Windows 10: Struggling here how do you backup windows 10?

When I go into users on c\drive my name is not there! How do I change it to me and do I have to keep the other folders?

 

You could try this method, its for windows 7, but still should work for windows 10. Seeing how you just made an image backup, if you mess something up, you can restore everything right back, and try again.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...lder-name.html

 

Think I have messed up. Oh well backup restore it is I couldn't just copy the contents in HP folder to a folfer with my name and delete HP folder. Could I?

 

Without making some changes in your registry, don't think so. Also could try making a NEW user account, with your name, and make sure the new account has Admin status.

 

In c drive are you talking about as I already have an account with administrative rights. When modifying HP in c drive I put in the same name on the HP folder and then went into group policy. And set it as administrator now when I go to personalise it says the file does not have a program associated with it arrrrgggghhh.

 

Well Macrium failed me Acronis did the Job though.

 

There are no ads, it is not malware. It is Linux based Open Source project. The installer is also open source. There is nothing wrong with using it, which is actually one of the faster imaging tools out there.

 

Sometimes you have to keep going through different tools, until you find one that works. One hard drive that was failing on a laptop that I replaced with a new hard drive. I had to use EaseUS ToDo Workstation, to do a Sector by Sector back up, so that I could also shrink the inage down to a smaller size.

 

I have another problem, I am not getting notified of emails on computer. I have answered every post from my phone apart from 1 where I was in the mail app and seen it. I am taking it back tomorrow, they can repair it user name Etc. It's only a few months old, I wanted 10 professional but my Dell computer was on it's last legs. Two new hard drives. Then the display went. I decided it would be cheaper buying a new one as something else would happen to it in the not to distant future.

 

hollyoajs77, now is the best time to buy. Some computers last linger then others.

I have a 25 year old Toshiba Satellite laptop, that still works. I had to put in a nee hard drive and upgrade the RAM. But only use it when I am doing something outside in the garage or downstairs.

 

Yes my HP is my new computer mate. 25 years old. That's great. I might get my Dell sorted after Christmas. So I have a backup. Thanks mate. Paul.

 

Hi,

If that bothers you, you can change it quite easily by opening up explorer, selecting the documents folder, properties, location.
You can then change the address of that folder to whatever you fancy for as long as the location is physically available.
For instance, mine is set to point to partition D:\. I did the same for all the folders that save content to the drive: Download, Pictures etc.
If you just want these to point to a different partition you could do this through "Settings" > "Storage" too.

As for the .xml file Macrium Reflect want to use to identify the backup you made, it's not really necessary. it's just a convenience whenever several backup copies are kept in the same location..

Cheers, *Wink

 

I thought you had to keep December drive clean mate because it's your recovery drive! And is there not a limit to Dr's drive. Restricting how much storage you have as a partition? I would really like to do a clean install of Windows 10. But jellybean key finder doesn't give you the product keys, plus I would like to clone the disk so I can just install all my programms Etc. But I can't get Acronis or Macrium to clone it. On Acronis, when I pick the destination drive, well, I can't it's greyed out. And Macrium says there's not enough room on my external hard drive and there is. That I would love to do. But when I tried to go back to Windows 7 professional, I formated the c drive, and then it said I couldn't install anything on the c drive, so I think it was unable to see the drive after I formatted it. This would have allowed me to get Windows 10 pro. But I couldn't do anything with it so I had to take it back to pc world, and they couldn't fix it either so they had to send it away to get fixed and when I picked it back up the guy just said it was a software fault and they updated the bios, and that was all he knew about it.

 

To find your product key use this link, to download this keyfinder, which is made by one of our members, and works quite well.

https://www.tenforums.com/software-ap...7-showkey.html

 

Hi,

Why would it be my recovery drive?
I just keep my C:\ drive for the OS, anything else goes elsewhere. D:\ partition for Data etc. Backups are made locally to D: but a copy goes to an external HD, server, whatever.
Just common practice in large corporations really.


Jelly Bean won't return correct key under Win 10 so use Showkey as suggested by OldMike65. It's very good.


I never, ever, ran into probs using Macrium Reflect Free, not ever. If it objects to something then AFAIK it's correct in doing so anyway.

Sorry to hear about all the trouble you had to go through but really, a pc is just a pc no matter how hard an OEM tries to make it "unique".


Cheers, *Wink