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HCL infosystems Ltd has developed a new technology that can recover the data from a crashed system and that too in
less than minute.
The technology named HCL’s EC2 (Embedded continuity and control) boasts of consuming only 0.07 percent of space
to create snapshots.The new series of HCL laptops sports this latest technology which comes under the name HCL Non
Stop ‘Leaptop’ series ,these laptops will be able to recover the lost data completely in case of system crash and data
loss problems .
‘Research has shown that 95 percent of PC problems are software related and include accidental deletion, software cor-
ruption, problems of settings changes, virus-related system crashes,’ said George Paul, HCL Infosystems executive
vice-president.
What it can do ?
This technology will be able to recover data in case of :
• System crash.
Do’s
The new technology is compatible with Windows Vista and previous versions.
1.HCL EC2 Standard can have only one snapshot at a time. Users are strongly advised to take periodic snapshot of the
system to save all the current data.
2..HCL EC2 Standard will not work if there is a physical damage to the HDD / system, Therefore users are strongly ad-
vised to take periodic backup of data in an external media.
3.HCL EC2 is not an alternate to an Anti-virus. It is strongly advised to scan your system regularly with the most recent
Anti-virus software before taking a snapshot of your system. Update your Antivirus software’s virus definition file regu-
larly.
4.Clean the Disk periodically using the DISK CLEAN option in ABOUT menu available in EC2 to optimize the system
performance and storage space. This will defragment the snapshot.
5.To secure and manage your snap shot, it is recommended to keep a security password the EC2 console.
6.In the event you wish to uninstall EC2 from your system, it is strongly advised to take the entire system data & files
backup on to a network remote location or an external media. This is to prevent any data loss in case you have not been
able to uninstall HCL EC2 correctly.
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7.HCL EC2 needs to be Uninstalled before proceeding with any operations like -formatting / partition change of HDD or OS
repair.
8.It is must to install HCL EC2 on all the Operating System if you are using multi OS in your system.
9.During HCL EC2 installation care should be taken while changing the location of the My Documents and Temporary Files to a new location
under the optimize your system performance page, after change, EC2 won’t monitor the new location if the location is in a drive which is not
protected by EC2.
10.In case HCL EC2 has been purchased as a stand alone software package, then before installation, it is necessary to “turn off” or “disable”
any existing Recovery Tool (including MS Windows Recovery Tool) or any encryption tool..It is also suggested to defragment the system HDD
and uncompress the HDD before proceeding for installation.
Don’ts
1.Do not try to boot a HCL EC2 installed system from an external source to modify, repair or Format the drive. The
recovery solution will fail to start, you may also lose data .
2.Do not format the drive or re-install the OS without uninstalling the HCL E C2 first. If you do so, you may lose data.
3.If HCL EC2 is not installed properly or it has been knowingly or unknowingly uninstalled from the system, EC2 may
stop responding and your system may not be protected by HCL EC2 Technology.
4.EC2 does not validate the status of the system or OS rather it just takes the hard disk contents and saves it for latter
restoration as it is. So it is very important that the user is aware of this fact. User needs to ensure when snapshot is
taken, the OS & other files are in a known good working condition otherwise when the snapshot is restored back by
EC2, you may see corrupted OS / missing files or unexpected result.
5.Do not install any Recovery Tool or any Recovery services along with the EC2, this may have conflict and your sys-
tem may crash, resulting in loss of data.
6.Do not use any disk cloning / imaging / partition / encryption utilities which access hard disk directly. Doing so may
interfere with EC2 operation and it may result in loss of data.
Limitations
1.HCL EC2will work only on HCL desktops and notebooks.
2.HCL EC2will not support on dual HDD. It will support only one physical drive and it can be the OS installed drive only.
3.HCL EC2TM works only on Windows XP / Windows Vista Operating Systems (all flavors), and will not work on any other operating systems
like Windows Server OS / Linux etc.
5.HCL EC2will not work if hard disk is physically bad / damaged or if there is any hardware problem..
6.HCL EC2 is not a real time backup tool. Any data or file user creates is protected by HCL EC2 only if a snapshot is taken after creating the
data or file.
You can not view the data protected under EC2 by connecting the HCL EC2 protected HDD to other system as a secondary HDD as EC2
maintains file tables in a proprietary format.
7.After installing HCL EC2 you should not increase or decrease the partition size/change drive letter after first installation. Not following this will
lead to data loss. Uninstall the EC2 to perform this operation..
10.HCL EC2 does not support RAID, SCSI / SAS Hard Disk.
11.In HCL EC2, program logs will display only the snapshot taken time. Further program log may not capture all actions accurately in this
version.
Solutions Corner
Resolution
Scan your computer with latest updated Antivirus.
This error is caused if the DisableTaskMgr restriction is enabled. To enable Task Manager,
try any one of the methods mentioned below.
