I posted before about my computer backups for my Compaq laptop with Windows Vista. I use SyncBack SE to backup my personal files every few days. However, I still needed something to backup my entire laptop for catastrophe recovery. Well, it happened this past Friday. I was unable to wake up my laptop. I used the Windows Vista disc I bought to access system restore, and restored to a point 2 days prior. Unfortunately, my user account was corrupted. I don't know what happened, but I needed to recover. I went ahead and paid for the full version of Macrium Reflect. I had been using the free version to create disk images monthly, but was unable to restore using the free version (the free boot disc didn't work with my laptop).
The pay version worked perfectly! I was able to create a Windows PE boot disc and restore my last good image from my network drive. I am back in business after only a few hours. Here is a link to the Macrium Reflect website --> http://www.macrium.com
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Thursday, January 01, 2009
No cars in 2008 - I made it!
In October 2007 I made a commitment to my family - no cars in 2008! If you review my car buying history, you can see it was out of control - http://www.tommister.com/cars.html.In 2007 I bought 4 cars! I am looking for something to supplement my Jeep Wrangler (see my blog post Tom's World: My next vehicle....). Of course, I have revised my promise now, that I won't buy a car until I payoff the loan that I used to build my garage. Hopefully I can pay this off by spring.
Vista Registry Cleaner - CCleaner
I have been looking for a Windows Vista registry cleaner for a while, but I hadn't seen a good free one that I liked. There are some articles that say there is no benefit to cleaning your registry - I don't believe it. A smaller registry must work better/faster. I recently found CCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/). Not only does it clean the registry, it also cleans out temp files and other program settings. I have used it a few times now with no problems. If you are looking for a free registry/PC cleaner I suggest you try CCleaner.
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