Recent content by FDretired


  1. Need to find a decent backup, restore and cloning software

    AOMEI Backupper "free" for one year only!
  2. Anyone Else Still Using Old Software Every Day?

    IrfanView https://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm
  3. Video trimming software?

    Microsoft store Video Cutter - Bandicut
  4. Windows.old file new install

    I use Disk Cleanup, including system files, and it deletes windows old folder.
  5. Wifi gone on one computer

    If TP link USB is Wifi 5 it is plug and play with window. If it is Wifi 6 you will have to install a driver which would be in the adapter.
  6. Solved I paid Microsoft's premium Copilot agents to do my work - they were confidently bad at it

    This has been my experience. I use copilot extensively. For example I have been asking Copilot questions on my recovery from surgery. The answers given with references were later confirmed by the surgeon on follow up appointment.
  7. System Restore

    Thank you
  8. System Restore

    Revouninstaller does it. https://www.revouninstaller.com/ I prefer using Geek which does not do that. https://geekuninstaller.com/
  9. If Macrium Reflect X is too expensive, what will you switch to?

    I am using Macrium free and Active@ Diskimage. IActive @ Diskimage. Recent pricing 49 dollars for 3 PC. When I purchased it about 6 months ago it was just under 60 dollars with no limit on the numbers https://www.disk-image.com/index.html
  10. Backup Apps

    I have 2 separate installations of Windows 11 on individual SSD. I label one as "Practice win11" From my working windows 11 I made an image of the "Practice win11" with Active disk Image I then deleted all the partitions and also formatted the practice SSD. I then restored the Active...
  11. Backup Apps

    I only use it to mount the image and retrieve a file or a folder. For the rest I use Macrium Image free. I note the thread is very old 2010. The restore does defragging. I do not know whether it is the case with the recent versions.
  12. Backup Apps

    I have been very happy with Macrium Free until recently with the mounting issue. I occasionally need to access a file from an image. . finally settled for https://www.disk-image.com/index.html There was a small learning curve as the interface is very basic. I purchased a licence at a...
  13. Overwhelmed - Macrium Reflect

    My new routine. Weekly image with Macrium Image free followed after this by Active@ Disk Image. I rarely have the need to mount an image and Active@Disk Image works with no problem. It took me some time to learn the interface on this program. It is very fast...
  14. Solved Macrium reflect free - cannot mount image after upgrade

    Experts on this forum consider turning off vulnerable block list even for a very short time has theoretical risks.
  15. Reflect 8 No Longer Mounts an Image File for Windows Explorer

    I am disconnected from the internet when the security is nuked. Addendum. I did further reading with the help of co-pilot. The risk is not totally mitigated if I am not connected to the internet. However, it is minimal if I just mount the image retrieve some files and do nothing else.
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