Tag: Backup
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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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Tiny 64GB usb stick is like another laptop hard drive
One problem with laptops is that that only have one drive. This limits space and data redundancy. This tiny USB drive is designed to be installed permanently in your laptop. An added bonus is that it could be bootable. Thus giving you access either to a linux machine or recovery media for the laptop while…
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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…
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Windows Home Server reinstall disaster – use RAID next time
I am paranoid about backups. Until this week I was very fond of Windows Home Server which is Microsoft’s backup solution for the home. You simply put it on your network and every night it backs up your household computers to a server which contains redundant disks. It is a real server and you can…
Dr James Bayley 