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Hi folks
Youve helped me previously so confident you will be able to do so again ( or send out a Hit Man to get me off here permanent !)
Dont know whether this is in wrong section but if not you will no doubt relocate it
At moment PC running fine but cant last forever
Its 32 bit machine loaded with Win 10
Had some probs after each MS update and in the end rang MS where a rep took over my PC (which I was a bit sceptical
about ) and made some adjustments as it was taking approx 30 mins after each update to boot up Because of this I put PC to sleep instad of Shut Down
To resolve the slow machine she registered me as a new user I believe which I now log on with and all is fine
One thing puzzles me though
On boot up it asks me whether I want Win 10 or previous version Does that mean the previous version was the original install of Win 10 that was causing probs and I now have two versions separated ny a partition or something…
(You can laugh at me now if required —feel free!)
Anyway its now working fine so not really relevant re topic
My question is this
Is it possible to back up the total PC system onto an external hard drive — docs / progs / hard drive etc ( the lot ) so that it could be loaded onto a new PC (with latest spec) that for all intents and purposes is then a twin of present PC at home and could be used at the office just as though it was the same PC that I was “used to”
I could then do incremental backups of any new files and changes and if either suffered a prob I would be able to get it repaired whilst I carried on using the other and then reinstate the faulty machine to make it "a twin of the other " once again
The external drive would still have everything on as insurance (just in case)
Is it feasible / too complicated for novice like me / or am I talking out of somewhere I shouldnt …?
Hope you can see where Im coming from and if this isnt the way to achieve my end result --maybe you could suggest an alternative
The idea came about because previously my office PC went down but although I had back up I couldnt just carry on working on Home PC ( whilst the other was being repaired) until I had loaded files needed off the backup plus all the relevant software progs I needed. Time consuming and wasted from an income aspect
Your suggestions ( other than the obvious ) greatly appreciated !!
Many thanks
Crackerjack
Youve helped me previously so confident you will be able to do so again ( or send out a Hit Man to get me off here permanent !)
Dont know whether this is in wrong section but if not you will no doubt relocate it
At moment PC running fine but cant last forever
Its 32 bit machine loaded with Win 10
Had some probs after each MS update and in the end rang MS where a rep took over my PC (which I was a bit sceptical
about ) and made some adjustments as it was taking approx 30 mins after each update to boot up Because of this I put PC to sleep instad of Shut Down
To resolve the slow machine she registered me as a new user I believe which I now log on with and all is fine
One thing puzzles me though
On boot up it asks me whether I want Win 10 or previous version Does that mean the previous version was the original install of Win 10 that was causing probs and I now have two versions separated ny a partition or something…
(You can laugh at me now if required —feel free!)
Anyway its now working fine so not really relevant re topic
My question is this
Is it possible to back up the total PC system onto an external hard drive — docs / progs / hard drive etc ( the lot ) so that it could be loaded onto a new PC (with latest spec) that for all intents and purposes is then a twin of present PC at home and could be used at the office just as though it was the same PC that I was “used to”
I could then do incremental backups of any new files and changes and if either suffered a prob I would be able to get it repaired whilst I carried on using the other and then reinstate the faulty machine to make it "a twin of the other " once again
The external drive would still have everything on as insurance (just in case)
Is it feasible / too complicated for novice like me / or am I talking out of somewhere I shouldnt …?
Hope you can see where Im coming from and if this isnt the way to achieve my end result --maybe you could suggest an alternative
The idea came about because previously my office PC went down but although I had back up I couldnt just carry on working on Home PC ( whilst the other was being repaired) until I had loaded files needed off the backup plus all the relevant software progs I needed. Time consuming and wasted from an income aspect
Your suggestions ( other than the obvious ) greatly appreciated !!
Many thanks
Crackerjack
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