RE: Help: Possible Hardware Failure
October 30, 2021 at 5:28 pm
(This post was last modified: October 30, 2021 at 5:33 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
(October 30, 2021 at 3:26 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Okay, so I found a solid state external hard drive. Does anyone have any recommendations for software to do the copying? It seems like I can just do that with software that already exists on my computer. Like, I remember doing this years and years ago and not needing software.
Should I do that or get software?
How old is your PC? HDD's do of course fail, but shouldn't for ages. My present PC is about 2 years old. I had a local MSY build it for me. It has a 1TB internal SSD no HDD. Faster than an HDD, no moving parts, and should last longer. . I'm not fond of having an OS on an external drive. However if I had to do it I would definitely get say a 500GB SSD at least and partition it. I've done this with mine. I have a 200Gb partition for the OS. The rest is other storage. I store large files on the external drives.
In terms of copying data. Have a look at ACRONIS. I have it for back up. It will also make a boot disc in case you need to do a clean install. So you might be able to use that on your external drive. Also has a function called 'Clone Disc', but I'm not quite sure how that works. It's currently $39.99 but comes with 30 days free. Don't know if that is full functioning. Perhaps you could check to see exactly what the features do to see if it's what you want. Good luck. The 39.99 is for a perennial licence. You have to look around their site to find that offer. Took me a while.
Oh, if you know how, have you tried installing Linux so you have dual boot system? I had a mate do that for me. This is on an el cheapo Lenova laptop ( EBAY $348) It's quite a good computer. The only issue is that it has a Celeron processor, which makes Windows very slow. So Use Linux Mint and the response times are a LOT better, about half I reckon.
Acronis Backup and Cyber Protection Software
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I have no idea of your knowledge base, so I ask this on the off chance. I'm completely self taught, so have some irritating grey areas, such as routers. However, I'm picking fair bit with this issue
I have a router problem. An ASUS TM AC1900. I recently did a hard factory reset. I've been through it multiple times and even reset it again.
It's an authentication issue on the TCL 55X2US Android TV. I have two external hard drives, on which I have mainly movies and TV shows. No problem connecting those 2 external drives to the PC
When I try to connect via SMB I get this message: " The computer you are trying to connect to requires authentication.
Please provide a username (ideally a domain name using the format DOMAIN; username and a password"
Connection via UpnP works partially, in that it does not recognise the TV folders.
I have no idea what to use. The only domain I've been able to find does not use "Domain" I presume the username and password will be those of the server? I've tried all that with no luck.
Apparently this is a reasonably common problem. If I can't fix it today, I will be spending a lot of time trawling through those alleged fixes .
Have also posted the issue on Whirlpool forums. They tend to be a bit patchy, with only a few people who actually know what they're talking about.
