I was cheated of an hour of sleep!

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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) :-)

Thanks in advance.

Bill
 
bxf said:
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) :-)
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Why are you wasting your life with sleep? Where do we send our bills
charging you for the time to read your post?

So what is stopping you from setting your clock to the correct time? Did
you check the timezone you are now using?
 
Vanguard said:
Why are you wasting your life with sleep? Where do we send our bills
charging you for the time to read your post?
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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?
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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.
 
bxf said:
I'll provide an address in a future post.


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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Do you synchronize the time to an NTP server anywhere? Do you use a utility
to update the time? Do you have the Windows Time service enabled? Are you
logging into a domain? Could be the NTP server was or is off by an hour. I
asked about the timezone bacause that could get you off by an hour. Could
also be the daylight saving option is configured wrong which would account
for an hour's difference.
 
Vanguard said:
Do you synchronize the time to an NTP server anywhere? Do you use a utility
to update the time? Do you have the Windows Time service enabled? Are you
logging into a domain? Could be the NTP server was or is off by an hour. I
asked about the timezone bacause that could get you off by an hour. Could
also be the daylight saving option is configured wrong which would account
for an hour's difference.
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The computer, which is not the one I'm on now, is a standalone laptop,
not connected to anything. I don't even use it for the Internet
normally, and haven't in some time, so any synchronization functions
are meaningless. I don't know if I have Windows Time Service running,
but I wouldn't have enabled it, and I don't have any time related
utilities running.

Of course, the fact that we are talking about exactly one hour makes
one think of timezone or DST related issue. But the fact is that my
clock and automatic DST changes have been working correctly all along.
Since the RESTORE was done from a BACKUP taken the same day, I find the
situation puzzling. I've never looked into how Windows keeps its time,
but I always assumed it is driven by the hardwrae clock, which I would
have thought should not be affected by anything I do to Windows, etc.
 
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