To OG..... About AOMEI Backupper
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Hi OG And All, I am planning to bite the bullet finally and upgrade to Win10 (from windows 8.1) !:~ So, taking advice from many discussion here on CP, I thought of taking precautions (read backup). And I have few questions. 1. Do I download from www.aomeitech.com ? 2. My C drive (and only one) has about 300 GB data. How much space I need on external HDD? 3. In case of event I need to rollback, how will it work ? Will it create a bootable CD or something ? And for general upgrade: If I do in-place upgrade (or whatever that is called), will it have one drive only or it will give me option to partition? Or should I partition before? Any other precautions? Thanks in advance..
Thanks, Milind
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Hi OG And All, I am planning to bite the bullet finally and upgrade to Win10 (from windows 8.1) !:~ So, taking advice from many discussion here on CP, I thought of taking precautions (read backup). And I have few questions. 1. Do I download from www.aomeitech.com ? 2. My C drive (and only one) has about 300 GB data. How much space I need on external HDD? 3. In case of event I need to rollback, how will it work ? Will it create a bootable CD or something ? And for general upgrade: If I do in-place upgrade (or whatever that is called), will it have one drive only or it will give me option to partition? Or should I partition before? Any other precautions? Thanks in advance..
Thanks, Milind
- Yes: AOMEI Backupper: Data Backup and Restore Software for PC, Laptop and Server[^] 2) Depends n what the data is! :laugh: Some stuff compresses better that others (video for example doesn't compress well because it's already compressed). As a guide, my C: (Os and apps) plus my D: (data) is around 320GB, and backs up to about 191GB using the default compression. 3) You create a bootable CD / DVD / USB which contains WinPE from the Utilities menu in the app. That loads a "Windows Preinstallation Environment" when booted that lets you restore over your HDD. It works: first thing I did was do a "check restore" onto a "spare" HDD when I had completed my first backup. If you are talking upgrade to SDD, then use Backuper first, then use the Partition Assistant from the same company which has an option for upgrades - and it worked well for me! It will let you play with partition sizes before and after the upgrade. Me? I like to separate OS & apps from Data, and if you only have space for a single drive (lappy for example) then partitioning is a good idea. But...if you aren't partitioned already, it's a PITA to separate the two afterwards as nearly every app stores where it wants to store data differently... :sigh:
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- Yes: AOMEI Backupper: Data Backup and Restore Software for PC, Laptop and Server[^] 2) Depends n what the data is! :laugh: Some stuff compresses better that others (video for example doesn't compress well because it's already compressed). As a guide, my C: (Os and apps) plus my D: (data) is around 320GB, and backs up to about 191GB using the default compression. 3) You create a bootable CD / DVD / USB which contains WinPE from the Utilities menu in the app. That loads a "Windows Preinstallation Environment" when booted that lets you restore over your HDD. It works: first thing I did was do a "check restore" onto a "spare" HDD when I had completed my first backup. If you are talking upgrade to SDD, then use Backuper first, then use the Partition Assistant from the same company which has an option for upgrades - and it worked well for me! It will let you play with partition sizes before and after the upgrade. Me? I like to separate OS & apps from Data, and if you only have space for a single drive (lappy for example) then partitioning is a good idea. But...if you aren't partitioned already, it's a PITA to separate the two afterwards as nearly every app stores where it wants to store data differently... :sigh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
The laptop came with 1 TB (DELL ones come with single partition, don't know why they do that) and I was in so hurry to start working that I installed everything and later realized that I need to partition... So now, I have data of 300 GB in 1 TB harddisk, people say that I can partition with s/w like partition-magic without loosing data. But having only one laptop (for work) I am reluctant to take that risk.. Hence question, should I partition before upgrade to Win-10 (I am planning to try in-place upgrade first)..
Thanks, Milind
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The laptop came with 1 TB (DELL ones come with single partition, don't know why they do that) and I was in so hurry to start working that I installed everything and later realized that I need to partition... So now, I have data of 300 GB in 1 TB harddisk, people say that I can partition with s/w like partition-magic without loosing data. But having only one laptop (for work) I am reluctant to take that risk.. Hence question, should I partition before upgrade to Win-10 (I am planning to try in-place upgrade first)..
