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Question from Phillip: I’ve been reading your blog for a while now and you often mention creating “System Image” backups.
Are these just regular backups or is there something different about them?
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If you’ve been using computers for a while you probably know that a hard drive or SSD failure, a horrible virus infection or some other catastrophic event can result in data loss.
If that ever happens you, you’ll need to be able to restore the drive’s contents from a backup.
The question is, which backup software should you use to create your backups? [Read more…]
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Most people use their computers day in and day out, and chances are you do as well.
Do you ever think about what would happen if a hard drive crash or other disaster wiped away all of their precious files?
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Question from Ellen: Hi, Rick. I’m a freelance graphic artist and I do all of my work on a Dell desktop computer running Windows 11.
I have hundreds of images that have either already been delivered to the customer or waiting to be delivered, and about a dozen more that are works in progress.
The problem is my husband and daughter also use this computer for Facebook, homework and games. I’m deathly afraid that my important files might get deleted somehow.
Is there a dependable and secure way to make sure they don’t end up getting deleted somehow? [Read more…]
Question from Claire: I recently lost the iPhone I’d had for several years so I bought a new one to replace it.
That’s not really a bad thing because I’d been looking for an excuse to buy a new one (smile).
The thing is I still have the backup from the old iPhone stored in my iCloud account. How can I get rid of it?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]