Bio info you requested--Howdy!

GreenLantern · 11-18-2006, 11:42 PM

Hi Folks! Here's my Bio for all to see:

Computer Technology Instructor at a local community college and 2 Adult Education centers (k-12) in Southern California area.
Courses currently teaching: R CSIS 155, Computer Technology: Hardware. (This Course is 1 of 4 courses taught that prepare students to take the A+ Certification Exam); and RCSIS 161: PC Security.; Security Boot Camp, Basic Computer Troubleshooting.
I have 35 years in the Computer field; 26 in Networking, 19 as a Consultant & Project Manager; 7 as an IT Manager. Hold a MasterCNE Novell certification license as a Professional Network Engineer. I specialized in building and maintaining global home and business networks for such companies as IBM, Wang Labs, Ford Motor, Unocal, Lockheed, Rockwell, Syntrex, and GTE. As Project Manager he also has done 2 ERP software conversions for Western Digital Corp. and MTI Technology Corp. I also served as Senior Technical editor on 3 books from New Riders Press and Que Publishing. I teach multiple courses on computer and networking technology for home and business computer Users.

I enjoy fixing old computers up for deserving people, reading, listening to music, snow skiing, SciFi, Westerns, Spy Novels, movies, and trailer camping at the beach and in the mountains.

Nice forum-btw; some very good info. here I see so far. I hope to contribute as well.

dai · 11-19-2006, 01:29 AM

hi and welcome to the forum

**kodi** · 11-19-2006, 01:38 AM

Welcome to Tech Support Forum, hope you enjoy it here

**devil lady** · 11-19-2006, 02:00 AM

Hi and welcome to the TSF.

Clark76 · 11-19-2006, 05:38 AM

Hello GreenLantern. Welcome to the TSF family

Zazula · 11-19-2006, 05:41 AM

Hello, GreenLantern, and welcome to TSF!

Tumbleweed36 · 11-19-2006, 05:50 AM

Hey GreenLantern,

Great that you have found us. Jump right in and if you see something you can help with, feel free to contribute. Enjoy your time with us.

**Glaswegian** · 11-19-2006, 10:24 AM

Hi and welcome to the TSF family - glad you could join us.

**carsey** · 11-20-2006, 09:28 AM

A warm welcome to the forum. Glad you could join us.

GreenLantern · 11-20-2006, 02:17 PM

Thanks to all of you great moderators for the warm welcome!

I thought I'd just mention that on the same night I was browsing the forum and joined up, I found a lead to the UBCD (Ultimate Boot CD), which helped me solve a data recovery problem I've had for about a year, and that was when you have a crashed Windows XP disk from a computer and hook it up in a Master-Slave configuration with both the Master & Slave drives using NTFS partitions, AND THE SLAVE DRIVE IS A BOOTABLE, ACTIVE PARTITION, the BIOS of the new computer can see both drives, as does device manager in Windows, but Windows Explorer and My Computer don't register the drive, and therefore you can't use Disk Management in Control Panel to do anything with the partition but delete it.

Several of the message threads mentioned various tools for copying and/or rescuing the partition on the slave drive to make that data accessible. I did have to buy Roxio Recordnow 8.0 for $29.99 in order to burn the UBCD ISO image as my Roxio SonicNow that came with my Dell 4700 Dimension didn't include that feature--very important to anyone reading this.

To make a long story short--I found that Ranish Partition Manager on the UBCD disk did the trick! It let me access the MBR on the slave drive, and uncheck the boot flag, and convert the Unknown partitition it showed to Windows NT NTFS type, and saved it and rebooted and voila--I've got access to the ENTIRE slave drive (40GB) and am backing it up as I write this. That's a very cool tool!

Very nice job people--I'm very impressed with the quality of the technical help available here, and that's not easy for those of you who read my Bio.

Keep up the great work, and I'll see you soon!
GreenLantern

11-18-2006, 11:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
GreenLantern Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2 OS: WinXP	Bio info you requested--Howdy! Hi Folks! Here's my Bio for all to see: Computer Technology Instructor at a local community college and 2 Adult Education centers (k-12) in Southern California area. Courses currently teaching: R CSIS 155, Computer Technology: Hardware. (This Course is 1 of 4 courses taught that prepare students to take the A+ Certification Exam); and RCSIS 161: PC Security.; Security Boot Camp, Basic Computer Troubleshooting. I have 35 years in the Computer field; 26 in Networking, 19 as a Consultant & Project Manager; 7 as an IT Manager. Hold a MasterCNE Novell certification license as a Professional Network Engineer. I specialized in building and maintaining global home and business networks for such companies as IBM, Wang Labs, Ford Motor, Unocal, Lockheed, Rockwell, Syntrex, and GTE. As Project Manager he also has done 2 ERP software conversions for Western Digital Corp. and MTI Technology Corp. I also served as Senior Technical editor on 3 books from New Riders Press and Que Publishing. I teach multiple courses on computer and networking technology for home and business computer Users. I enjoy fixing old computers up for deserving people, reading, listening to music, snow skiing, SciFi, Westerns, Spy Novels, movies, and trailer camping at the beach and in the mountains. Nice forum-btw; some very good info. here I see so far. I hope to contribute as well.

