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Ron Obvious

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6. I clone my boot drive every few weeks for this exact reason

Reply to mr_lebowski (Original post)

Thu Nov 21, 2019, 09:33 AM

Nov 2019

It's 2TB, so it takes a whole night, but the peace of mind is worth it. I then store the boot drive in the safe. AOMEI partition assistant is free and works great.

That's also how I upgraded to a SSD this past weekend, a simple clone, put in the new drive and you're done.

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So my 4 y.o. Solid State (System) Drive died, and I had to reinstall Windows cause somehow my backup [View all] mr_lebowski Nov 2019 OP

Good Luck with the new rig! lastlib Nov 2019 #1

Not a new OS, still Windows 10 so there's that ... took care of most of the basic stuff already mr_lebowski Nov 2019 #2

I'm with ya on keeping the C: drive clear! lastlib Nov 2019 #3

I keep Steam on its own drive as well. Just redownload Steam and point it to your old drive. Afromania Nov 2019 #4

That's what I was hoping ... been a LONG time since I re-installed Steam, couldn't remember mr_lebowski Nov 2019 #5

I clone my boot drive every few weeks for this exact reason Ron Obvious Nov 2019 #6

I recently installed a solid state drive in my desktop machine. hunter Nov 2019 #7