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Post by Ratae on Oct 11, 2013 23:36:26 GMT
Nob, that 2TB desktop drive looks a good buy, can you let us know how it goes. Its a drag and drop drive Alan the sister in law got one that backs up in auto, I just want a back up drive, its not portable cos it has a PSU in the plug, and is 3.5 drive. But I'll let you knowhow it copes with the backups. That's very much the same way as my media player hd works. Since I bought this 23" desktop, I just use the media player hd for a film and vid backup. Don't have it connected to the tv anymore.  |
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Post by nob on Oct 12, 2013 8:03:56 GMT
Its a drag and drop drive Alan the sister in law got one that backs up in auto, I just want a back up drive, its not portable cos it has a PSU in the plug, and is 3.5 drive. But I'll let you knowhow it copes with the backups. That's very much the same way as my media player hd works. Since I bought this 23" desktop, I just use the media player hd for a film and vid backup. Don't have it connected to the tv anymore. I was looking at the slim external drives that fit in your pocket, they are 2,5 inch drives, but this can sit on the desk as I don't intend it being portable, but they do some small ones now if you want to carry them about that take power from the USB port. This is USB3 (blue plug) but backward compatible with USB2 that I use. |
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Post by Ratae on Oct 12, 2013 9:25:28 GMT
Yep, I have two portables.Both are WD Passport models, one is 250gb and is what I keep my portable programs like Ccleaner and FF portable on, use this sometimes for fixing my pals' stuff. T'other is the 1tb job which I keep my backups on. Both about the size of a smartfone. Very handy, just slip them in your pocket. The thing is, my desktop is in my sitting room, the lappy is upstairs in my den/office and my little netbook is usually in my rucksack. I'm a moving target much of the time innit.  |
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Oct 13, 2013 15:05:45 GMT
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Post by nob on Oct 13, 2013 16:25:32 GMT
 naughty boy.
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Post by Ratae on Oct 13, 2013 16:45:57 GMT
"Wealthy young fella puts it about a bit before settling down shocker!" Nothing to see here folks........move along please! |
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Post by petersmyth1 on Oct 13, 2013 23:16:04 GMT
Dinky you are the problem with this country, no wonder you left the police, you want everything to be controlled to pre-war standards. Rumour has it Cameron got pissed out of his mind on his 21st birthday but does any one give a damn. Neither Osbourne or Cameron were in power at that time or their suspect misdemeanours so Dinky why drag it up? Lets have an answer this time Dinky |
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Post by nob on Oct 14, 2013 11:44:57 GMT
Anyway, The PC backed up using windows 7 backup and recovery, 378Gb took 3.5 hours. Disk created also laptop to do now then Im sorted for the next cock up. Was walking past a horse chestnut tree today, conkers all over the place, Got me thinking in my time as a kid they wouldn't have been there cos we would be playing conkers with them, after soaking in vinegar then baking to make them hard.  But alas the kids of today cant play conkers In school because of Health and safety. Mamby pamby state now.  Laptop backed up, 87Gb.  |
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Post by arch on Oct 14, 2013 13:41:31 GMT
Anyway, The PC backed up using windows 7 backup and recovery, 378Gb took 3.5 hours. Disk created also laptop to do now then Im sorted for the next cock up. Was walking past a horse chestnut tree today, conkers all over the place, Got me thinking in my time as a kid they wouldn't have been there cos we would be playing conkers with them, after soaking in vinegar then baking to make them hard. But alas the kids of today cant play conkers In school because of Health and safety. Mamby pamby state now. Laptop backed up, 87Gb. Watched Countryfile yesterday, apparently this year has been an abundant year for fruit on trees. The bloke J. Craven were talking too said it happens every 7 years or so, where trees have more fruit than even the wildlife can cope. He called it some name or other. Anyway I have an Oak in the garden and I were only thinking t'other day the acorns were well full. It's like a free trolley dash with the Jackdaws. |
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Post by Ratae on Oct 14, 2013 13:46:49 GMT
Anyway, The PC backed up using windows 7 backup and recovery, 378Gb took 3.5 hours. Disk created also laptop to do now then Im sorted for the next cock up. Was walking past a horse chestnut tree today, conkers all over the place, Got me thinking in my time as a kid they wouldn't have been there cos we would be playing conkers with them, after soaking in vinegar then baking to make them hard. But alas the kids of today cant play conkers In school because of Health and safety. Mamby pamby state now. Laptop backed up, 87Gb. Fixed How many discs did you use for the W7 backup Nob? |
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Post by nob on Oct 14, 2013 14:12:52 GMT
Anyway, The PC backed up using windows 7 backup and recovery, 378Gb took 3.5 hours. Disk created also laptop to do now then Im sorted for the next cock up. Was walking past a horse chestnut tree today, conkers all over the place, Got me thinking in my time as a kid they wouldn't have been there cos we would be playing conkers with them, after soaking in vinegar then baking to make them hard. But alas the kids of today cant play conkers In school because of Health and safety. Mamby pamby state now. Laptop backed up, 87Gb. Fixed How many discs did you use for the W7 backup Nob? Put it in the new external HDD Dave, then it tells you to create a boot disk that you can restore the image with, so just one CD needed along with the new external. Anyway, The PC backed up using windows 7 backup and recovery, 378Gb took 3.5 hours. Disk created also laptop to do now then Im sorted for the next cock up. Was walking past a horse chestnut tree today, conkers all over the place, Got me thinking in my time as a kid they wouldn't have been there cos we would be playing conkers with them, after soaking in vinegar then baking to make them hard. But alas the kids of today cant play conkers In school because of Health and safety. Mamby pamby state now. Laptop backed up, 87Gb. Watched Countryfile yesterday, apparently this year has been an abundant year for fruit on trees. The bloke J. Craven were talking too said it happens every 7 years or so, where trees have more fruit than even the wildlife can cope. He called it some name or other. Anyway I have an Oak in the garden and I were only thinking t'other day the acorns were well full. It's like a free trolley dash with the Jackdaws. Saw the start of that countryfile Arch, he called it summat starting with M. Was it a Mast year? Googled it. |
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Post by arch on Oct 14, 2013 14:26:50 GMT
Ha ha beat me to it Nob, looked on iplayer and listened to what Craven said tinyurl.com/k9x57cf |
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Post by nob on Oct 14, 2013 15:19:06 GMT
Cant say Ive heard that before, |
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Post by Ratae on Oct 14, 2013 15:44:48 GMT
Ah! When I did mine I used the discs supplied with the desktop. That was 4 cds including the boot one. The acronis one is on my external.
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Post by petersmyth1 on Oct 14, 2013 22:51:18 GMT
Dinky I'm still waiting. |
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naughty boy.
