Recent content by BrianS

Well @Buddy I fixed my backup crisis with brute force and ignorance of nerdy stuff (simply dont trust what I dont understand). FWIW I was able for a small ££ obtain a duplicate Acer pc W11 outfit and have now created a fair copy of my set up on both m/c with all the common apps etc. I have...

Well @Berton you gave me a golden tip. I plugged a 64G stick into my Asus/merlin router and followed their SIMPLE instructions with the USB app within and voila I have some storage accessible by BOTH my pcs and NO INTERFERENCE FROM Microsoft CREDENTIALS MGR. Oh have I really escaped from goadamm...

All I can do is to echo my frustration with the whole UTTER SHAMBLES of Microsoft home soho networking. I too have run slap up against this crappy Network Credentials thing that stops you dead in your tracks. Ive wasted hours trying to make it work and its utter rubbush. I create a new permission...

Thnx @Brink I didnt think it was right. The Virtual HDD tutorial descended into a Nerdy playground arguing over quotes vs double quotes Jeez . As Baldric said "I have a cunning plan". No more Nerdy nonesense and its sssssooooo simple. Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Are we saying here that W11 can be copied to another machine? Surely not - this would be piracy

So why did you steer me down the dead end path of an Oracle Virtual Machine? I am confused, What are the Cons of the Virtual Hard Disc method?

Well TG pulling out a file from an image is just not the same as recovering from a HDD crash to a new disc AFAIK. OBTW we are in W11 domain now with some dark restrictive practices in place eg gpedit, VM, compulsory M $ account registration and others - only available on Pro Its like looking...

@Bree pls see my response A little help finding backup software to your identical post i dont think cross posting is allowed?

Hi C Care to expand on this solution. I see s/w free offerings such as Daemon tools, DVDfab, WinCDemu, Gizmo drive ? These set up a virtual HDD in part of your RAM and store files as ISO. So is this going to be suitable for testing a 6GB BU file for restoration? No one else has suggested...

Well brilliant that is ssoooooooooooooo easy NOT Oracle VM - instal error - needs Python bindings, Python core / win api ZSi Solera SOAP. No links dig in yourself to the SDK manual - no links, found it no description on loading Python from sourceforge. Setting up a VM sooooooooooooooo...

Thanx K9 (8.97?) will report on results as @glasskuter said on another thread Some coaching for a Macrium Reflect newcomer, please STOP DO NOT RESTORE - you are only checking with MR - scary eh?

Hi TG have you actually had to use one of your backups in a real crash situation yet? It aint over till the fat lady sings as they say?

Yup good point, will follow that up

Yup we all sail along in blissful ignorance until the SHTF. Certainly happened to me, without warning - a HDD crash on W8.1. Never had such a disaster since my Commodor PET and the ludicrous audio cassette tape to store programs! It seriously dented my confidence. A tech shop fitted a new...

yup I'll be watching you. waiting to get my sandbox m/c set up to go down a similar route