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| Thread ID: 112929 | 2010-09-27 21:11:00 | small laptops with no optical drive | Misty (368) | Press F1 |
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| 1140059 | 2010-09-27 22:47:00 | An alternative is an online backup. I have a $14/month website that I don't use for anything but personal backups and image sharing. Infinite (Says the web-host) hard drive space and bandwidth. Got nearly 1TB of data on there atm. And a free domain name. Acronis full HDD backup -> Upload. Local HDD storage as well. Crazy Toshiba i5 netbook, Wainui. 4GB Ram, 500G HDD, i5-430. Not bad. How much do they go for? |
Cellux (15145) | ||
| 1140060 | 2010-09-28 01:22:00 | Around 2K give or take. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1140061 | 2010-09-28 03:46:00 | For backup, you can use W7 to create a systems image and plonk this onto a external HD or USB stick. You can convert W7 CD to ISO and then create this into a bootable USB stick and leave aside for an emergency. This will boot the computer and access your system image. Hi Nomad Does W7 operate like Acronis True Image in that respect, then ?? Misty |
Misty (368) | ||
| 1140062 | 2010-09-28 03:56:00 | For Example the "TOSHIBA Sat Pro U500 i5-430M 4GB 500GB 13.3 W7P" Does,Basic Specs (www.imagef1.net.nz) - Thanks wainuitech We don't want to spend 2K however. Somewhere around 1k is our budget. So looks like we need to think in terms of backing up on an SD card + backing up on an external HDD. At least the possibilities are crystalising ! Am slowly changing my thinking (why can't the world move a bit slower !! ;) ) Misty |
Misty (368) | ||
| 1140063 | 2010-09-28 04:06:00 | Hi Nomad Does W7 operate like Acronis True Image in that respect, then ?? Misty Yes, exactly the same. I have used both Acronis True Image and Norton Ghost in the past but Windows 7 Backup (it's called) is free :clap Basically with my PC, I boot with a CD that gets created running MS Backup (control panel) or just the Windows 7 Setup DVD, can also be done with a USB bootable stick (Windows 7 setup). Creation utility provided by MS via an install. Boot the PC up and stick in a CD/DVD or USB stick or USB HDD or eSATA or internal HDD with the image and it does its thing. Works via the network too. The only hassle is that when you create another image, it overwrites the other and you cannot specify a different folder destination. It always create it in the root directory in a folder it names it ... You can just rename that folder with a date. Doesn't have some of the features like cloning from drive 1 to drive 2. Or open image file to extract one file. No USB these days is not a issue really, MS provides a thing to create W7 Setup DVD onto USB stick. If you bought Office and don't have a DVD drive, afaik you can even download this from MS and use the DVD key from your packaging. Just checked. It's possible :thumbs: |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1140064 | 2010-09-28 05:48:00 | Can you not backup over your home network? Some burning software allows you too use DVD burners on the same network if you don't have one installed | plod (107) | ||
| 1140065 | 2010-09-28 06:30:00 | Win 7 home premium will not natively backup over a network | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1140066 | 2010-09-28 07:05:00 | ok, but there are plenty of programs that will | plod (107) | ||
| 1140067 | 2010-09-28 07:14:00 | I know it's just I was caught out by this and so were a couple of friends | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1140068 | 2010-09-28 07:20:00 | I wouldn't let the lack of an optical drive turn you off a laptop. I probably use mine once every 6 months. In fact I was thinking of ripping it out and putting a SSD in instead. Plus a usb external can be had for what $100? | plod (107) | ||
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