How many discs does it take to backup my computer?
It's going to take forever to make a physical backup of your entire machine. Do the math on how many disks it will take to fit your entire drive in it! =X You shouldn't back up your full C drive, or any programs. You are migrating to a new OS, your going to want to re-install all programs so that they perform optimally. Any precious files you cant retrieve is what you wanna back up, photo's and self made files. things you cannot lose! Use an online provider so that you are 100% covered. House burns down? data is safe. Computer stolen (and all disks on your desk) DATA IS SAFE! Off-site storage is KEY to any solid backup plan. I use http://www.backupspace.com check it out
Steam Backup asking for a CD key?
I bought Oblivion GoTY addition off steam a few months back to work with the Construction set mostly. I am trying to use the backup I made to put it on another computer instead of waiting forever in a day for it to download but the Steam backup is asking for a CD Key. I thought they didn't give you a CD Key with Steam games, for one reason you don't have a CD. But why is it doing this? Anyone know what I have to do? Any help would be great, thanks.
What are some ways to backup and recovery an Asus laptop?
Some ways to backup a COMPUTER? Regardless of whether it is an Asus laptop, Toshiba laptop, HP laptop, Dell laptop, Lenovo laptop… Sager laptop… Alienware Desktop… Asus Desktop… customer made desktop… it’s all the same.Open up Windows Explorer… or File Explorer if you insist (thanks Microsoft for renaming something that didn’t need to be renamed… AGAIN), select the files you want to back up, copy them… and then paste them onto your backup media. Could be a flash drive, could be cloud storage, could be an external hard drive… could be pasting it into the D: Drive, where you’ll burn it to a DVD when it says it is full and ready.Doesn’t matter.If you don’t know what I’m talking about… well, we just found something you need to learn about. Why? Because everyone freakin needs to know how to copy a picture or document in one directory, and paste it somewhere else.Everyone that uses a computer needs to know how to copy and paste… and how to use Windows Explorer to locate and move files.. You don’t think you need to? Tough cookies, you’re wrong.This isn’t the only way to backup your information. You can set up Windows to backup your files, to some external source. You can pay for a third party to hold your backups for you… like Carbonite.Recovery is something else.. unless you are using Windows 8 or Windows 10… where recovering, or resetting, has been made extraordinarily easy. You can start a Reset from Within Windows… you don’t have to tap some key when the computer turns on to try to hit a recovery partition. With Windows 8 or Windows 10, you go into Settings, and then Click your Update and Security category… and then the Recovery section. Click the appropriate button that you are presented with. You could also make your Windows 8 or 10 Recovery Media…. which is different from a manufacturer’s recovery media… just by using the Recovery Media Creator within Windows. Try searching Cortana for “recovery”. Click on Create a Recovery Drive. Don’t worry, clicking on that won’t automatically start making one.Otherwise, if it is a Windows 7 machine… you use the Asus Recovery media you purchased from Asus…. or you use the Asus Recovery media you made when the laptop was new, or you use your Windows 7 product key to download an ISO of Windows 7 so you can use it to install Windows 7 on your laptop… but then you’d have to go to Asus’s support site to download all the appropriate hardware drivers for your specific model Asus laptop.
What are some benefits of making a Windows 7 backup?
i do not recommend you use the Windows 7 backup tool. It is a complete and utter pile of crap.However I strongly recommend you use one of the other free backup tools. I prefere syncback for files or Macrium Reflect for full disk backup.A backup first and foremost provides a backup of your important files. So a backup immediately provides piece of mind.You would not believe the number of people (and small businesses) that come to me asking about getting their data AFTER their hard drive has completely died.A full disc image takes it a step farther. A full disc image is a 100% copy of your hard drive, a “snapshot” if you will. This also adds convenience.Lets say you just use the computer for internet browsing or all your files are in cloud storage, so you dont care about your files. Well a disk image is still a huge time saver for you. Lets say your hard drive completely dies, or say windows lost power in the middle of an update and now wont boot at all. WIth a full disc backup you just put your boot disk in and restore the backup image and you are good to go in 30–45 minutes. Without the backup you now need to install windows, install drivers, install printer, reinstall all your programs, and slowly redo all the other little settings, wallpaper, icons, favorites, preferred programs etc; 3–5 hours to be mostly back up and running, weeks to really get everything set back up just the way you like it.
