Solved Better way to do a backup


Yes, I could easily just go out and buy another drive. Didn't want to do that because I already have 10 drives on the go now. Just could use a 2T internal drive for a lot of things like testing. I don't know if these backups will actually work. this includes the Win 11 image I do each month faithfully. I have an empty new 4T usb drive floating around and I could set the up so the I could boot from it in an emergency I guess!!
Reflect has the ViBoot functionality to test boot an image file in a virtual drive
 

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Just did a quick check and the Macrium image won't fit on the T7 along with the Win 11 image so I will just leave the Macrium image on the 4T passport for now. Doesn't really matter, just a bit slower at usb 3 speed.
Back in an hour or 2. Ran the vboot program yesterday and was informed that something was mission on my drive. will look into it later today if I can.

Once again thanks for all the input folks.
 

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windows 11 up tp date.
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ASUS Prime B360-Plus
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NVIDIA
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Building a new desktop on the horizon; this was definitely a budget build based on circumstances at the time.
After every 5 days , with a Ventoy-sticky ; Macrium and AoMEI complete system-backups.
Copy them on two/three external HDDs ............no " surprises" anymore , always safe to go ...........!! :wink:
( even with unexpected hardware-failures !)
 

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Close to buying a 2T internal for testing etc. Question I have is that if my SSD croaks and I slide in PRE-LOADED internal drive to replace it (temporary), what happens to all the settings that were changed in the bios to get the most out of the SSD,s. Will the bios revert back or will there be issues.
 

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windows 11 up tp date.AMD Rysen 5 5600 G32 gigNvidia GEFORCE RTX 2060 6 gig
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windows 11 up tp date.
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PC/Desktop
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Self Built on ASUS board
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AMD Rysen 5 5600 G
Motherboard
ASUS Prime B360-Plus
Memory
32 gig
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GEFORCE RTX 2060 6 gig
Sound Card
NVIDIA
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Samsung Odyssey CG560 43 inch
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1080
Hard Drives
Samsung 2T SSD Primary/ Samsung 1T SSD secondary; WD 4T for PLEX Storage; WD 4T external also for Plex . Also 3 HDD drives for PLEX backup.
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Deepcool CG560
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Logitech
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Logitech
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500 down/500 up 3 ms ping
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Edge
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Defender
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Building a new desktop on the horizon; this was definitely a budget build based on circumstances at the time.
Taking a break; 2T internal arriving late Sunday; tried to run Vboot but ran into an issue; will work on it. VBoot issue.png
 

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windows 11 up tp date.AMD Rysen 5 5600 G32 gigNvidia GEFORCE RTX 2060 6 gig
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windows 11 up tp date.
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Self Built on ASUS board
CPU
AMD Rysen 5 5600 G
Motherboard
ASUS Prime B360-Plus
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32 gig
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GEFORCE RTX 2060 6 gig
Sound Card
NVIDIA
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung Odyssey CG560 43 inch
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1080
Hard Drives
Samsung 2T SSD Primary/ Samsung 1T SSD secondary; WD 4T for PLEX Storage; WD 4T external also for Plex . Also 3 HDD drives for PLEX backup.
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Deepcool CG560
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Logitech
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Logitech
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500 down/500 up 3 ms ping
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Edge
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Defender
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Building a new desktop on the horizon; this was definitely a budget build based on circumstances at the time.
Amazon just dropped off my new blue WD 2T old school HD. Plugged it into my exterior caddy and the drive comes up, sort of. disk manager sees it but won't initialize it. Tested the caddy with another drive the same and no problem. Any hints!!!!!!2024-05-11_16-04-58.png
 

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windows 11 up tp date.AMD Rysen 5 5600 G32 gigNvidia GEFORCE RTX 2060 6 gig
OS
windows 11 up tp date.
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Self Built on ASUS board
CPU
AMD Rysen 5 5600 G
Motherboard
ASUS Prime B360-Plus
Memory
32 gig
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GEFORCE RTX 2060 6 gig
Sound Card
NVIDIA
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung Odyssey CG560 43 inch
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1080
Hard Drives
Samsung 2T SSD Primary/ Samsung 1T SSD secondary; WD 4T for PLEX Storage; WD 4T external also for Plex . Also 3 HDD drives for PLEX backup.
Case
Deepcool CG560
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
Logitech
Internet Speed
500 down/500 up 3 ms ping
Browser
Edge
Antivirus
Defender
Other Info
Building a new desktop on the horizon; this was definitely a budget build based on circumstances at the time.
Connected HD internally where my 4T wd drive is usually parked. now I get this2024-05-11_16-36-10.png
 

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windows 11 up tp date.AMD Rysen 5 5600 G32 gigNvidia GEFORCE RTX 2060 6 gig
OS
windows 11 up tp date.
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Self Built on ASUS board
CPU
AMD Rysen 5 5600 G
Motherboard
ASUS Prime B360-Plus
Memory
32 gig
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GEFORCE RTX 2060 6 gig
Sound Card
NVIDIA
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung Odyssey CG560 43 inch
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1080
Hard Drives
Samsung 2T SSD Primary/ Samsung 1T SSD secondary; WD 4T for PLEX Storage; WD 4T external also for Plex . Also 3 HDD drives for PLEX backup.
Case
Deepcool CG560
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
Logitech
Internet Speed
500 down/500 up 3 ms ping
Browser
Edge
Antivirus
Defender
Other Info
Building a new desktop on the horizon; this was definitely a budget build based on circumstances at the time.

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