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Re: Anyone here use Windows Backup ?
Reply #30 - Nov 26^th, 2013 at 3:36pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Nov 26^th, 2013 at 7:05am:

Thanks Kat ~ but it's not free.

It's typical. They lead you down the path to thinking it's all free, and then when everything is installed, they whack you with the nasty surprise that a vital component isn't free.

My Quest continues .....

I thought you wanted to create a Boot Disk? You only need one of them ... for an Emergency. Wink

I created a boot disk on my laptop (Win 7) by just inserting a blank DVD and clicking "create boot disk" .... think that option just comes up, but can't be sure.

Creating a boot disk for this Desktop with Win 8.1 hasn't been investigated yet. May involve a USB drive, rather than a DVD. Wink

Oh, and no, Win 8.1 is not that much different to any of the other versions of Windows that I have had ... just takes a few days or so to get used to where they have hidden the stuff you used to automatically click. Keep mind busy ... use it or lose it, comes to mind so maybe Microsoft is doing people a favour? Grin

If you have had computer crashes in the past, there must be a reason for that. Whether it is sites you visit or, perhaps, the keyboard/mouse operator. Kiss

Have you downloaded the various FREE programs that keep an eye on malware that one can get without visiting so-called malicious sites? Malware is more dangerous than virus' used to be.

Some FREE malware programs that I have used are:-

Spybot
Ad-Aware
Malwarebytes

I run all of those (together) without a problem, some pick up stuff that others don't.

I presume you have CCleaner and a good anti-virus (I have used AVG FREE for 10 years or so).

The other thing I paid for recently, after using the free version for years, is Registry First Aid. It cost me about $60 for a "family license" ... about $25 if you only have one computer. Gets rid of the rubbish that uninstalling programs and so forth leave behind.

PS. Did you sort out the full backup thing?

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Re: Anyone here use Windows Backup ?
Reply #31 - Nov 26^th, 2013 at 6:20pm

Neferti wrote on Nov 26^th, 2013 at 3:36pm:

I thought you wanted to create a Boot Disk?

EaseUS Todo Backup calls it an 'Emergency Disc'. I've never yet had a Bootable CD disk actually work.

Neferti wrote on Nov 26^th, 2013 at 3:36pm:

If you have had computer crashes in the past, there must be a reason for that. Whether it is sites you visit or, perhaps, the keyboard/mouse operator. Kiss

torrential downpour. Say no more. wink wink.

Neferti wrote on Nov 26^th, 2013 at 3:36pm:

Some FREE malware programs that I have used are:-

Spybot
Ad-Aware
Malwarebytes

In the past I've used them all, and a lot more besides. My PC repair manager advised me not to use any of them any more.

Neferti wrote on Nov 26^th, 2013 at 3:36pm:

I presume you have CCleaner and a good anti-virus (I have used AVG FREE for 10 years or so).

I have CCleaner, AVG Free always became ineffective after a few weeks or so.

Neferti wrote on Nov 26^th, 2013 at 3:36pm:

The other thing I paid for recently, after using the free version for years, is Registry First Aid. It cost me about $60 for a "family license" ... about $25 if you only have one computer. Gets rid of the rubbish that uninstalling programs and so forth leave behind.

'Revo Uninstall' does the same thing ~ for free.

Neferti wrote on Nov 26^th, 2013 at 3:36pm:

PS. Did you sort out the full backup thing?

Yes and no. I've got everything backed up now, but I don't know if it'll all restore again. If the PC dies on me and won't boot-up, then it will only be a few files that I've saved to the external hard drive that I'll benefit from retrieving.

I bought the EaseUS Todo Emergency Disk today. It comes in a box in the post. You would think they would just download it to my system. Go figure.

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Re: Anyone here use Windows Backup ?
Reply #33 - Nov 28^th, 2013 at 3:27pm

Herbert,

Try to explain, exactly, what you want to do, please.

1. Do you want to have a separate disk (CD/DVD/USB drive) to insert if your computer won't start properly?

2. Do you want to save certain files (say Genealogy research, pictures, music, etc) so that if your computer crashes you don't lose that vital information?

3. Do you want to "backup" the entire contents of the computer/s (including the Operating System - OS) so that you can just hit a key and everything magically reappears?

4. Do you want to do a full "backup" (as above in 3) and then just select which files you want to recover if the computer/s stop working?

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Re: Anyone here use Windows Backup ?
Reply #34 - Nov 28^th, 2013 at 6:29pm

Neferti wrote on Nov 28^th, 2013 at 3:27pm:

Herbert,

Try to explain, exactly, what you want to do, please.

1. Do you want to have a separate disk (CD/DVD/USB drive) to insert if your computer won't start properly?

Yes. But in the past these have never booted up the PC.

I have now made two media discs ... one containing EaseUS 'WinPE Emergency Disc ... and the other containing 'EaseUS System Repair Disc'.

Neferti wrote on Nov 28^th, 2013 at 3:27pm:

2. Do you want to save certain files (say Genealogy research, pictures, music, etc) so that if your computer crashes you don't lose that vital information?

My ancestry files which are now huge and complicated is something I always burn to a multi-session ('Deepburner') disc the moment I make a new entry.

Neferti wrote on Nov 28^th, 2013 at 3:27pm:

3. Do you want to "backup" the entire contents of the computer/s (including the Operating System - OS) so that you can just hit a key and everything magically reappears?

Yes ~ I've now done that (to an external hard drive).

Disk/Partition Backup ... System Backup ... File Backup ... Directories Backup.

Neferti wrote on Nov 28^th, 2013 at 3:27pm:

4. Do you want to do a full "backup" (as above in 3) and then just select which files you want to recover if the computer/s stop working?

I've got it all done, but I'm wondering why the Backup icon has stopped showing.

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