How do I restore my emachines t6414 without any cd?
Hello, I hope you have a back up of your data...How to reinstall a operating system with out a recovery disk. If you can't find the ones that you made or the ones that came with the computer. I assumed you already tried (and failed) to use the [ recovery partition.] this is the easy way... This means that the next step is to call tech support, and tell them that the recovery partition doesn't work, or you can't find the recovery discs you made... and then they can SELL you a set of recovery discs that you may have to copy to a usb drive. That's just the way it works. There are two other ways use any other disk and when it is time to activate, call Microsoft on the phone with the activation window open and give them the coa or product code on the phone and they will activate and give you a number at that time. You need the OEM installation specifically for the same version of the windows that came with your laptop. Otherwise, anything other than an OEM installation of that is the same kind that came with your laptop (Basic, Professional, etc) your product key won't work. Of course, if you choose to go that route, make sure you FIRST download all the drivers for your model else you might have trouble going on line afterwards to get the drivers. Here are site that will help and that have information you need... http://drivers.softpedia.com/ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windo... http://support.microsoft.com/fixit/#tab0 CompTIA A+ Certified Computer Professional
Is there backup software out there that actually WORKS!?
Last week my second boot drive in two years died. I had backed up with 'Acronis True Image' the first time and it failed MISERABLY! $50 wasted. This last time I was using 'Easu Todo Backup'; another total failure to recover any of the dozen or so backups I had made. Do I have the wrong idea about what backup and recovery software is actually supposed to do?! I thought it mean't if my primary 'boot' drive quits, I can replace it, pop in a bootable CD or DVD and restore saved files and settings from a backed up 'image' on one of my other hard drives to recover to the original condition. Is that asking too much?! (And to the sleazy crooks at Acronis and Easus; F--- YOU!)
Can I use an Norton Ghost CD Image even if I don't have Norton installed?
Where did you store the image you made? Did you have a live CD of Norton Ghost to boot from? Can't you just reinstall Norton, since you did have it?
If I borrow a DVD from a library can I legally make a backup copy?
I think there are two possible answers:No, that right is granted only to the legal owner, and you aren’t the legal owner.If the library works around that by temporarily transferring ownership to the user and making a contract that you will re-transfer ownership at the end of the loan period, then yes, that right exists for the legal user, and so long as you don’t share the backup, and delete the backup once you return the DVD and are no longer the legal user, there’s no issue.Note that in neither case are you entitled to a right to a copy of it once you no longer have it.“But what if I made a backup, and then destroyed/lost it?” Well, if 2 is true above, then you’d arguably be entitled to continue using that backup until you had resolved that loss/destruction with the library, and any related fines.License terms on the disk or your library agreement may change some or all of the above, of course.
I accidentally formatted my genuine windows OS. Now my laptop does not have any OS. How can I retrieve my product key?
Hello BOSS don't worry about your original product key….. go and download RELOADER final version in order to activate windows without any problem and without any fake windows notification….but if you want the original product key YOU CAN RECOVER it from from your windows by installing software like “MAGICAL JELLY BEAN KEY FINDER” which will FIND AND GIVE THE ORIGINAL PRODUCT KEY OF YOUR WINDOWS OR EVEN OFFICE…!!!!
Recently, I downloaded a Windows 10 update on my computer, a Dell Inspiron 15 3558. Now all I see is a black screen with spinning dots. How do I solve this problem without taking my computer to a computer-repair shop, or taking the computer apart?
Install any other operating system. No, seriously. I just spent the last few days tearing my hair out trying to fix friends’ and family members’ windows 10 pcs because of whatever stupid update Microsoft decided to force on their users this week. Like, why did your update break the CDROM drive of all things, Microsoft? I don't even…Anyway. Having a computer is about productivity. Windows 10 with its many low-level bugs and poor design choices is more likely to reduce productivity than any OS since Windows Millennium Edition. In my experience that is really bad.