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A backup of a backup of a backup...
Win8.1 SP1 Macrium.
I have several backups on various media, and I wonder if I can backup all these onto a new large HDD. Peter |
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A backup of a backup of a backup...
On 24/06/2015 01:39, Peter Jason wrote:
Win8.1 SP1 Macrium. I have several backups on various media, and I wonder if I can backup all these onto a new large HDD. Peter Of course you can as long as you have the resources to do it and time but why do you need all those backups? Frankly, in 2015, you don't need backups if you are prepared to use all the cloud space you get from big corporations. Before anybody telling me about privacy and all that non sense, let me tell you there is no such thing as privacy if you are using any of digital systems. Even your TV and fridge/refrigerator is relaying info to somebody out there who wants such info. even the smart switches in your house for electricity or gas bills is transmitting info to those companies. Even the US government can't keep its privacy secure and so you don't have a chance to keep your privacy private. Just have your own "data" backed up on MS's OneDrive or on Google Drive. You don't need to backup the operating system because all new machines have their own hidden partition that can be restored much more faster than using your backups. |
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A backup of a backup of a backup...
Good Guy wrote:
....all new machines have their own hidden partition that can be restored much more faster than using your backups. False -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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A backup of a backup of a backup...
On Wed, 24 Jun 2015 02:44:51 +0100, Good Guy
wrote: On 24/06/2015 01:39, Peter Jason wrote: Win8.1 SP1 Macrium. I have several backups on various media, and I wonder if I can backup all these onto a new large HDD. Peter Of course you can as long as you have the resources to do it and time but why do you need all those backups? Frankly, in 2015, you don't need backups if you are prepared to use all the cloud space you get from big corporations. Before anybody telling me about privacy and all that non sense, let me tell you there is no such thing as privacy if you are using any of digital systems. Even your TV and fridge/refrigerator is relaying info to somebody out there who wants such info. even the smart switches in your house for electricity or gas bills is transmitting info to those companies. Even the US government can't keep its privacy secure and so you don't have a chance to keep your privacy private. Just have your own "data" backed up on MS's OneDrive or on Google Drive. You don't need to backup the operating system because all new machines have their own hidden partition that can be restored much more faster than using your backups. Thanks. I'll look into it, but I not considered the cloud because I'm not mobile. Also, when you say "all new machines have their own hidden partition" ..where is this because mine was assembled in Dec 2010 with Win7 & Win8? |
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A backup of a backup of a backup...
Peter Jason wrote:
Win8.1 SP1 Macrium. I have several backups on various media, and I wonder if I can backup all these onto a new large HDD. Peter I'd simply cut and paste them. Don't worry too much about Macrium having them marked as being elsewhere than where they'll end up. A simple double click on them will call up restore, as will a Macrium restore media disk. Make it nice and tidy on your new HDD. A folder called "Macrium Backups". Ed |
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A backup of a backup of a backup...
On Wed, 24 Jun 2015 02:44:51 +0100, Good Guy wrote:
On 24/06/2015 01:39, Peter Jason wrote: Win8.1 SP1 Macrium. I have several backups on various media, and I wonder if I can backup all these onto a new large HDD. Peter Of course you can as long as you have the resources to do it and time but why do you need all those backups? Frankly, in 2015, you don't need backups if you are prepared to use all the cloud space you get from big corporations. Before anybody telling me about privacy and all that non sense, let me tell you there is no such thing as privacy if you are using any of digital systems. Even your TV and fridge/refrigerator is relaying info to somebody out there who wants such info. even the smart switches in your house for electricity or gas bills is transmitting info to those companies. Even the US government can't keep its privacy secure and so you don't have a chance to keep your privacy private. Just have your own "data" backed up on MS's OneDrive or on Google Drive. You don't need to backup the operating system because all new machines have their own hidden partition that can be restored much more faster than using your backups. html head meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" /head body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" div class="moz-cite-prefix"On 24/06/2015 01:39, Peter Jason wrote:br /div blockquote om" type="cite" pre wrap=""Win8.1 SP1 Macrium. I have several backups on various media, and I wonder if I can backup all these onto a new large HDD. Peter /pre /blockquote font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"Of course you can as long as you have the resources to do it and time but why do you need all those backups?Â* Frankly, in 2015, you don't need backups if you are prepared to use all the cloud space you get from big corporations.Â* /fontBefore anybody telling me about privacy and all that non sense, let me tell you there is no such thing as privacy if you are using any of digital systems.Â* Even your TV and fridge/refrigerator is relaying info to somebody out there who wants such info.Â* even the smart switches in your house for electricity or gas bills is transmitting info to those companies.Â* Even the US government can't keep its privacy secure and so you don't have a chance to keep your privacy private.br br Just have your own "data" backed up on MS's OneDrive or on Google Drive.Â* You don't need to backup the operating system because all new machines have their own hidden partition that can be restored much more faster than using your backups.Â* br br br /body /html If you really want to be a 'Good Guy' as advertised in your from field, first, you would spare us all the html stuff at the end of your post and second you would not give us bad advice. Very few of us want to return our machine to as purchased with all the unwanted sample software and the pleasure of spending hours re-installing that which we do want. I know nothing about the cloud, but I have lost a hd. The hd was kind enough to give me sufficient warning to make an image backup a little later than my existing one, and a chance to update my data partition backup. Thus after installing a new hd, I was up and running in less than half a day. Maybe all that can be done from the cloud. Like I said, I know nothing about the cloud except the one's that make rain. The existence of a backup partition is of course only applicable to machines like Dell and HP etc. |
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On 24 Jun 2015, dave wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-8: If you really want to be a 'Good Guy' as advertised in your from field, first, you would spare us all the html stuff at the end of your post and second you would not give us bad advice. If you have been watching this clown, you'll have noticed that his specific goal is to pollute these Usenet groups with irrelevant HTML garbage *and* to put out bad and misleading "advice". IOW, he is trolling and his pseudonym is intentionally ironic. |
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A backup of a backup of a backup...
