External hard drives are great for backup. Connect it, do the backup, and then disconnect. Using them for routine storage is more challenging and subject to some difficulties… Longtime subscriber Peter Dunckelmann wrote to ask for help in solving an external hard drive problem: Hello Terry My laptop runs Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit. I run [...]
Can I Use Acronis True Image to Restore to My New Notebook?
Subscriber Ed McDowell wrote recently to ask about using Acronis True Image for a special task: Terry, I did purchase (upgrade) to Acronis 2010 when the special price was announced several months ago before v2011 was released. I am purchasing a new laptop with Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. Can I use a ghost performed [...]
A Tip for Using Acronis True Image Home 2011
Here’s a tip for using Acronis True Image Home 2011: If you’ve got Acronis True Image Home 2011 all set up to do scheduled backups, doing an occasional full backup and a more frequent incremental or differential backup, you’ve got much more protection than most users have. Sure, they’ve got their Recovery DVD’s, if they [...]
Hard Drive – Re-using an Old Hard Drive
Old hard drives, new hard drives, or external hard drives? Subscriber Stuart Cropper wrote with a question about re-using old hard drives: Some years ago, I took a course on computer repair at that time technology was moving very fast and by the end of the course, which was about six months, new innovations were [...]
Hard Drives – How to Re-use an Old Hard Drive
Subscriber Stuart Cropper wrote with a question about re-using old hard drives: Some years ago, I took a course on computer repair at that time technology was moving very fast and by the end of the course, which was about six months, new innovations were coming fast no updates were given by the company that [...]
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