Method 1:
Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe.
Policies\ System
Method 2:
Using Group Policy Editor - for Windows XP Professional
Customer:Popular Automobiles,Cochin
Engineer:Manu
Solution provided by:Sudheeshkumar.T.S
Some of us may find that after installing Windows XP,the Internet connection gets slower.A possible reason for this the
QoS (Quality of Service) installed.This service reserves 20 per cent of the bandwidth for itself,even with QoS dis-
abled.In order to remove this reserved quota, you will have to make sure you are logged on as Administrator .Go to
start>Run and type ‘gpedit.msc’.
Expand the ‘local computer policy’ branch,the computer configuration,the ‘administrative templates’branch,and the
‘network’ branch.Highlight the ‘QoS Packet Scheduler’ in the left window.In the right window,double-click the’limit reserv-
able bandwidth’ setting.
Then,on the setting tab,check ‘enabled’,and change the ‘Bandwidth limit %’ to read ‘0’.
Customer:Grameen Labs,Aleppey
Solutions Provided by:Devasia.C.M
Problem Reported
In 4 machines OS to be reloaded due to virus problem.
Customer is having internet connectivity in 20 machines and because of that virus problems are high. We are getting
Resolution
Helped customer to load OS in the problem machines and loaded EC2 in these. Loaded EC2 in other working machines
too and took snapshot. Educated customer about EC2 and instructed him to store all data in D: drive. Whenever
problemcomes like file missing or problem or Blue screen of Death, customer will restore the machine using the
snapshot.
After that we never received a call due to OS or virus problem from this customer place.
Problem Reported
When you use start windows the following Dr. Watson error message may occur in Explorer.exe:
“Explorer.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log is
being created”.
Resolution
Dr. Watson for Windows is a program error debugger that gathers information about your computer when an error oc-
curs with a program.If a program error occurs, Dr. Watson for Windows starts automatically. To configure Dr. Watson,
follow these steps:
Click Start, and then click Run.Type ‘drwtsn32’, and then click OK.
By default, the log file created by Dr. Watson is named Drwtsn32.log and is saved in the following location:
drive:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINNT\Application Data\Microsoft\Dr Watson.
Registry entries for debugger programs are located in the AeDebug key in Windows. The Dr. Watson program is
installed by default in Windows, and is configured to run when an application error occurs .
Click Start, click Run, type regedit.exe in the Open box, and then click OK. Locate and click the following registry key:
Enter a name and location for the saved registry file, and then click Save.
Delete the AeDebug key. Close the regeditor.
“Surabaya in my birthday Don't kill me, i'm just send message from your computer
Terima kasih telah menemaniku walaupun hanya sesaat, tapi bagiku sangat berarti
Maafkan jika kebahagiaan yang kuminta adalah teman sepanjang hidupku
Seharusnya aku mengerti bahwa keberadaanku bukanlah disisimu, hanyalah lamunan dalam sesal
Untuk kekasih yang tak kan pernah kumiliki 3r1k1m0”.
Resolution
This is due to Surabaya virus.It creates a lot of ‘.SCR files and also changes shell extensions for all drives.So when try
to
open any driver or right click on any drive you will be amazed to find “test Configure” instead of standard
“Open/Explore”.It also changes the registry to hide all the hidden folders and also disables ‘Folder Options’.
STEP2:: Delete file ‘Autorun.inf’ which allows the malicious script to run automatically when you click/double click on the
drive.
STEP3:The Second step is very important because you need to work with ‘Windows Registry’ .
WINLOGON.On the right windows modify or delete “LegalNoticeCaption” & “LegalNoticeText”.This removes any
CATHOLIC CENTRE,ALUVA
“Our branch is under core banking system for the past 4 years.Our system
consists of one file server and 50 nodes spread in two sections of the
branch premises.We note with gratitude the excellent service rendered by
Sri.Salil Thomas, Service Engineer of HCL Infosystems,whose
commitment to service is exemplary.During the time of virus infection in
many of the PCs,he walked the extra mile and ensured that the latest
version of antivirus is installed and that the virus eradication is
successful.An organization is measured by its staff.HCL Infosystems should
be proud to have such engineers in their roll.We wish him godspeed in all
his ventures”.
”.
Salil Thomas
Cochin Location
TECHNOLOGY @HCL
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• Harddisk Drive: 500GB.
• Chipset:Intel GM45 Chipset Mainboard.
• RAM: 8 GB DDR2 SDRAM, 533 Mhz.
• Camrea: Integrated 2.0 M Video Camera with Dual Internal MIC.
• LAN:Intel Wireless lan 5100 AGN.
• Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth v2.0 & 4 in 1 Card Reader
• Audio: Realtek ALC 268 24-bit DAC/20-bit ADC,High Definition Audio controller.
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