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OriginalGriff26-Dec-14 22:40

OriginalGriff

26-Dec-14 22:40

I prefer "Note to self..."[^]

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

glennPattonWork327-Dec-14 0:00

glennPattonWork3

27-Dec-14 0:00

Useful note to self...

OriginalGriff27-Dec-14 0:13

OriginalGriff

27-Dec-14 0:13

One place I worked, that was my desktop wallpaper... Sigh | :sigh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Michael Martin27-Dec-14 1:06

27-Dec-14 1:06

OriginalGriff wrote:
I prefer "Note to self..."[^]

Last place I worked full time I had that printed out and stuck on my monitor. My supervisor had senior management talk to me and get it removed.

I told senior management and the supervisor that if that was how I felt they would already be dead, and seriously, did they think I would need a weapon to f*** the whole office over if I wanted too.

I spent a lot of time in Canberra after that and when that contract finished they didn't find me another position, I was retrenched.

Michael Martin
Australia

"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004

Cornelius Henning27-Dec-14 2:34

Cornelius Henning

27-Dec-14 2:34

Note to self:

You just cannot fix stupid! Suspicious | :suss:

This is called working remotely

Amir Mohammad Nasrollahi27-Dec-14 8:57

Amir Mohammad Nasrollahi

27-Dec-14 8:57

Note to self:
Its not important when is Monday, its important that tomorrow isn't Monday!
-Recursive Paradox! Dead | X|

-Regards Due
Amir Nasrollahi

Rutvik Dave26-Dec-14 20:46

Rutvik Dave

26-Dec-14 20:46

This Australian software developer has turned his van into an office. Nice idea!

David McKinney[^]

Remind Me This - Manage, Collaborate and Execute your Project in the Cloud

DaveX8627-Dec-14 2:20

DaveX86

27-Dec-14 2:20

You know when they stick the prisoner in the metal box outside to punish him?...that's what that van reminds me of Smile | :)

dandy7227-Dec-14 2:46

dandy72

27-Dec-14 2:46

But is he down by the river[^]?

PIEBALDconsult27-Dec-14 5:05

PIEBALDconsult

27-Dec-14 5:05

Like a huey with the rotors removed.

S Douglas29-Dec-14 7:58

S Douglas

29-Dec-14 7:58

I have a Telstra 4G Wi-Fi Hub which is connected to a booster aerial (used for 4wd CD radios). You can see this aerial on the front left of the van. This gives me great network coverage everywhere I need to go.
Nice idea!

Someone needs to get Christian Graus in contact with this guy. See if they can find a way to get him internet access. Smile | :)

Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.

Backup Software

Michael Martin26-Dec-14 17:13

26-Dec-14 17:13

Just wondering what people here use to backup their own machines and also for relatives or small customers?

I know there is Windows Backup and File History built-in to the last few versions of Windows, but I would like something that was able to backup without compressing the data.

I have a couple of customers who are using Windows Backup to take Images and Backup their data, but want to backup to another USB HDD with the data so they can copy it back if they stuff up a file or two.

I have a few new customers I have taken over from someone getting out of IT, they are all using Cobian Backup as that was free software liked by the previous IT bloke. Problem for me is the source code for the software has been sold several months ago and there is no news on if a new version will be availlable soon and if so will it be charged for and if so how much?

Now I don't mind paying for good software, especially if it isn't priced out of reality. As several of the customers are private individuals without huge budget for software purchases.

So give me your recommendations and reasons for the software you use.

Thanks

PIEBALDconsult26-Dec-14 17:34

PIEBALDconsult

26-Dec-14 17:34

Backup schmackup! Sigh | :sigh:

Michael Martin26-Dec-14 17:44

26-Dec-14 17:44

PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Backup schmackup!

Says the majority of new customers who happen to call hoping for miracles when the fan and the sh!t meet quite unexpectedly.

Jacquers26-Dec-14 20:20

Jacquers

26-Dec-14 20:20

I've used Todo Backup Free[^] before to back up a drive and restore it. It should have settings for specifying the amount of compression used or turning it off. It also allows you to mount and access the files of a backup image - so if you need to restore a missing or corrupted file you could do that.

I've also used Aomei Backupper[^]. Basically the same as Todo backup with a lot of the same features.

Reason for using them? They are free (for home use) and they did the job Smile | :)

Otherwise you might just want to use some file syncing software[^] to sync the important files to the external hdd.

dandy7227-Dec-14 2:34

dandy72

27-Dec-14 2:34

This probably doesn't apply here, but all I use at home is robocopy.exe (which is already in your %windir%\system32 directory) and a batch file.

I use nothing but VMs. Backing up is a matter of syncing .VHD files. I don't bother backing up the VM host, as there's nothing running on it except maybe for custom motherboard drivers, which take about 3 minutes to install after reinstalling the OS from an ISO, which itself takes under 20 minutes.

As an added bonus, diskmgmt.msc can mount those .VHD files, so you can access the content as if it was another drive.

_Maxxx_27-Dec-14 15:38

_Maxxx_

27-Dec-14 15:38

Time Machine[^]

PooperPig - Coming Soon

Michael Martin27-Dec-14 15:54

27-Dec-14 15:54

_Maxxx_ wrote:
Time Machine[^]

It's sh*t. Get very little Mac work, but when I do it's invariably Time Machine stuff ups.