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PC Inspector Smart Recovery 4.41 error code -

Dec 1, 2003 10:46PM PST

Wind98SE; PentII,350, 512 RAM

After running PC Inspector overnight, finding 579 files and completing 40%, I receive the following:

An unexpected error has occurred, the software will abort.

Error code: 2147024784
Error description method ~~of object ~~failed.
Error Source - SMR2

If error remains, contact support team.

After clicking O.K., all was lost.

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One of the issues of Windows 95, 98, 98fe, 98se (98??) and ME was...
Dec 1, 2003 11:29PM PST

These versions of Windows have fixed size memory areas for resources and other "objects." As a machine runs, it could deplete a memory pool and then cough up an error to confuse the user.

It's a bad idea to write to a hard disk that one is attempting to recover files from, so I often duplicate the drive, then place the duplicate as a slave drive on some Windows 2000 box to begin the data recovery. If you don't have Windows 2000 or another advanced OS, try SAFE MODE or if the recovery software won't work in SAFE MODE, review Optimizing Windows at http://www.aumha.org/articles.htm

In closing, all this leads back to why backup is such a nice thing to do.

Bob

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Thanks for the GREAT reference = http://www.aumha.org/articles.htm
Dec 2, 2003 12:03AM PST

Fortunate for me that I was only experimenting with PC Recovery and not seeking important lost files.
Since - GDI Resources does not exist in Windows NT/2000, I may upgrade this old Pent II 350.

I wanted to upgrade to XP but understand that this slow processor will not preform well with XP.

Would you recommend I consider checking prices to upgrade my processor ?

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About NT. About 2000.
Dec 2, 2003 12:22AM PST

About NT 4.0. It was the workhorse OS I ran at home in spite of not much gameplay. Solid and more. It was finally shot and buried due to an unpatched and never to be patched vulnerability that ranks right up there with what happened with the MS Blaster and Nachi worms. All NT 4.0 boxes have been removed or upgraded at the office and I have moved to faster hardware and XP.

Don't fiddle with NT 4.0 since you may learn "not much."

ABout 2000. It is getting the patches and has IMO caught a second wind as driver and more development has helped 2000 become even more useful.

If you worry about speed, I don't know if these numbers mean anything. On the old dual Pentium Pro Overdrive (much like a P2-333), Windows 2000 boots in 93 seconds with just 128 Meg of EDO DRAM (not SDRAM or such) off a 9 gigabyte hard disk. Microsoft Word 97 starts in about 10 seconds the first time and after that is just a second or two away.

Windows 2000 does not have System Restore, but has SFC and other tools such as the Recovery Console. Worth learning.

Bob