On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 4:38:48 PM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:32:42 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> > wrote:
>
> >On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 3:27:12 PM UTC-10, Leo wrote:
> >> On 2021 Mar 18, , dsi1 wrote
> >> (in >):
> >> > Time Machine? Apple's getting way advanced!
> >> > I had to look that one up since I don't know nothing about no Apple. Windows
> >> > has something similar with System Restore although that one just reverts your
> >> > machine to the point in time that you take a "snapshot" of the system. It
> >> > does not actively back up your drive. Using an external drive is a good move.
> >> > Most people using System Restore will use their single internal drive. I
> >> > don't have any options like that. I can live with that.
> >> When one's internal drive fails, System Restore won´t be of much use to
> >> them. The odds of two drives failing at once are slim. With Time Machine, I
> >> can go back a year or two to retrieve old single files at the time I choose.
> >> I can, but I´ve never had the need.
> >> System Restore on a external drive is a far better option for everybody using
> >> Windows, if that option is available to them. External drives are real cheap
> >> now.
> >> If you want lightning in a box, replace your internal HDD with a SSD. I
> >> don´t know how that works in the Windows world.
> >
> >You're certainly right about using an external drive. OTOH, one day you'll end up with a computer that has no USB port to connect to. My son's latest computer has two drives. They are both solid state drives but one's faster than the other. I don't don't know how that works in the Window's world either. For anything I want to save
> on my computer, I got a 64 GB Micro SD card. It's in a internal slot but it's seen as an external drive. It probably cost around $20.
> Mickey Mouse computing.
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I'll take my set-up over your antique any day pal!