Thanks, Milind
You can re-partition without loosing any data - I did it using AOMEI Partition Assistant when I was happy with my SSD. The original setup was 1TB HDD split 50/50 as C and D. When the SSD was fine, I used PA to repartition the HDD to a 1TB single partition and had no problems at all. If you are doing an inplace upgrade, then I wouldn't partition first - you won't know if a failing app is because of the upgrade or you missed it's data when you tried to split them. What I'd probably do is upgrade, see what happens, and then maybe re-install everything from scratch at a later date onto a partitioned disk. To be honest, with only one physical disk any partitioning only brings a logical benefit - a disk failure is going to scrap both partitions, not just one! I'd also recommend doing a backup before the upgrade and a second one when the upgrade is complete. Probably unnecessary, but external drives are a lot cheaper than time these days! :laugh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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- Yes: AOMEI Backupper: Data Backup and Restore Software for PC, Laptop and Server[^] 2) Depends n what the data is! :laugh: Some stuff compresses better that others (video for example doesn't compress well because it's already compressed). As a guide, my C: (Os and apps) plus my D: (data) is around 320GB, and backs up to about 191GB using the default compression. 3) You create a bootable CD / DVD / USB which contains WinPE from the Utilities menu in the app. That loads a "Windows Preinstallation Environment" when booted that lets you restore over your HDD. It works: first thing I did was do a "check restore" onto a "spare" HDD when I had completed my first backup. If you are talking upgrade to SDD, then use Backuper first, then use the Partition Assistant from the same company which has an option for upgrades - and it worked well for me! It will let you play with partition sizes before and after the upgrade. Me? I like to separate OS & apps from Data, and if you only have space for a single drive (lappy for example) then partitioning is a good idea. But...if you aren't partitioned already, it's a PITA to separate the two afterwards as nearly every app stores where it wants to store data differently... :sigh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
My laptop has two drives.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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My laptop has two drives.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
Brisingr Aerowing wrote:
My laptop has two drives.
And it still doesn't work.
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
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote:
My laptop has two drives.
And it still doesn't work.
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
You're a cruel man... Accurate, but cruel! :laugh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote:
My laptop has two drives.
And it still doesn't work.
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
It looks like there was a manufacturing fault when the DC power jack was installed.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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It looks like there was a manufacturing fault when the DC power jack was installed.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
Brisingr Aerowing wrote:
It looks like there was a manufacturing fault when the DC power jack was installed.
That's what my step-son told me when the pin broke out of the power jack of his 3 month old laptop...this was right after I saw him dragging it across the floor with the cord. That was the last laptop we ever bought him! :laugh:
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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You can re-partition without loosing any data - I did it using AOMEI Partition Assistant when I was happy with my SSD. The original setup was 1TB HDD split 50/50 as C and D. When the SSD was fine, I used PA to repartition the HDD to a 1TB single partition and had no problems at all. If you are doing an inplace upgrade, then I wouldn't partition first - you won't know if a failing app is because of the upgrade or you missed it's data when you tried to split them. What I'd probably do is upgrade, see what happens, and then maybe re-install everything from scratch at a later date onto a partitioned disk. To be honest, with only one physical disk any partitioning only brings a logical benefit - a disk failure is going to scrap both partitions, not just one! I'd also recommend doing a backup before the upgrade and a second one when the upgrade is complete. Probably unnecessary, but external drives are a lot cheaper than time these days! :laugh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
Thanks for all the advises :-) Lappy came with 1 TB and I have 1 TB ext. HDD. So, for now, I will go ahead as you said: backup, upgrade, test for few days and then partition.. You are right that it won't help in hardware failure but at least in OS issues, it helps a little. But before all that let me make sure my other oldie laptop can connect to internet else I will be in stone-age without help in case of any issue... :doh:
Thanks, Milind
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote:
It looks like there was a manufacturing fault when the DC power jack was installed.
That's what my step-son told me when the pin broke out of the power jack of his 3 month old laptop...this was right after I saw him dragging it across the floor with the cord. That was the last laptop we ever bought him! :laugh:
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
The jack was intact, but pushed in some.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
