[Magdalen] Computer woes

[Jim Guthrie]

I do full backup with recovery disk about once a month; I also save my main is 
in total to a dated directory on an external hard drive.

It takes most of the night to make the 500M backup, but it has saved me a few 
times.

And then My PC Backup grabs all my workfiles and backs them to the cloud 
automatically.

Cheers,
Jim

-----Original Message----- 
From: Charles Wohlers
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 8:27 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Computer woes



-----Original Message----- 
From: P. Dan Brittain
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 8:02 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: [Magdalen] Computer woes

My primary (desktop)is giving me messages that I am going to have a hard
drive failure soon; to do an immediate backup and then replace the drive.

I did the backup (I have an external HD set to back the computer weekly). I
went to Best Buy before band rehearsal to pick up a new HD.

I have the recovery disks I made when I got the computer new several years
ago, along with the recent backup.

When I replace the drive, do I try t boot up with the recovery disks?


Yes - after all, the drive you bought will have nothing whatsoever on it.
You'll also have to format it and partition it (if desired). The recovery
disks (Windows 7?) should cover this. Remove the old drive and replace it
with the new one.

You'll also need the install disks for all your programs (e. g., MSOffice),
and will need to reinstall those. Backups typically don't back that stuff
up - only stuff you've created (docs, music, pictures, etc.).

And you'll need to set aside a fair amount of time to do all this.

Good luck!


Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com