Unwanted updating on start up

[PEV]

Thanks Ken just acknowledging receipt ATM as am tied up all day (not bondage just busy!)

Thanks again

Ray

[PEV]

Hi Ken this is PEV (Ray) back on line.

I still have your tutorial to create a back up saved in my PC (Desk top link However I know this will sound terribly lazy but I worst happens and my hard drive fails or whatever else happens. is there a way of getting the stuff retrieved without doing all the back up and burning rescue discs?

Thing is you see all that stuff is going to be an enormous task to me and I just know i will struggle for the time alone.

So if worst happens and my PC goes bang would I be able to sort it out with the help od you guys or will I be in deep s...t? Again sorry know I sound lazy!

Thanks Ray

[KenB]

Hi Ray

 

is there a way of getting the stuff retrieved without doing all the back up and burning rescue discs?

It depends on what goes wrong with the drive.

There are basically 3 general areas that can cause a hard drive to be in a condition where it will not boot up.

 

1. Mechanical

2. Defective surface of the actual disk

3. Software ( the Operating System )

 

It is 50 - 50 if you can access the drive to retrieve your files / data if anything goes wrong.

One thing you would not be able to retrieve is installed software.

 

To access a dead drive you can either take it out and attach it to another system or use a CD with a Linux O/S on it.

( remember there are no guarantees )

 

It is also possible ( and very expensive ) to use a specialist recovery company.

[PEV]

Thanks Ken

And if I go ahead and do the whole back up, approx how much would all the bits cost to buy and how long to do it all?

Oh and my PC is a HP Pavillion 2003 issue with DVD drive and cd writer which I have never used.

Last of all but not least being a bit of a duffer would I be able to do it and if things go wrong how easy to put right?

Thanks

Ray

[KenB]

Hi Ray

 

If you take a look at the link in post #50 this explains.

The outlay is the cost of an external hard drive - you can use DVD Disks but I don't like the idea of splitting the image.

 

If things do go wrong there is a similar tutorial explaining how to recover the drive image.

http://kenspchelp.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=191

 

You can use a spare hard drive ( if you have one ) as long as the drive is big enough to hold the image.

[PEV]

Thanks Ken will have to get round to doing this!

Ray