Odd computer behaviour
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weltweit
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What do you think about these: 1tb external hard drive - Google SearchCheck your PMs
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I think they're likely to be fake. They will have a much small memory chip in them and the firmware will be messed with so they report at a higher capacity.
I'd want something from a recognised brand from a proper retailer.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Ok, there are more credible ones from Amazon or Argos for around £40-60 .. they look more genuine ..
Most of them are USB3 - I think my PC is USB2 ..
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
It's backwards compatable, but data transfer will be slower. I've bought a few recertified hard drives from western digital. They've always been new.
Edit: Frustratingly they have little stock at the moment.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Then you'll probably be fine. That was just belt and braces. Are these really old ones that predate creative cloud? You might be able to find the key with a third party programme, but tracking down the install files can be a pain.
Is there any useful data on C ?
It might be more convenient to buy a couple of 500GB USB sticks if that's all you have and keep the data on both. In an ideal world you'd keep one outside of your home and rotate them.
weltweit
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There is my desktop where I store loads of immediate stuff. I have to reorganise it because some time back the data was all moved to a backup folder replacing all the icons on the desktop with shortcuts.
Apart from that and users stuff it is mainly windows.
Interestingly the machine has been up and stable for some hours now, not to jinx it but - getting a proper backup out of this would be progress in itself
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
There is my desktop where I store loads of immediate stuff. I have to reorganise it because some time back the data was all moved to a backup folder replacing all the icons on the desktop with shortcuts.
Apart from that and users stuff it is mainly windows.
Interestingly the machine has been up and stable for some hours now, not to jinx it but - getting a proper backup out of this would be progress in itself
Even if it was brand new then backups of stuff like photos are so important. You just can't replace them.
weltweit
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I could delete a lot of photos, I have usually a few shots of the same thing and only use one. Takes a bit of thinking how to avoid deleting the good ones but I expect I could write protect the best ones and lose the rest. Raw files from my camera are 30mb each so some savings to be made.
weltweit
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UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I'd be tempted to go for a 1TB for future storage needs as they don't cost much more, but it will do fine
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
I usually "dump" my images as uploads to Ipernity ... not everything needs to be made public on there !
These days I rarely keep images on the lappy, most get uploaded but I do keep both camera chips and an external hard-drive as back-ups for completed / important work.
{which reminds me, this weekend is meant to be file backup / clean up day }
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Yes, you are probably right .. a 1tb would make more senseI'd be tempted to go for a 1TB for future storage needs as they don't cost much more, but it will do fine
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
I think {!} that's what my external HD is supposed to be.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
There are a lot of 500gb memory sticks on Amazon from names I have never heard of ..
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Again be wary. SanDisk are good though.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
OK, been looking what do you think of these UnderOpenSky ?
Toshiba Canvio Ready 1TB Portable Hard Drive - £43.99
1 year guaranteeSeagate Retail 1TB Portable Hard Disk Drive £39.99
2 year guaranteeWestern Digital Elements 1TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive £49.99
2 year guaranteeSeagate Retail 1TB Portable Hard Disk Drive £39.99
2 year guarantee
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
Yeah - I've used these in the past as backup/left in place in my laptop because they are small extra storage drives. Both the 256 and 512gb - without issue.
Bought them for the offspring's college laptops too
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
weltweit
Well-Known Member
So I got a 1tb external drive and backed up all my stuff. Many hours (with USB2).
I noticed the computer behaved itself while I was just using file explorer to back up stuff which made me wonder, every time it has crashed it has been running Edge so I wondered if perhaps I have a bad sector where edge is located. Now running check disk on my C drive to see if there is a problem. However, like many of these processes it is going to take an age to come up with an answer and it seems running it from file explorer it won't repair the disk even if it finds a fault.
Does anyone know if it is possible to just reinstall Edge in Win 10?
I noticed the computer behaved itself while I was just using file explorer to back up stuff which made me wonder, every time it has crashed it has been running Edge so I wondered if perhaps I have a bad sector where edge is located. Now running check disk on my C drive to see if there is a problem. However, like many of these processes it is going to take an age to come up with an answer and it seems running it from file explorer it won't repair the disk even if it finds a fault.
Does anyone know if it is possible to just reinstall Edge in Win 10?
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
depends how cautious you want to be.
having one external hard drive and using that as your backup device is better than nothing, but i know someone who did this, then had a power surge or something while he was in the middle of a backup, and that buggered both the computer and the external drive...
i have two external hard drives and use them alternately - there's a few programs out there to do backups so that it just sees what has changed - i use syncback (which is a free download) although i'm sure others are available. i've found it fairly good, although it sometimes gets in to a tangle round clocks forward / back (which it isn't supposed to)
possibly taking it a step further, i then copy latest hard drive to the laptop i use when i'm away from home (although i'm away from home less than i used to be), and i keep one of the hard drives at mum-tat's house (i also backup mum-tat's computer on to the pair of hard drives when i'm over there, so there's an 'off site' backup of her computer here.)
i'm a bit wary of using anything cloud / online as storage - i am aware some people used fotopic as storage for their photos, and it went bust suddenly - i think it was eventually possible to download your stuff, but it was unavailable for some time...
having one external hard drive and using that as your backup device is better than nothing, but i know someone who did this, then had a power surge or something while he was in the middle of a backup, and that buggered both the computer and the external drive...
i have two external hard drives and use them alternately - there's a few programs out there to do backups so that it just sees what has changed - i use syncback (which is a free download) although i'm sure others are available. i've found it fairly good, although it sometimes gets in to a tangle round clocks forward / back (which it isn't supposed to)
possibly taking it a step further, i then copy latest hard drive to the laptop i use when i'm away from home (although i'm away from home less than i used to be), and i keep one of the hard drives at mum-tat's house (i also backup mum-tat's computer on to the pair of hard drives when i'm over there, so there's an 'off site' backup of her computer here.)
i'm a bit wary of using anything cloud / online as storage - i am aware some people used fotopic as storage for their photos, and it went bust suddenly - i think it was eventually possible to download your stuff, but it was unavailable for some time...
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
It will be possible, but I don't think it's a great idea, I think this kind of granular troubleshooting isn't helpful, you can spend so long trying to unpick things. A fresh environment rules out a lot.
I know it's a ball ache but just go for the reinstall. It's an old PC and your system will just feel nicer for it anyway. If your still having problems then it might well be hardware, but at least you've rulled a lot out.
If you don't have problems afterwards, then your now confident on your back up and restore and your PC will likely feel faster for it anyhow. My work lap isn't even two years old yet and I'm really looking forward to doing this. I'm swapping 365 domains so feels a great time.
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newme
Giant in Pastyland now
Looks like a saw mill for hazardous materials lol
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Ideally we are all working on a 3 2 1 backup. Have the data on your machine, a local backup and off site backup which could be cloud or driving it round to your mates house.
I think cloud is great as most people, including me are forgetful and it's really easy to have constantly sinking. But for the reasons you say it wouldn't be my only backup. That said I trust Google with my data more then I do my hard disks failing.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
I just reinstalled Edge, wasn't so hard to do just a few minutes.
Ok, how do I do it?
