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I'm an obsessive backupper, but an un-organized one. That means I have archived files in all different formats spread all over my hard drive, my old computer's hard drive, my external hard drive and my online backup. I have know idea what's the most recent, which files are corrupt (Not sure how it happened, but many of my 7zipped files are corrupt), which archives contain which files, etc. I can get the backup version of a file when I need to, but it's a big pain. Also, I'm sure I have tons of space taken up on my devices by files I don't need.
I need a better system! I'm curious what you all do, and what you recommend. Here are some things I want to be part of my system.
I'd prefer to use Windows' built-in tools since I already own them, so long as they work reliably. I don't understand the difference, though... system image, file history, restore point, system repair disc, recovery drive... lions, tigers and bears, oh my. Aside from Windows oftwaree, free software is always nice but I'm willing to pay for a quality, proven tool that will make my life easier. I would prefer not to use anything cloud-based other than my online backup.
Thanks in advance for your advice and suggestions.
Kim
I need a better system! I'm curious what you all do, and what you recommend. Here are some things I want to be part of my system.
- Both a cloud backup and a local one. (I currently use BackBlaze for cloud. Prefer not to use Carbonite.)
- I would love to clone my computer to my backup computer, if possible, so that if my main computer goes down I can easily get to work on the backup. My current main computer is a Toshiba Satellite P75-A7200 and the backup is an ASUS G37JH which I dropped (dammit) and is waiting for me to put a new hard drive in. Then I'll switch it back to my main if it isn't a big pain.) I have Windows 8 Pro for both computers.
- I'm rarely hooked to my external hard drive since I use my computer in lots of differnt locations. So an auto backup to the external drive isn't very effective. I might rather add an extra internal hard drive? Or partition my existing hard drive? (Not currently partitioned.) Not sure I like that one considering I just had an entire hard drive fail.
- I'd love to have one of my backups, or something, contain my applications. Reinstalling everything If I wipe my hard drive is time-consuming, and I'm never sure when my old copies of Quickbooks and Adobe software won't care if I have a license or not, or the licensing/authentication just won't work. This applies t my virtual machines for IE testing, too. they're a pain to have to reinstall. Maybe my clone could have these copies of my software and VHDs?
- I've seen articles about about creating a USB drive with system utilities on it for rescue/repair work. Sounds like a good idea, but I don't know much about the utilities and would rather not have to learn them all in order to choose which to put on the USB stick. Is there a pre-packaged set of utilities?
I'd prefer to use Windows' built-in tools since I already own them, so long as they work reliably. I don't understand the difference, though... system image, file history, restore point, system repair disc, recovery drive... lions, tigers and bears, oh my. Aside from Windows oftwaree, free software is always nice but I'm willing to pay for a quality, proven tool that will make my life easier. I would prefer not to use anything cloud-based other than my online backup.
Thanks in advance for your advice and suggestions.
Kim
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Toshiba Satellite P75-A7200
- CPU
- Intel Core i7
- Memory
- 8GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
- Browser
- Usually Firefox
- Antivirus
- Avast, Malwarebytes