[Simply Computers] backup and restore

 

during boot-up)Vincent, Roger, Bob Austino, and other backup Buffs--
This week I had a painful example of the need for backup, and related
insurance. After recovering, I reviewed some recent posts here. Some
comments about Bootable discs puzzled me.-- About that, later.
My other machine (desktop, Win7 home Prem(64), adequate Ram and an internal,
500Gb HDD backup) didn't exactly die, but became unusable. Symptoms were
extremely slow operation, during which it would have a flurry of Disk read
sounds lasting about 1-2 seconds, followed by 36-38 seconds of silence,
repeated. At this speed, any scan is either frustratingly slow, or
impossible. Malwarebytes and Security Essentials were impossible. The Disc
activity light was constantly on. Boot took over 30 Min. My first thought
was Virus!!, but some of the symptoms were more hardware. I couldn't get to
the back-up. after over a day of frustration and two restore attempts, I
started getting a series of "File Corrupted" error signals. I finally found
a bootable disc that let me get to the Windows back-up files. The first step
back was no good (Remember how long this took to determine) but the second
worked.
Checking after recovery showed that the bulk of my data (Mail, technical
calculations, etc) were OK. some recently installed Apps were gone, and the
layout of my desktop was changed.
One of the tests I did was a "Drive Fitness" test from Hitachi I was aimed
at by one of you. This test took over 9 hours, but reported the C: Drive (1
Tb, Hitachi) to be OK. Waiting for that took a gross amount of patience,
and some faith. My thanks.
I still don't know what happened. After apparent recovery, I ran a COMPLETE
scan for malware, viruses, etc, using a fresh install of MS Security
Essentials. That took a LOT of time, even at normal speed.
Back to the recovery disc. I don't understand some comments Bob made about
difficulty in making one. It is a normal step in setting up the Windows
back-up system. I have just made a new one, for redundancy.
Also- most of the back-up talk is about Acronis and similar programs, and
the Widows set-up seems to be passed over. Why is that? It worked for me. I
have Acronyms on this machine, but haven't needed it-----Yet.
Thanks to all-- Bill--W4BSG

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