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  1. Howdy, Jeffery, Like I said earlier, I prefer Macrium Reflect.. I also like shopping for 'puter parts on "newegg.com". They have a "Shell Shocker" email special notification service... where they send out emails about their specials each morning around midnight California, USA time. Today, they offered a Hitachi 2-TB internal harddrive (that can be put into a case making it into an externam USB drive), for the astonishing price of $59.99 after $10. rebate. This won't do you any good, since they've already sold out of their supply.. But I mention it, 'cause you can sign up at newegg or similar companies and be alerted for good deals by simply checking your emails each morning. With Macrium Reflect, if you make a FORENSIC backup, instead of an "intelligent" backup... It takes a lot more time and space, but it'll make an EXACT COPY of your harddrive. You could also "pop" your existing hard drive out... saving it in its current condition. Then install a new harddrive and do a fresh install. This way you'd still have your old harddrive to use to try to recover lost files. I've not tried it, but I'm told SPINRITE will recover lost or erased files (if they've not been overwritten...) I wish you good luck.. cheers... wuzww
  2. Howdy, garybear, I like it..! It's along the same line of thoughts that my mother used to say,, I don't know who said it first, but some of the "sayings" she'd say are: Life is what happens to us..., while we're making other plans..! and.. Enjoy yourself... It's later than you think..! There were a lot of other "sayings" she mention from time to time... some I can remember..., ...but many others I've forgotten..! I can't ask her anymore, 'cause she's been gone now, over 15 years... (and I still miss her, terribly..!) cheers wuzww B}
  3. Yea... haha.. I might'a been able to see it if I'd have cleaned my desk off. Those papers were on top of that "H" drive & had been there for probabily a couple of months.. wuzww
  4. Howdy.. 1. My MSI board computer's "C" drive is a 400GB Western Digital harddrive. 2. Additionally, I had a 4-month-old Samsung 2-TB Internal "Z" harddrive in the computer. 3. And there is a USB docking station hooked up... When I put a harddrive in it, another letter is assigned to the drive, such as "J". (or it uses the drive letter assigned the drive when formatted, like my Seagate "U" drive. For several weeks, I noticed (& wondered..?) about another drive (designated as "H") in windows explorer.., but I thought it was probably a drive that I might have installed awhile back,.. (I didn't remember installing it, but I do such things from time to time if I don't use the docking station.) The drive was empty, so one day I used it to store an extra copy of a backup folder with some memo's... Yesterdaty, when I was trying to figure out this "mystery" drive. I copied a backup Macrium Reflect image to it, Then... around Jan. 11, 2011, my 4-month-old 2-TB Samsung containing several (all of my most recent) Macrium Reflect backup files... just TURNED UP DEAD..! My computer couldn't even see my Samsung drive. So I shipped the drive to Samsung, and yesterday, UPS delivered a new unformated Samsung drive. My thought was to install this new drive inside the MSI board computer, so I took the side off... and it was then I discovered only ONE drive (the "C") drive was inside the computer case... There was NO 120GB drive inside the computer case... WHERE was the 120GB drive..? My Seagate 2-TB drive was in the docking station. When I turned off the docking station, planning to use it to format the new Samsung drive,... ... I noticed that Windows Explorer showed that the Seagate "Z" drive AND the mystery "H" drive were both gone...?? The "Z" drive was gone as expected, ...but what happened to the mysterious "H" drive? I put the NEW unformatted SAMSUNG 2-TB drive in the docking station & turned it on... ...Lo & Behold, the "H" (mystery) Ghost drive RE-APPEARED..!, as well as the unformatted NEW SAMSUNG drive. Now I'm getting very confused...! whooooooo ....spooooky ?? I Turned off the docking station, and again ...both the "H" (mistery) drive and the Samsung unformatted drive disappeared from Windows Explorer. As these strange things were transpiring, I started making several screen shots, ...since I felt no one would believe it... Heck, I was watching it happen and I could hardly believe it myself..! The