[AT] Update - Laptop hard drive

[Mike M]

It wont be a mirror of their system, I'm just going to tell them to put 
anything they don't want to lose in one folder. I'll then back up that 
folder on a weekly basis. Good advice Henry, I'll watch for a sale, 
although this drive will be stored in a fire resistant safe, inside 
another safe, in the basement.

Mike M



On 11/22/2015 11:14 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Glad it worked out for you Mike.
> How are you going to back up 3 computers to that 2 TB drive?
> Do you partition the drive with a different virtual drive for each or
> what?  I'm very ignorant on these issues.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike M
> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2015 1:40 PM
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: [AT] Update - Laptop hard drive
>
> Just wanted to give an update on my laptop hard drive. I ran every check
> suggested, and my hard drive checked out fine, so I decided to wipe the
> drive and reinstall windows 7, its much snappier now.  I have all my
> files backed up to Carbonite, so I thought reinstalling would be a snap.
> I double checked to make sure all my important files were there, and
> backed up, and they were.
> I wiped the drive on the 17th, and reinstalled Windows on the morning of
> the 18th, and then started my back up. As of today I am only at 61% on
> the backup, with pictures being the big hang up. I took Charlie Hills'
> advice and bought a 2TB external hard drive, and will use that for my
> back ups from now on. It will pay for itself in less than a year, and I
> will be able to back up my computer, and my 2 daughters computers on one
> drive. I have to believe USB 3.0 is faster that my download speed.
>
> Mike M
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