Backups, part 3 (backing up your Windows installation)
Posted by Mike Halsey in backups on 29. Sep, 2008 | 1 Comment
So we’ve covered moving your files away from the drive or partition on which you’ve got Windows installed. We’ve also covered how you can get those files backed up. But what about Windows itself? Reinstalling Windows, all its updates and all your software can be a real pain. What about installing all those updates and [...]
Don’t lose your discs, and buy shoes!
Posted by Mike Halsey in backups on 28. Sep, 2008 | 0 Comments
I’ve lost count of the number of times someone’s come to me with a PC support request who, when I asked if they have their Windows install disc or the driver discs that came with their hardware and computer, stare at me blankly… or worse!
Shoe boxes are tremendously useful things, one of their best uses is [...]
Backups, part 2 (Windows backup software)
Posted by Mike Halsey in backups on 26. Sep, 2008 | 0 Comments
Backups in Windows 98 and XP
In the second part of this article series I wanted to tell you about the backup software in Windows. I was just about to write a long piece about how to use the backup software in Windows XP when I remembered I’d already written one. You can find it HERE.
Backups in [...]
Backups, Part 1 (Move your documents away from Windows)
Posted by Mike Halsey in backups on 24. Sep, 2008 | 0 Comments
Following on from my recent article about restoring Windows in the event it becomes corrupt, I thought I should follow that with an article, a series of articles really because its such a big subject, about how to secure your data and back it up to make sure you never lose any of your files, [...]
