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Are you right clicking on the selected files then dragging them across, this will give you a context menu on which you can select move rather than copy.

On the other hand, if they are successfully copied then just delete the originals – same result!

Thanks Fred, but booting from a CD/DVD is easy, just press F12 and a boot menu appears. I used this when I tried a Vista installation DVD, the ‘repair my computer’ option.
This told me I had a problem but it couldn’t repair it.
What I’m trying to do is recreate the Toshiba Rescue boot dvd which was made when the laptop was new, and which is now damaged.

I can provide all the files, as I said, but I can’t seem to produce a disc that will boot.

Thanks, Zig.

I tried again and did as you said, which worked OK.

I was somewhat disappointed with the results. Starting with a boot time of 2min 50secs all I could reduce it by was less than 10secs, hardly worth the trouble!

I expect some PC’s benefit more than others.

I installed Soluto on W7 x64. Every time I tried to run it I got a screen saying installation Complete with a Close button.
I couldn’t get any other response from it so I uninstalled it.

Not impressed!

Does the download create a bootable CD, or will I need to use a ‘make a bootable CD’ option in my burning software (Nero)?

I dual boot W7x64 and XPProx86, which should I use?

I currently have Java build 1.6.0_30-b12 installed on W7x64, but no Java 64 bit.
Should I have a 64 bit version, or is it not really necessary?

Thanks, Jerry,

I followed the instructions for a clean boot, which went OK.

I then added back the items I had disabled, doing it in several stages, each of which passed without incident.

I now have everything enabled as when I started, and the system is starting OK.

So I don’t know what was affected, but it seems to be OK now. In fact I’ve just installed all the recent MS patches and restarted without trouble.

I blame Microsoft!

Alex

It does, that’s how I ran Malwarebytes.

Just a thought – it is probably a good idea if you have an SSD for the operating system. Keep as much writing and rewriting on a separate data drive.

Thanks, Mike, but I don’t get any response to a right click in the main screen (it works OK for menu bar etc items at the top).

I have tried in Vista, which I dual boot with, with no problems whatever.

The 2011 version (and the Plus Pack) have just been updated.

Go into EAC>Metadata options and access the Metadata Provider tag.

You will find a dropdown list that allows you to select alternatives.

This is becoming a nightmare!

I successfully carried out the upgrade [a long job], then found I had lost my network connector, it shows in ‘Device Manager’ with ‘This device cannot start. (Code 10)’.
I’ve tried updating the driver, uninstalling it and restarting, all to no avail, so I can’t run IE to check if the original problem is solved.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

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I found an old driver file that had an install.exe – this restored my connectivity.

I then found that RightClick still did not work in IE8 or IE9.

My hunch is it’s a registry problem, but I don’t have the knowledge to deal with that. I’ve now gone back to my saved image [to save downloading 48 updates]

Perhaps I’m missing the obvious, but I can’t locate a repair option, other than ‘Start up’ repair.

I tried a custom install, but it loaded a fresh copy of Win7, which I was trying to avoid, so I restored my original from an Acronis image.

How do I carry out a repair install of the type you describe?