind why certain terms show up more often based on search volume, but why specifically from Russian sites? Why aren't we seeing results from other languages?
It’s not like it’s just us Americans and the Russians who deal with foggy headlights...😁

I think you might be missing how Google actually works under the hood. Like I mentioned before, if you look at Google.com, you won't find better results than those .ru domains that have been run through Google Translate. As for why it's specifically Russian content, it’s likely because those sites are running scripts that automatically translate their text into every language imaginable. If you were to go out today, buy a domain, build a site, and write a solid 1,000-word article specifically targeting "car headlight fogging," you’d probably snag that top spot easily. The reality is that almost nobody is actually searching for this specific phrase—the search volume is incredibly low. For any keyword that actually has decent traffic, you definitely wouldn't see these weirdly translated results popping up from Russian sites.

When you're looking at a specific search like 'fogging car headlights,' these results are actually pretty standard. Based on what I'm seeing on Semrush here in the States, nobody is really searching for that exact phrase, so you end up getting those auto-translated pages from Russ because there isn't any better content available in English on Google.

Just plug a LAN cable directly into the router and get everything configured from there.

It looks like you're dealing with a hardware issue here. Honestly, that specific error code on the blue screen doesn't tell us much because it could be caused by pretty much anything under the sun. I'd suggest checking the event ID to see what's actually happening right when the computer freezes up. You might also want to try installing BlueScreenView so you can dig into the exact error dump and see precisely what it's reporting.

If you ask me, the absolute best software out there for disk cloning is Acronis Cyber Protect. I actually managed to successfully clone an entire drive using it, even though the disk was struggling with a few bad sectors.