[AT] slightly off topic, computer related

[charlie hill]

Thanks David

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Bruce
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 5:33 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] slightly off topic, computer related

I do two things. One is a Carbonite subscription (costs a bit of money)
and the second is an external drive I can remove.  I do Carbonite
because it keeps multiple copies which is of benefit if you get hit with
ransomware and because I get an off site backup. I do the external drive
so I have quick access if I do something stupid like delete a single file.

If using Firefox there used to be a utility called Mozbackup that would
backup settings and bookmarks from FF. At the time it also worked with
Thunderbird email  and with Seamonkey (a single program that combines
the two). I have not tried this on a Win 10 machine.

David

NW NC


On 2/13/2017 5:45 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> I don't want to loose all of my tractor information and
> years worth of ATIS e-mails, etc.  My computer is getting long
> in the tooth and will soon need to be replaced but the main problem
> with it right now is there is just too much stuff stored on it.
>
> I have a 1.5 TB external drive that I'm currently only using for backup.
> I'd like to partition that drive so that I can still back up to it but 
> also
> create a file location for photos and archived e-mails, etc.  I'd also
> like to set the computer up to dual boot from either drive.  I'm trying to
> prepare for the certainty that this machine is going to crash relatively
> soon.
>
> If I can get all of that done I can accomplish a couple of things.
> 1, I can then clean up the drive on the computer and see if that helps the
> problem.
> 2, I won't have to worry about loosing data when it crashes.
>
> The problem is that ever since about windows XL I haven't known how to do
> any of this stuff.
> This machine is running Windows 10 and it's really ill prepared for it.
>
> Does anyone know of a utility, preferably free, that will help me do all
> this stuff?
> I have literally 20 years worth of book marks carefully sorted into files 
> by
> subject and I would
> surely hate to loose all of that not to mention the pictures that can 
> never
> be replaced.
>
> I'm not sure I am willing to slog through the process myself without the
> help of some sort of
> utility.  Even if I knew how.
>
> Thanks
>
> Charlie
>
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