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davrosG5
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:37 am Posts: 6954 Location: Peebo
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So I've just got a new PC, previously a Mac. Machine has Windows 8.1
Question 1 Good idea to set up a local Admin account then use my Microsoft Account as a standard user for normal use?
Question 2 I'm after some backup recommendations. On my Mac I used Time Machine and also did a weekly backup to an external hard drive using SuperDuper (which I kept off-site). Equivalent on Windows? The machine has a SSD boot drive and separate HDD data drive and a spare HDD that I got for backup purposes. I also have my external drive I was using on my Mac which I can reformat for use on the PC once I'm satisfied all my files are safely across.
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JohnSheridan
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:10 pm Posts: 1057
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I just use SyncToy - free software by Microsoft.
You create folders pairs - the left being the folder you want copied and the right where it is copied to.
Dead easy to use.
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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1. Yes. It is bad practice, even with UAC, to run as administrator on Windows, just as it is on a Mac.
2. I used to use Acronis Non-Stop Backup. It works like Time Machine. But I now just use Microsoft SyncToy to an external drive and NAS. For off site I use Carbonite, which I also used to use on my Mac.
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