Remember, WinDohhhs10 is a service, and we're all being "serviced".
Remember, WinDohhhs10 is a service, and we're all being "serviced".
Yeah, it wasn't enabled.When that happens Windows Recovery has always worked well for me, rolling back to an earlier point in time, so long as you enable the drive to automatically make recovery points.
Wow! I did not realize WordPefect still existed. I was never a fan. I stuck with WordStar until the mid 1990s and then switched to Word, like just about everyone else.Too true, one day I will work up the guts to buy a cheapo and put Linux on it. My problem is that I have used WordPerfect, every thing that I have done since 1989 is a WordPerfect document or Excel spread sheet. I think I could find a conversion program for Excel but WordPerfect may be difficult.
not on by default?Yeah, it wasn't enabled.![]()
I don't think it was off by default. The original installation was done by one of my guys up in PA and he likes his Windows lean and mean. Stuff like: "System Restore? Waste of space. Swap File? Who needs that, RAM is cheap". One time many years ago, I went to print something from "his" machine. Not only did it not have any printer drivers, it also lack the requisite services.not on by default?![]()
One of these days I'm going to give Linux a whirl. Can't really say I'm a big fan of "open source"...it can be a little too open at times.
For what drives cost today it's just as cheap, and easy, to clone them on a regular basis rather than build a RAID array or even run backups. Plus you have the spares handy when something goes south for an almost instant recovery. Acronis does make cloning really easy, but there are plenty of free ones out there, including a free version of Acronis clone, so it's not expensive to do other than the cost of the hardware.
Is it safe to assume that Acronis can make images to a NAS drive? I've got several computers I'd like to image, and I'm thinking the handiest way is to buy a Synology box an put a big spinny drive in it.
If you can map a drive to the NAS it should be no problem, Rossum. I haven't played with NAS, yet, but may in the future as a way to "hide" (physically) video clips off the surveillance cameras. I wanted to use the Acronis cloud service but there is no real way to manage the data. It's a preset method that they control directly and I'm generating about 400 gigs a day. Locally, I just age them out at twelve hours, 200 gigs, so it's not all that much disk space.
The problem I have with "a big spinny", and I have multiple multi-terrabyte disks, is that when they fail you lose a LOT of data. Given Murphy's Law and my "good" luck I'm sure that both the little spinny I actually use and the big spinny that has the backups on it will both fail at the same time. Like we say in vaping, backups for backups of your backups.
So which RAID/NAS array did you get, Willie?
now that's a commercial worth watching![]()
OK,OK all this talk about hard drives. I went out to my local PC store and picked up a new 2.5 non ssd HD for my works laptop. I've been putting it off as I am not sure it's the problem.
I'm going to use the free one here: EaseUS Todo Backup - Data Backup and Recovery Software for PC/Server/Mac
Probably be reporting back when complete, I expect to get it done tonight. This laptop has run continuously for over 5 years with an occasional re-start required by updates.
Yes and good ideaDo you have another way to download different cloning software if it hiccups while in the swap over process? If not I'd download another one just in case, but then again my luck is usually bad so I try to cover my ..... Depending on the brand, I believe (?) some manufactures offer free cloning downloads, I think Seagate is one? May want to visit the website of the maker of your drive and see if they offer one, might be an idea to download it just in case.