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Ricky
Tutor
9 years ago

Full PC Backup Software

I am looking for software to make a complete backup of my PC to my external hard drive. I had Acronis and it failed me when I needed it, so that is out. Anyone using something that they can suggest I...
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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
9 years ago
Ricky wrote:

They did not install any files. I am trying to follow your suggestions now. Problem I am running into now is the download says it will take 4 days. Speed test shows great speed so I don't know what the heck is going on.

 

If you are speaking of the download of the Windows 8.1 installation file taking that long, being that you already installed a new copy through the remote service, perhaps you can just forego that step and try installing the Rollup and its prerequisites and the Update Client.  Of course, those may take a while to download, too. 

 

Microsoft's servers may be having a fit right now with all of the downloading going on (Tuesday Update & Creator's Update), and I don't think they play nice with Hughesnet's latency when they are stressed with lots of downloads.  I've had so many problems with extremely long updates from them when my Hughesnet speeds were fine.  At other times they were great.  It's a crapshoot when it comes to the speeds of Windows updates.  

 

 

Ricky's avatar
Ricky
Tutor
9 years ago

Well I am making progress.. At least now I can check for updates. I have a ton of them as well. I am attempting to download them now. So that is good news. Saved up token bytes down to 2.1 GB. Guess I will be checking out the smart browsing feature this month since I don't reset til' the 3rd. (SMH)

 

Thanks GabeU!