RESTORE HDD BACKUP

Cat, here is a ral fun project. Install Windows 8 CP on a USB3 stick. Works really well and you can carry it to any PC. Made a little write-up on how to do that: Windows 8 To Go - Setup on a USB Flash Drive or USB Disk - Windows 8 Forums

You can also download the PDF file from here: https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=475a0...A6D4035%211779

Norton & Acronis hasn't done me any favors either. A 2010 version of Acronis was given to me, it's much slower than Macrium is. Many users has reported it to not work so well with 64 bit systems, and the newer the version, the worse it gets.

I installed it on the ThinkPad, it manages to keep a 60GB HDD backed up fine. Seems to run much better on XP than Windows 7.

Norton, I wouldn't run on anything. I won a 1 year, 3PC copy of Norton 360 in a drawing & gave it away to a friend that needed a full suite but couldn't afford it. He was tickled to death at first, but on one of his computers, a low-spec one, it dragged it down. He replaced that with a single user license of ESET Smart Security, & was good to go.

ESET & Macrium has treated me well in those areas.

Cat

Originally Posted by whs

Cat, here is a ral fun project. Install Windows 8 CP on a USB3 stick. Works really well and you can carry it to any PC. Made a little write-up on how to do that: Windows 8 To Go - Setup on a USB Flash Drive or USB Disk - Windows 8 Forums

You can also download the PDF file from here: https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=475a0...A6D4035%211779

I read that article before, my only problem is that my largest USB drives are 2.0 & 8GB. The one 16GB one that I have, runs at a snail's pace.

I do need to get one of those USB3 sticks, though, being that my notebook has twin USB3 ports. The price is beginning to drop on these drives.

Cat

This is the USB3 stick I got from Newegg (currently out of stock). It has an amazing speed. Have a look: