Recent content by tpriest

Just run Macrium & Hasleo system backups. Hasleo: File size 101.59GB; Compression: default (None); Check Image: Nothing; Time 00:32:04 Macrium: File size 62.26GB; Compression: default (medium); Verify image: Yes; Time 00:16:33 The file size difference could well be the result of the compression...

I've just run a full system backup - no checking, took 49 minutes from an SD to an external USB3 drive. By comparison Macrium Reflect does the same full system back, to the same drive, including verification, in 04:01:18. Something very strange going on.

Just running another full backup of the C: drive partitions with Check Image: Complete Mode. The estimated time remaining goes up every so often, currently 40 minutes to go, 21 minutes elapsed, 35% completed. I have to go out and unlike Macrium, as the Hasleo log file doesn't give timings, file...

Thought it worth posting a recent experience and salutary lesson. Thursday evening I decided to try Hasleo Backup Suite (HBS); I currently use a paid version of Macrium Reflect V.8. My desktop system has 2 SSD drives, 512GB for C: and other system partitions, 2TB for D: data drive. I ran HBS...

That sounds to be similar. I turn my PC off regularly, certainly every night, so perhaps seeing it more often as the various apps look for updates and apply them.

Fairly often, a few minutes or so after starting my desktop PC , I see the desktop icons being refreshed. I assume something has been updated, though perhaps not Windows itself as that's usually more obvious. I've tried to have Task Manager open and watch the activity but not seen anything. Had...

Odd. The default on my version, Microsoft 365, is black. Have you changed the Theme in Page Layout? In the Format Cells dialogue if I click the dropdown arrow for Colour the colour alongside Automatic is Black. What is it on your system?

How did you resolve the problem?

Right click the file on your wife's machine and select Properties. At the bottom is there a Security section "This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer" and an Unblock box alongside? If so tick the box and try again.

A non-technical elderly friend who is paranoid about privacy changed her laptop for one running Win 11 late last year. I've helped her with PC problems for several years and said I was happy to securely destroy her old PC and HDD as I've done for others many times. She said she'd think about...

Solved it. It's due to Excel adding a second horizontal axis when a second data set is added and this doesn't take on the Reverse property of the first horizontal axis. This axis is hidden. So had to make it visible, set it to Reverse, then hide it.

I have 3 columns of data: Col.1 Dates in descending chronological order (most recent at top) Col.2 mpg associated with each date Col.3 £/litre associated with each date I want the line graph to show this data with the dates on the X-axis showing the most recent on the left. Seems perfectly...

Thanks for your thoughts but it looks as if there was some sort of problem earlier with Gmail/Outlook or thereabouts. I sent an apology for the repeated email to all and that went through straight away. Will mark this as resolved.

Good thought. But no, 3 files totalling 2 Meg.

Thanks. It's getting weird. The test emails I sent are dribbling through. But no sign of the original walk report email. System problem somewhere?