screenshots are posted so you can see what I saw,... if you take a notion to do so.. My ASUS computer is nearby, so using an extra USB cord, I hooked the docking station to the ASUS computer, and guess what... ...Suddenly when the docking station was turned on ...The "H" drive showed up in Windows Explorer... ON THE ASUS computer screen..! Next,.. I removed the unformatted Samsung drive from the docking station. ,...it was gone, like it's supposed to be..! ...BUT the "H" drive was STILL THERE...! ?? My thinking now was that the only thing making any sense at all (if you can call it making sense) is that this mystery "H" drive was somehow inside the docking station...! ...But THAT MADE NO SENSE at all..! I decided to call StarTech, the maker of the docking station... to get an explaination, and find out what was inside the docking station... ! Believe it or not, StarTech ANSWERS the phone, and gives great customer service..! I knew I needed the model number, so I first raised the docking station up, so I could see the model # on the bottom. It was then that I had the EUREKA MOMENT..! TO EXPLAIN... You probably need to know that the docking station on my desk is situated, so that the right side is where the power & USB cords are located.AND on the left side of the docking station there's a ribbon cable and a 4-pin Molex power cable, (for attaching any older ide harddrives to the station.) Looking for the model#, I noticed the mysterious "H" drive...! I found it HIDING under some papers...! ...I think it was grinning at me..! You know... for a while I was thinking I might need to hire a person skilled in EXORCISMS to get rid of that "mysterious DEVIL hard drive..! cheers.. wuzww P.S. Now I just feel a little stupid..!
  5. Howdy, jeffrey t, I also use Macrium Reflect... It is a great program..! Have you used it? If not, you might not know that you must have two harddrives to use it. 'cause what good is the backup if it is stored on the C: drive and your C: drive just DIES.. ...so MR just won't work without a second harddrive upon which to store the backup. If you haven't used Macrium Reflect, before you do anything else... PLEASE BACKUP WHAT YOU HAVE NOW..! Go to Majorgeeks or cnet or wherever and download a copy.. There's a 30 day free trial version, and a just plain "free" version (for people, not businesses). Get either one ... run it ... and the top left of the screen, click on backup and click on make an image, and do it... Then make a Rescue CD, boot it to be sure it works on your computer OK. This way, you'll at least protect what you currently have, so if you lose more stuff,... ...You can restore your machine back to where it is now. ALSO it is slower and takes up more space, but you can even make a FORENSIC backup image...! You might want to do this, 'cause it copies everything on your harddrive.. ERASED programs AND ALL..! (...for extra insurance, you might want to make a Forensic copy this one time.) One more suggestion... on "grc.com" you can find a program called SpinRite that they sell for EIGHTY-NINE bucks... I have NOT used it, but it supposedly will allow you go into your harddrive and recover most of your data. cheers.. wuzww P.S. (I'm not affiliated with either of these companies, I'm only hoping to make suggestions that will help you,.. and if you think this will help,... I have a memo that I wrote up for my neighbors & friends describing how I use MR. If you want a copy, give me your email, or just ask, and I'll PM it to you.)
  6. Howdy,... Oh, my goodness...!! Surely no one suspects old Bill of anything wrong, slippery, shady, etc.. Truely it is difficult to believe... Anyone believing that would probably be the same kind of person that... might think old Bill would slip some "backdoor" holes, ports, or whatever in Microsofts' programs... cheers... wuzww
  7. Howdy all,.. just a comment or two... I've not checked out the OneCare Safety Scanner, but I am planning to do so, ...just for kicks... I've also not tried Microsoft Security Essentials, but I've heard so many bad comments about it, I think I'll just avoid it..! I second garybear's comments about Avira.. It's a great program. I'm also using Malwarebytes (paid version).. and Zone Alarm, which seems to be quite similar to Online Armour, and it works quite well for me... I've heard several comments about people disliking it, but once I got it properly configured, it has worked for me..! cheers...
  8. wuzww

