I believe I got that part, but with such a simple routine, WHY is he having the prob. to begin with? If not copy/paste it's drag/drop!? Further, why does he want to spend his hard earned money on...

This requires additional drive space. Create a Folder to put the Folders/Files in that you want to xfer & copy it to where you want it to go.
OR
If you have a CD or better yet a DVD burner you can...

"by design". that was well understood from the beginning. "To Clone", which is my understanding of the intent, literally means "ALL FILES", not just some or most of them. And, as you yourself...

WINDOWS > SYSTEM32 > CONFIG

If you can copy the contents thereof, while the OS is inflight, to ANYWHERE else, I'd appreciate it mighty kindly if you'd explain HOW you did it.

I'm not going to turn this into a shouting match but the "glitches" DO pop up from time to time for one reason or another. They occur here from time to time and I've seen them elsewhere also.
As a...

Yes, Win Explorer can do the file xfer but there are too many glitchs that can occur that will cause the process to stall and when they do, it usually quits.

It would probably help considerable if you move this post to the software dept.

Depends on the mfg., some do some don't. Best to contact the host drive's site.

You're undoubtably drunk, I C 2 of U.

For the schematic, the only one that'll have that is the mfg. LOL there.

01a583dbb81.exe aka KB932471_x86

for download

http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdo...01a583dbb81.exe

The prob. with the computer schools is that they only teach the student one aspect of the subject.
Service tech's are only taught how to repair.
Programmer's are only taught how to program.
Very...

First there's this:
"I've yet to actually see defective RAM short of obvious physical damage"
It's certainly nice to know of someone that does have some formal training in these boxes, however,...

BOOT PROBLEMS, HARDWARE VIEW
This is a general outline as to why machines have boot problems.
GENERAL
Usually if the system tries to boot, i.e. you actually see the OS's OEM logo (Windows,etc.)...

these should do for starters.
support.microsoft.com/kb/241245
support.microsoft.com/kb/257947

gaming is video, CPU, and RAM intensive.
The error codes after the STOP msg. would be most revealing.
D24WDM.SYS appears to be a VGA driver. check for correct path statement in registry (Image...