Pigeon_Droppings2
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Is using using Linux an option maybe on an older machine?....I don't use it myself but I've heard its a lot less fussy about what it runs on.
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yes but if your not fussy use win 7 or 8 if it runs ok
Pigeon_Droppings2
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Same here but I'm forced to move with whatever OS my customers prefer...a lot stayed on Win7 for quite a while but now they've all moved and so must I
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also the same both win 7 and also sp1 update as well
the system is reliable and stable dont have to put up with updates that can crash or cause errors like windows 10
@skotl no i dont like windows 10, I dont like tabs if i want tabs i wil buy a tablet or phone instead.
or the we will update when we want to on your system
I certainly didnt like the enforced win 10 update through the windows updates that installed nagware to upgrade to windows 10 or the forced install onto users machines without the consent of the user
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I know. You said already. Many times.
OK I am still working on some suggestions but I need to clone a disk.
I used to use Acronis but whilst I still have the serial numbers the download links have expired.
I decided to go the easy route and got a cloning box of amazon but sadly it does not seem to clone my disks. Probably as one is a sata 1 tera byte and the other is an SSD 500 but hey I tried.
So now looking for a quick way of cloning one disc to another the easy way. I really would like to keep the original format of the disk as its factory installed windows so it should be an easy recovery to factory settings.
I used to use Acronis but whilst I still have the serial numbers the download links have expired.
I decided to go the easy route and got a cloning box of amazon but sadly it does not seem to clone my disks. Probably as one is a sata 1 tera byte and the other is an SSD 500 but hey I tried.
So now looking for a quick way of cloning one disc to another the easy way. I really would like to keep the original format of the disk as its factory installed windows so it should be an easy recovery to factory settings.
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I have Windows 11 running on some really old kit. This isn't the oldest at 2012 as the other mini PC is not in use at the moment but it runs fine. There are a few hoops you need to jump through such as downloading the latest W11 ISO from Microsoft and burning it to a USB with Rufus. on really old kit like this you also need to disable all the Microsoft security crap and install your own as MS is a CPU hog. (you won't find anything about this bit on the web as I had to work it out myself)
I even had W10 running on an Acer Aspire aOne from 2008 and it only had 1.5GB of memory. A bit slow but usable for browsing.
The Panasonic Toughbook from 2008 with an IDE drive even ran W10 but it was quite awful as drivers were in very short supply and it did take nearly 5 minutes to boot.
I nearly forgot to add that I bought a W10 Pro licence for £5 which can be used for W11 multiple times so not exactly expensive.
I even had W10 running on an Acer Aspire aOne from 2008 and it only had 1.5GB of memory. A bit slow but usable for browsing.
The Panasonic Toughbook from 2008 with an IDE drive even ran W10 but it was quite awful as drivers were in very short supply and it did take nearly 5 minutes to boot.
I nearly forgot to add that I bought a W10 Pro licence for £5 which can be used for W11 multiple times so not exactly expensive.
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I've found that the best solution is to but a cheap SSD such as this;
Then you can install windows from scratch and you licence will be OK as its matched to your hardware and a change of HDD doesn't seem to matter. Oh and it's faster which really helps on old hardware. No need to worry about the factory settings as windows installs in 20 minutes on newish hardware and downloads all drivers during install. It's unbelievably easy nowadays.
I'd skip the cheap SSD and get a better one, not much soct difference for a pretty good reliability/preformance boost
something like
something like
do you have a normal pc you can plug the drives into? how are you cloning them right now? external dock?
Yep. I am actually using a program on a free trial using the external Dock. It won't do a clone without a PC but it appears to work cloning using software , but it's insanely slow.
I actually purchased 2 Crucial MX500 as they were 30 quid and the cheap ones were 21 quid anyway.
Just trying to establish if ease software is any better. It's 50 quid a year.
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acronis for me I might play with free software but if its good enough i will advise to buy it
the ssd hard drives i was buying wasnt up for sale out of stock, i was offered the crucials so had them stat checked in the shop
i ended up walking out with the lexars x3 and a 4tb
the ssd hard drives i was buying wasnt up for sale out of stock, i was offered the crucials so had them stat checked in the shop
i ended up walking out with the lexars x3 and a 4tb
Calling any/all PC builders..
I'd be looking at samething like this + a SSD + a pair of 30" HD tellies. Spend the other 300 if you need to - extra ram, or another HD (or rum. I like rum) No link
www.mig-welding.co.uk
how slow?
how is the dock plugged in? is it plugged into a slow usb port? have any uisb3 ports? (blue ones) ?
16 hours and counting still says 6 hours till finish but it said that this morning.
It does still seem to be working though.
I think it's called Disk Genious.
I think I.already purchased Acronis True image but it's probably an old version now.
Yes as I thought. I had purchased it. Lol
But not sure if I can download version 2017 now. Lol
Dock is plugged in via the front ports on a desktop.
I probably do have USB 3 ports but I have not needed to use anything that uses USB 3 for some time now.
This is cheaper than going through Acronis direct.
Anyone had experience with this reseller??
2gosoftware.co.uk
Anyone had experience with this reseller??
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