    Oil wells

    Oops..! I didn't see your "edit" comment that you put on your post later... and since I've apparently not posted on THIS FORUM enough times to be allowed to "edit" my post, I guess I've just "gotta" make another post.. The contaminated water supplies that I referred to were "accidents" ...Perpetrated by folish, ignorant or negligent operators. (perhaps "AND" rather than "OR") Those "accidental contaminations... NEVER should have happened...! BTW FWI Not all fracking is done to recover hydrocarbons...! ...Water zones are sometimes intentionally frac'd to expand the fresh water supply zone! Oil & Gas well fracing should NEVER be attempted near any fresh water zone, precisely because of the danger of the frac invading the fresh water zone. In my opinion, such occurrences, ...folish, ignorant or negligent are CRIMINAL..! Contamination and waste do not have to "go together". Most fluids used in fracking are not wasted, but are recovered and used again in one way or another. The primarily used "fracking fluids" are water or oil. If oil is used, it is simply recovered and used again or sent to a refinery. If water is used, it is recovered after the frac, and it is re-used again and again. This is not only good business practices, but environmental rules require it..! Water, if used, can be any kind of water. It can be waste water from other wells which are producing salt water along with oil, ...or water from other sources, including fresh water. If fracking was not done ALL OVER THE WORLD... There would be VERY LITTLE OIL. Not even enough for making the plastics we use in the USA, let alone all of the other products... and certainly not enough for fuel. So you are right saying water would be contaminated, but no more so than in homes, industries, etc. Heck when you use the toilet.. or take a shower ...wash dishes, etc., you are contaminating the water, which in most cases is fresh drinkable water. And of course, water is used in all forms of manufacturing. ...And during it's use it is contaminated...! but It doesn't need to be (and should not be ) ...wasted. cheers.. wuzww
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    Oil wells

    Howdy Byte_King... Ha. ha. I Enjoyed your reply. You make a good point about the transporting of the fracking materials, pumps, etc., but still the amount of energy expended is very small. The amount of hydrocarbons recovered from fracking hydrocarbon formations is HUGE..! ...and that's why oil companies spend the money to do it. They are "usually" not fools, and most don't like spending money. Cutting corners to save money... is how BP screwed up and made such a mess in the gulf. (I could tell you a lot more about that deal, but that's another story and it takes awhile.) Your sources describing dwindling hydrocarbon production and reserves, were correct AS OF 3 or 4 years ago, but those statements & observations are no longer correct. The formerly unforseen technological developments were oil & gas companies' hopes and dreams. ...But due to successful ideas and innovations,....The situation HAS BEEN ABRUPTLY reversed...! We are now AWASH in natural gas... That's why the price of natural gas dropped so much. ...But now the price is rising again. (I think this cold winter is the main reason.) The same thing is happening with oil. ...Oil drilling is expanding rapidly and proven reserves are exploding..! An explaination of what occurred, ...and is now happening is made clearer in the following interview: Below is a link to Cramer's inverview Monday, 1-31-2011, with Aubrey McClendon, the Chairman & CEO of Chesapeak Energy, (stock symbol CHK).... (Chesapeak is 2nd. largest producer of natural gas, and is in the top 20 producers of oil.) (..It's not a very long interview, but it is quite good and plainly articulated.) http://maddmoney.net/jim-cramers-ceo-inter...tion-nysechk-2/ If you multiply the number of companies using the new drilling technology by the number of companies trying to find oil,... like Chesapeak, Sandridge, Continental, etc., etc. (not counting the "big dogs" like Exxon, etc.) all of whom are increasing their efforts to find oil, due the increasing prices... It becomes increasingly clear how the number of large new oil wells are vastly increasing the known oil reserves. ...And this is happening, today..! The USA is changing from a country with dwindling reserves to a country with huge expanding oil reserves..! I'm really glad this is happening. It will create lots of new jobs, ...saving dollars and even reversing the flow of dollars back into the USA. But I hope it doesn't divert our attention and direction away from developing new sources of energy. Oil and oil derivatives and by-products are in nearly everything we use today. It is a shame to use oil to make gasoline & diesel fuel. cheers... wuzww
  10. wuzww