11-19-2006, 01:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,732 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	hi and welcome to the forum __________________

11-19-2006, 01:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
kodi Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 7,408 OS: Windows 7-Ultimate 64 Bit My System	Welcome to Tech Support Forum, hope you enjoy it here __________________ Brian

11-19-2006, 02:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
devil lady Tech, Design Team Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tasmania, Australia Posts: 962 OS: XP SP2 My System	Hi and welcome to the TSF. __________________ . HiJackThis Everest Home Edition Ad Aware Spybot S & D Ewido online scan Spyware Blaster

11-19-2006, 05:41 AM	#6 (permalink)
Zazula Manager Emeritus, I'm blond, James Blond Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,667 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	Hello, GreenLantern, and welcome to TSF! __________________ "Time is the wisest because it discovers everything" Thales of Miletus (ca.624BC-ca.546BC) "Everything flows, nothing stands still." Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca.535BC-475BC) "One thing I know, that I know nothing" Socrates of Athens (ca.470BC–399BC)

11-19-2006, 05:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
Clark76 Analyst, Security Team ; Rangemaster, TSF Academy Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,696 OS: XP Pro, Vista, Ubuntu 8.10	Hello GreenLantern. Welcome to the TSF family

11-19-2006, 05:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,684 OS: XP Professional	Hey GreenLantern, Great that you have found us. Jump right in and if you see something you can help with, feel free to contribute. Enjoy your time with us. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

11-19-2006, 10:24 AM	#8 (permalink)
Glaswegian Moderator/ Rangemaster TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team; Oor Wullie; TSF Surgeon and Resident Comic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 25,556 OS: Win XP Pro SP3 / Win 7 Pro My System Blog Entries: 10	Hi and welcome to the TSF family - glad you could join us. __________________ Iain - Defender of the Haggis and all things Scottish. I don't help by PM - post in the Forums. PC Safety & Security::PC running a bit slow?::Donate::Photographers Corner

11-20-2006, 09:28 AM	#9 (permalink)
carsey Moderator, TSF Articles Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hunwick, Co. Durham England Posts: 10,693 OS: XP Pro SP3 My System	A warm welcome to the forum. Glad you could join us.

11-20-2006, 02:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
GreenLantern Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2 OS: WinXP	Thanks For The Warm Welcome! Thanks to all of you great moderators for the warm welcome! I thought I'd just mention that on the same night I was browsing the forum and joined up, I found a lead to the UBCD (Ultimate Boot CD), which helped me solve a data recovery problem I've had for about a year, and that was when you have a crashed Windows XP disk from a computer and hook it up in a Master-Slave configuration with both the Master & Slave drives using NTFS partitions, AND THE SLAVE DRIVE IS A BOOTABLE, ACTIVE PARTITION, the BIOS of the new computer can see both drives, as does device manager in Windows, but Windows Explorer and My Computer don't register the drive, and therefore you can't use Disk Management in Control Panel to do anything with the partition but delete it. Several of the message threads mentioned various tools for copying and/or rescuing the partition on the slave drive to make that data accessible. I did have to buy Roxio Recordnow 8.0 for $29.99 in order to burn the UBCD ISO image as my Roxio SonicNow that came with my Dell 4700 Dimension didn't include that feature--very important to anyone reading this. To make a long story short--I found that Ranish Partition Manager on the UBCD disk did the trick! It let me access the MBR on the slave drive, and uncheck the boot flag, and convert the Unknown partitition it showed to Windows NT NTFS type, and saved it and rebooted and voila--I've got access to the ENTIRE slave drive (40GB) and am backing it up as I write this. That's a very cool tool! Very nice job people--I'm very impressed with the quality of the technical help available here, and that's not easy for those of you who read my Bio. Keep up the great work, and I'll see you soon! GreenLantern Last edited by GreenLantern; 11-20-2006 at 02:32 PM. Reason: Details on the disk drive setups.