Tag: Acronis
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Better than Apple Time Machine but for a PC
— Update 2016-01-03 read about my new approach to backup — Over the last month I’ve learnt a lot about backup. There had been significant structural changes over the last few years, disc is cheap, bandwidth is inexpensive and remote storage is coming down in price dramatically. It is necessary to address two different issues,…
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Why I removed Acronis True Image 2014
I have just removed Acronis true image 2014 from my laptop and breathed a sigh of relief. Backup software should make you feel that your computer is safer than it was before, Acronis did not. — Update 2016-01-03 read about my new approach to backup — –update 6 June 2014– I am now using…
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The best Acronis backup scheme
— Update 2016-01-03 read about my new approach to backup — Acronis is a full featured backup application. Because it can do almost anything it is very difficult to configure. As is often the case, the first thing to work out is what you want to accomplish. Scenario I have a laptop and travel for…
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Windows Home Server PC Restore does not work
The short version Last week my laptop crashed and I needed to restore the hard disk. I make a backup everyday automatically using my Windows Home Server (version 1). I took the PC restore disc and booted the laptop and although the restore would start it would never complete. Windows Home Server version 1 is…
Dr James Bayley 