    Oil wells

    Howdy, Byte King, May I say in a friendly way... It's my opinion... that if you are going to make statements that are presented as fact... you should do a little research. ...but beware of some of the outrageous theories, claims & statements of various "sources" on the internet. We all know those can be anything... from the factual to the totally absurd & misleading...! There are oil companies that lease, organize.. and/or cause the well to be drilled.. and drilling co's.. who only contract to drill the well. ...then there are many service co's, ...but for purposes of this post.. I'm talking about fracking companies. When You do the research, why not (as in this case) make a phone call, or two, to an engineer working for some of the companies that actually are in the business and doing the frack work. Several service companies are in the business of servicing the companies searching for oil... (Frack servicing companies are like Haliburton (Oklahoma City #405.231-1800 & their main # in Houston is 281.575-3000), and two others are Schlumberger (phone713.513-2000), and BJ Services (phone #713.860-6801) ..Simply call & ask what they actually do... & how a frac job is performed. I also don't understand the part of your post that said... "now, to get natural gas you crack it, applying lots of heat to get the impunities away from the natural gas. To frack, you're applying heat and filtering to get oil from natural rock and sands." ?? You must be referring to the refining process..(after the oil or gas has been extracted from the ground?) ...If not, please explain what you mean by crack it and applying lots of heat, and filtering ...these things are NOT DONE UNDER THE GROUND..! ...But they are ALWAYS used in the refining process to produce useable products that we all use in everyday life.. (;ie plastics... gasoline... diesel fuel... medical supplies... road materials... clothing.. and the list goes on...) As in every profession, there are bad actors.. but most are NOT... and we NEED OIL.. and not just for gasoline..! The oil business was not my main occupation, during most of my life, ...but frequently I worked in the oil business (part of the time I was very involved & invested in the oil business), and as a young man, I worked on drilling rigs, workover rigs, etc., so I have a considerable amount of experience and knowledge about it. ..Now I'm only involved with the oil companies through stocks on the stock market. As I explained, I don't have to do any research about proceedures involving the drilling oil wells, frack jobs, etc. I'm over 70 years old...and I've LIVED IT..! ...but I got to thinking..! Golly Gee! ...maybe I'm wrong... Maybe there is something new being done that I'm unaware of... ...OK, so I called Halliburton... Got in touch with one on their engineers.. explained this whole thing to him and asked him if if they were doing some new proceedure that I was unaware of... He laughed and said no... you've got it rite...! cheers.. wuzww
  11. wuzww

    Oil wells

    Howdy, Byte King, my friend... I'm certain you mean well... but your initial statement probably explains your confusion.. "Although I am not an expert on the oil subject I do know a bit about the subject. And let me emphasize I do know only a bit!" I'm unsure where you're getting most of your information, but although some of it is corrrect, quite of bit is absolutely not...! The news media often reports on oil companies, but unfortunately, just as in aircraft accidents... The reporter is not knowledgeable about the subject on which they are reporting... This leads to MIS-INFORMATION and PERPRETATION of more MIS-INFORMATION...! ...A silly saying or quote comes to mine... (no disrespect to blind persons intended..) "It's like the blind leading the blind..!" I don't wish to seem unfriendly, and I'm certainly not trying to be so..!, ...but I do want to point out some of the inaccuracies in your post...! First, you are right... fracking does cost a lot of money! ...But because frac jobs ARE COSTLY, oil companies wouldn't use fracs if they weren't necessary. Fracks (short for fracture) are done by companies like Haliburton who use very powerful pumps to hydraulically frac the formations. (and they certainly don't give their services away, because the equipment, trucks, tanks and pumps, etc. are expensive.) ...But the amount of energy used is certainly not huge. ...It's actually quite a small amount. A truck hauling freight will use more energy if it travels very far. (The engines do not run very long, because this is a fairly fast process.) NO FIRES are used underground. You are confusing other methods of oil extraction... not fracking... Oil companies have been fracing wells for over 60years. And admittedly some oil companies have been negligent by fracing formations near fresh water sands, resulting in contamination of fresh water supplies. Most of these incidents are in shallow formations, and admittedly should never have even been attempted. Deeper fracking will not contaminate fresh water zones. Fracking does NOT create waste. It is done in oil producing formations, far underground. It only shatters the formations, to make them more porous, so oil and gas can be recovered. Various formulations are used in the hydraulic fracing proceedure, including special types of sand, which flow along with the hydraulic liquid that is fracturing the formations. The sand then stays in the formations, effectively holding the cracks open to allow oil and gas to flow. Other companies who negligently did not properly cement the casing through the fresh water formations, and/or abandoned old wells without properly cementing (plugging) them before capping them, also have ashamedly caused fresh water source contamination. A lot of this (now illegal) activity took place before there were any regulations. We are not getting dregs of oil. This would imply a pool or tank or whatever of oil that has impurities that have settled to the bottom. Oil lies in sand and shale formations, not pockets or pools. Production from a new well or old well can and does have impurities that must be removed in the refining process. Many of these "impurities" are valuable and are sold to be used in industry. If you've heard something about oil dregs, it no doubt was referring to oil in the bottom of a storage tank contining impurities that have settled to the bottom. Your understanding that "gas bubbles are 'popping' more and more as a consequence of less and less pressure from the oil, so the gases' ability to be harvested is getting easier and easier...as the oil decreases", is SIMPLY UNTRUE... and is the EXACT OPPOSITE of what is happening. To explain... First the oil is UNDER the gas, which is lighter than the oil. If the operator wants the to first produce oil, not the gas, (which is ALMOST ALWAYS how it is done), then the producing pipe is perforated BELOW the upper part of the formation, so as to avoid the gas, and use the gas pressure to push down on the oil, causing it to flow through the pipe perforations into and upwards in the pipe to be harvested... (this is called a flowing oil well). The oil presssure is NOT caused by oil, but instead is caused by gas. Often in pushing the oil, some gas will flow down through the oil and be produced along with the oil. As the oil is depleted, of course, more gas (if still remaining) will be produced, but in a well that is primarily an oil well, the gas will be more quickly depleted, and so it becomes necessary to produce the oil with a pump-jack. For countless decades, oil & gas wells were drilled vertically. Production came from one single vertical well. More recently with the development of horizontal drilling, a great deal more of the oil in the producing formation can now be recovered. Many wells can now be drilled horizontally from one vertical drill site. Each of those horizontal holes can be fracked and therefore a huge area can be produced from the one virtical well. (This knowledge and technology was NOT KNOWN or available just a few years ago.) The amount of oil and gas that can now be produce in the United States has VASTLY INCREASED, due to the new drilling and modern fracing methods. This is why our oil and gas reserves have and are rapidly increasing. We NO LONGER need to import gas, but instead several contracts have and are being signed and negotiated to export gas. Chinere Energy (stock symbol: LNG) is a new player in gas exportation. They have a new facility in Louisiana... (The only one in the US than can handle 2 tankers at the same time.) You were right in saying that oil companies have for many years, known that there are VAST UNPRODUCED QUANTIES of oil & gas in the USA, but as in tight shale, there was really no known reasonable way get the shale to release the hydrocarbons, short of mining the shale. They simply didn't know how..! This is why that today companies are scrambling to lease and produce hydrocarbons from the shale properties. I'm an old man, with a lot of experience in the oil & gas business, which is why I respectfully wanted to correct misunderstandings so they won't be taken and repeated as fact. I wish you well my friend.. wuzww
  12. Howdy, 1pw.. Here's the replies to my post for you on MR. Hope this help you some. If I hear further, I'll let you know. Cheers... wuzww
  13. wuzww

