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- Central West NSW Australia
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- Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (OS Build 22631.4169) Desktop (OS Build 22621.4317)
OK last week I wrecked my Asus Vivobook by stupidly messing around trying to loosen up some RAM, as it was suggested that a slowing machine could be made a little faster by doing that.
To cut a very long story short (and a few hours chatting to AI) , I or it ended up with a Code 0xc0000225 and taking it to the techs in town was told that the drive ws probably failing and it was going to cost me around $600-$800 for a fix if they could even do one. I thought at he tme thye didn't seem to be overly helpful if you get what I mean, and on the way home I decided to just buy a new Vivobook which I have.
Now while I am waiting I tried to get data and personal stuff off the backups I had made with AOMEI and horror of horrors, the filing system in that software demanded that I pay for the software before I could retrieve the stuff I wanted even when using the trial version, it still insists on the money.
My other machines are also backed up using that software, and it now annoys the living heck out of me that if I tried to retrieve those machines' data etc AOMEI would still hold out their greedy hand.
So has anyone got any suggestions fr a software for backup, cloning etc that is free or reasonably priced as I don't mind paying something but not the prices that AOMEI was asking for.
To cut a very long story short (and a few hours chatting to AI) , I or it ended up with a Code 0xc0000225 and taking it to the techs in town was told that the drive ws probably failing and it was going to cost me around $600-$800 for a fix if they could even do one. I thought at he tme thye didn't seem to be overly helpful if you get what I mean, and on the way home I decided to just buy a new Vivobook which I have.
Now while I am waiting I tried to get data and personal stuff off the backups I had made with AOMEI and horror of horrors, the filing system in that software demanded that I pay for the software before I could retrieve the stuff I wanted even when using the trial version, it still insists on the money.
My other machines are also backed up using that software, and it now annoys the living heck out of me that if I tried to retrieve those machines' data etc AOMEI would still hold out their greedy hand.
So has anyone got any suggestions fr a software for backup, cloning etc that is free or reasonably priced as I don't mind paying something but not the prices that AOMEI was asking for.
My Computers
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At a glance
Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (OS Build 22631.4169) Des...i7 -10510U / Intel i5 3750KSamsung 16GB DDR4 2666 MHz & G-Skill 16GB DDR...On board Intel CPU graphics & Nvidia GeForce ...- OS
- Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (OS Build 22631.4169) Desktop (OS Build 22621.4317)
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Asus Vivo notebook X712FA or Desktop Ivy Bridge build
- CPU
- i7 -10510U / Intel i5 3750K
- Motherboard
- Asus generic & Asus P8Z77-V
- Memory
- Samsung 16GB DDR4 2666 MHz & G-Skill 16GB DDR3 2134MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- On board Intel CPU graphics & Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
- Sound Card
- Laptop onboard & Xonar DSX Card
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Generic & Samsung 27" SAM0C4C
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 970 Pro NMe & Samsung 870 EVO 500GB
- PSU
- N/A
- Case
- N/A
- Cooling
- Asus in built
- Keyboard
- Generic
- Mouse
- Logitec Wireless
- Internet Speed
- 50Mbs max allowance - occasionally up to 75Mbs
- Browser
- Brave
- Antivirus
- ESET Ultimate Security on both
- Other Info
- Desktop running Windows11 Pro with unsupported hardware fix
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At a glance
Windows 11 Pro OS build 22000.376i53750K16GB DDR3 @ 2133MHzAsus GTX 650TI- Operating System
- Windows 11 Pro OS build 22000.376
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Home build
- CPU
- i53750K
- Motherboard
- Asus P8Z77-V
- Memory
- 16GB DDR3 @ 2133MHz
- Graphics card(s)
- Asus GTX 650TI
- Sound Card
- Asus Xonar DSX
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung 4K
- Screen Resolution
- 3840x2160
- Hard Drives
- Samsung EVO 970
- PSU
- Corsair HX1100
- Case
- Coolermaster HAF -M
- Cooling
- Liquid
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Sidewinder 6
- Mouse
- Logitec
- Internet Speed
- 50Mbs
- Browser
- Edge
- Antivirus
- Only Windows at the moment
