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Hi there
This is just a note to people who think it's too much hassle to backup their systems.
Just recently I needed to swap from a SAMSUNG 830 128 GB SSD to the newer 840 250 GB SSD on my laptop.
Plugging the new SSD into a USB2 (not even USB 3) slot I restored a previous system image that I'd backed up to a bog standard external passport drive. Time taken for restore -- 17 Mins for 54 GB. This system had Office, Photoshop and quite a few other applications installed.
This laptop was only an i3 powered device but I like it because it's really portable and powerful enough for my requirements - especially when used with a decent external monitor so more powerful machines will complete the operation faster than the 17 mins mine took.
Opened the computer and swapped the SSD's -- Booted fine first time (and faster SSD too) -- although the old one wasn't that bad either -- I'm now using the old one as my Windows to Go system !!.
If I'd have to restore Windows again and all the applications I probably would have spent the best part of at least half a day -- certainly several hours -- plus probably some time on re-installing updates for the OS and the applications - SP1 for office 2010 contains a LOT of fixes !!! if you have to do it again.
So there is really NO EXCUSE for anybody to avoid backing up their systems --keep the OS and applications separate from your USER DATA -- separate partitions or preferably on separate drives.
I used Acronis 2013 but any type of decent imaging / backup software should work -- IMO it's worth paying for a decent backup solution -- the time and hassle it saves is just beyond calculation.
I see many people trying to remove viruses / repair systems on these Forums and they get into hideous trouble because they don't take backups. ALWAYS TAKE REGULAR BACKUPS -- it's easy and quick these days and will save you endless trouble.
Cheers
jimbo
This is just a note to people who think it's too much hassle to backup their systems.
Just recently I needed to swap from a SAMSUNG 830 128 GB SSD to the newer 840 250 GB SSD on my laptop.
Plugging the new SSD into a USB2 (not even USB 3) slot I restored a previous system image that I'd backed up to a bog standard external passport drive. Time taken for restore -- 17 Mins for 54 GB. This system had Office, Photoshop and quite a few other applications installed.
This laptop was only an i3 powered device but I like it because it's really portable and powerful enough for my requirements - especially when used with a decent external monitor so more powerful machines will complete the operation faster than the 17 mins mine took.
Opened the computer and swapped the SSD's -- Booted fine first time (and faster SSD too) -- although the old one wasn't that bad either -- I'm now using the old one as my Windows to Go system !!.
If I'd have to restore Windows again and all the applications I probably would have spent the best part of at least half a day -- certainly several hours -- plus probably some time on re-installing updates for the OS and the applications - SP1 for office 2010 contains a LOT of fixes !!! if you have to do it again.
So there is really NO EXCUSE for anybody to avoid backing up their systems --keep the OS and applications separate from your USER DATA -- separate partitions or preferably on separate drives.
I used Acronis 2013 but any type of decent imaging / backup software should work -- IMO it's worth paying for a decent backup solution -- the time and hassle it saves is just beyond calculation.
I see many people trying to remove viruses / repair systems on these Forums and they get into hideous trouble because they don't take backups. ALWAYS TAKE REGULAR BACKUPS -- it's easy and quick these days and will save you endless trouble.
Cheers
jimbo
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Linux Centos 7, W8.1, W7, W2K3 Server W10
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 1 X LG 40 inch TV
- Hard Drives
- SSD's * 3 (Samsung 840 series) 250 GB
2 X 3 TB sata
5 X 1 TB sata
- Internet Speed
- 0.12 GB/s (120Mb/s)