    Oil wells

    Howdy.. Off subject..., but although the aquafiers are drying up... the oil wells are expanding..!! Old ones are drying up, but with the NEW WAY to drill wells and turn the drill (pipe, drill bit, etc.), at a 90 degree angle,... allows multiple holes in 360 degree directions to be drilled from one location. Production then becomes increased beyond anything anyone would have imagined.. a decade ago..! Heavy FRACKING... hydraulic shattering of formations underground... allows the oil (& gas) to be released and flow into the well bore to be recovered. This is why natural gas is becoming so plentiful as well..! If you're not or haven't been involved in the oil business, this might not make much sense to you, but what it means is... The USA has huge amounts of new recoverable amounts of natural gas. AND along with the natural gas... comes oil. Increasing oil prices will spur further increased USA development.. resulting in even more oil & natural gas..! Hopefully..., maybe... if we really try,... we can quit wasting these resources and use other forms of energy..! cheers wuzww
  14. OK, 1pw... As you requested... I have posted your concerns on Macrium Reflect's forum. I'll post any response I get from them.. and/or... if you give me your email address, I can also email the info to you. (If you want to give me your email address, I'd suggest you PM it to me.) And if you wish, I could give Macrium Reflect your email address... Your call.. wuzww
  15. If no one will answer you at this time.... it's 11:35 here in Oklahoma.. I will, but you'll have to be a little more patient to get the (as my friend calls them...) "the big dogs" to answer you..." (I'm told noobies are not supposed to know any fixes..) (I wonder if they have any idea how to fix a training simulator at a training airforce base... I'd wager they haven't the faintest idea..!) But for now.. Howdy... I dunno what's going on... but if your IP address is being blocked by Malwarebytes,,.. how did you get on the forum? I know how to do it, but since you are on the forum... ?? What or who is blocking you? wusww
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