On 24/06/2015 23:46, dave wrote:
If you really want to be a 'Good Guy' as advertised in your from field, first, you would spare us all the html stuff If you really want to avoid HTML in emails and newsgroups then you really first need to learn the basics of how to block html from appearing in the emails. So get this right. at the end of your post and second you would not give us bad advice. Very few of us want to return our machine to as purchased with all the unwanted sample software and the pleasure of spending hours re-installing that which we do want. What is bad for you may not necessarily be bad for the majority of people who had problems with their machines. The only way they know is to reset the system as it was from the factory and this is the best way forward for most people. I know nothing about the cloud, Then it is time to learn something new. We are in the 21st century. but I have lost a hd. The hd was kind enough to give me sufficient warning to make an image backup a little later than my existing one, and a chance to update my data partition backup. Thus after installing a new hd, I was up and running in less than half a day. In that case congratulate yourself and be happy about your achievements. Not many people have HD problems because they change their machines every 3 to 4 years. I do change my machines every 3.5 years and I expect to order 60 more machines end of August, early September when scramble for Windows 10 is almost over and acres of computer bytes have been used to write reviews. In fact had you reset the system to factory level you would have been up and running in less than 1 hour. Maybe all that can be done from the cloud. Like I said, I know nothing about the cloud except the one's that make rain. In that case you really need to come to the 21st century because living in caves is not going to educate you. start a new question about cloud and we'll try our best to educate you on these newsgroups. I tale it you are 88 years old, right? The existence of a backup partition is of course only applicable to machines like Dell and HP etc. exactly,. why don't you buy one and then see how simple it is to get back to business when disaster strikes. I take it you are jobless or a pensioner with plenty of time at your disposal. Is this correct to categorise your psychological profile? |
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A backup of a backup of a backup...
On 24/06/2015 06:14, Peter Jason wrote:
Also, when you say "all new machines have their own hidden partition" ..where is this because mine was assembled in Dec 2010 with Win7 & Win8? What is the make and model of your machine. Please tell us so that I will post a link as to how to reset your machine. I take it you bought your machine from DELL or HP, right? If not why not. |
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A backup of a backup of a backup...
Good Guy wrote:
On 24/06/2015 23:46, dave wrote: If you really want to be a 'Good Guy' as advertised in your from field, first, you would spare us all the html stuff If you really want to avoid HTML in emails and newsgroups then you really first need to learn the basics of how to block html from appearing in the emails. So get this right. at the end of your post and second you would not give us bad advice. Very few of us want to return our machine to as purchased with all the unwanted sample software and the pleasure of spending hours re-installing that which we do want. What is bad for you may not necessarily be bad for the majority of people who had problems with their machines. The only way they know is to reset the system as it was from the factory and this is the best way forward for most people. I know nothing about the cloud, Then it is time to learn something new. We are in the 21st century. but I have lost a hd. The hd was kind enough to give me sufficient warning to make an image backup a little later than my existing one, and a chance to update my data partition backup. Thus after installing a new hd, I was up and running in less than half a day. In that case congratulate yourself and be happy about your achievements. Not many people have HD problems because they change their machines every 3 to 4 years. I do change my machines every 3.5 years and I expect to order 60 more machines end of August, early September when scramble for Windows 10 is almost over and acres of computer bytes have been used to write reviews. In fact had you reset the system to factory level you would have been up and running in less than 1 hour. Maybe all that can be done from the cloud. Like I said, I know nothing about the cloud except the one's that make rain. In that case you really need to come to the 21st century because living in caves is not going to educate you. start a new question about cloud and we'll try our best to educate you on these newsgroups. I tale it you are 88 years old, right? The existence of a backup partition is of course only applicable to machines like Dell and HP etc. exactly,. why don't you buy one and then see how simple it is to get back to business when disaster strikes. I take it you are jobless or a pensioner with plenty of time at your disposal. Is this correct to categorise your psychological profile? That's not necessarily the issue (that people don't know how to do things).. - it's the credibility of your information (comments and advice) that many obviously believe doesn't warrant value. Couple your obvious bigotry and discriminatory perception to assume or infer what not may be true indicates a far greater ignorance and worthy of being ignored. -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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A backup of a backup of a backup...
On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 02:12:08 +0100, Good Guy
wrote: --------------010007070306030002050902 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit html head meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" /head body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" div class="moz-cite-prefix"On 24/06/2015 23:46, dave wrote:br /div blockquote " type="cite" pre wrap="" /pre pre wrap="" /blockquote blockquote " type="cite" br blockquote " type="cite" pre wrap=""but I have lost a hd. The hd was kind enough to give me sufficient warning to make an image backup a little later than my existing one, and a chance to update my data partition backup. Thus after installing a new hd, I was up and running in less than half a day./pre /blockquote br In fact had you reset the system to factory level you would have been up and running in less than 1 hour.Â* br br br br /body /html --------------010007070306030002050902-- If you're using the factory restore partition to get "up and running in less than 1 hour", you obviously don't ask much of your PCs. Probably all you need is a web browser, and there's one already built in. For most people, that wouldn't be considered "up and running" at all. My apologies for the garbage. It was like that when I found it. |
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