Re: I was cheated of an hour of sleep!
- From: "bxf" <bill@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 19 Jan 2006 11:02:10 -0800
Vanguard wrote:
> "bxf" <bill@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1137695038.290749.251540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I backed up all my partitions using TrueImage, then resized a couple of
> > partitions (not C:) with Partition Magic. PM had a hiccup but
> > everything looked OK on reboot.
> >
> > I then played a bit and installed stuff I didn't like, so I restored my
> > C partition using TI. I'd done this many times without problems, but
> > never after changing partition sizes. After first reboot, I didn't see
> > my D partition. After the second reboot, D was there, but the system
> > was misbehaving. After the third, all looked OK.
> >
> > The following night I was playing around, and occasionally glanced at
> > the clock on the PC. I was surprised that it was still as early as it
> > was. I knew I got home a bit faster and earlier than I often do, but
> > still... I watch TV on my PC (I work away from home), and eventually I
> > had to concede that the programming did not match the time. A check on
> > another clock confirmed that it was already almost 2:30am, not 1:30 (as
> > if this wasn't late enough)!
> >
> > Getting up most mornings is no joy for me, but after that night, it was
> > even worse. In fact, it is entirely possible that the night before I
> > also went to bed an hour later than I thought, so I may have lost an
> > hour on two consecutive nights. I demand an explanation, and I want to
> > know where I can make a claim for my lost hour(s) :-)
>
>
> Why are you wasting your life with sleep? Where do we send our bills
> charging you for the time to read your post?
I'll provide an address in a future post.
> So what is stopping you from setting your clock to the correct time? Did
> you check the timezone you are now using?
My PC clock was absolutely correct before the sequence of events I
describe, as was (is) the timezone. The question is intended to
determine how the clock can lose exactly one hour, after restoring from
a backup that was taken the same day.
.
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