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Offline Clive

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Re: Hard drive woes
« Reply #45 on: December 17, 2011, 11:51 »
The computer shop said that the software won't copy over to prevent piracy.  It can only be reinstalled on the same drive.
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Re: Hard drive woes
« Reply #46 on: December 17, 2011, 11:57 »
I'm not sure I believe them, Clive.
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Re: Hard drive woes
« Reply #47 on: December 17, 2011, 11:59 »
Would they be talking about Windows itself?
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« Reply #48 on: December 17, 2011, 12:05 »
No, you can image Windows back to a new drive, then reactivate it if required.
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Re: Hard drive woes
« Reply #49 on: December 17, 2011, 15:21 »
Quote from: Rik on December 17, 2011, 11:57
I'm not sure I believe them, Clive.

They spent a long time trying Rik.  I spent a couple of hours watching them.   :cry:
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Re: Hard drive woes
« Reply #50 on: December 17, 2011, 16:53 »
I've recovered complete OS drives before now, Clive, so I'm really not sure what went wrong.
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Re: Hard drive woes
« Reply #51 on: December 17, 2011, 17:25 »
I have to say it's very disappointing.  But my rebuild is going well and I've just ordered a new copy of F-Secure for £17.95. 
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« Reply #52 on: December 17, 2011, 17:32 »
Do you test your backups, Clive? The only thing I can think is that the copy wasn't 'good'. Meantime, take a look at:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Clickfree-Portable-Automatic-Backup-USB3-0/dp/B004PGM9VI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324143089&sr=8-1

That will do the job automatically.
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Re: Hard drive woes
« Reply #53 on: December 17, 2011, 19:18 »
Might take a look at that myself, Rik.  :thumb:
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Re: Hard drive woes
« Reply #54 on: December 17, 2011, 23:25 »
Wow - that looks neat!  But I can't afford that right now.   :laugh:  The computer shop were pleased with the backup I'd taken and said I had done nothing wrong.  But I have no idea how to test them myself.  Tomorrow I will take a full backup of Mrs Clive's laptop.   :)
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Re: Hard drive woes
« Reply #55 on: December 18, 2011, 11:22 »
Quote from: Simon on December 17, 2011, 19:18
Might take a look at that myself, Rik.  :thumb:

It works, but requires a bit of patience, eg maybe 15 minutes per machine after the first, full, backup. You can easily get several machines on a single drive, and it knows which one it's connected to. Data can be moved between machines, I haven't tried that with the system.
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Re: Hard drive woes
« Reply #56 on: December 18, 2011, 12:50 »
Interesting though to be honest I don't bother backing up windows. All the important things are on the cloud and nothing important is on there. Saying that this might be handy.for my family.
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« Reply #57 on: December 18, 2011, 12:57 »
It's great for people who aren't particularly techie, Sam, as it only has to be plugged in and left for a few minutes. A restore requires a single click.
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Re: Hard drive woes
« Reply #58 on: December 18, 2011, 13:29 »
... and baited breath?
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Re: Hard drive woes
« Reply #59 on: December 18, 2011, 16:26 »
That and sweaty palms. :)
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