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Call me not geeky enough but I use chained stand alone back up drives to protect against lost data.
SSDs are not large enough to use as data storage. They do make great OS drives. It's a pain to have to recreate a drive even if you have all the software at hand instead of having to download it
Benny Blades~"If you break down this team man for man, we have talent to compare with any team."
So back when Win8 officially launched, I didn't use the upgrade on my main PC...just used it to update my Ultrabook from the preview to the final version. My Win7 desktop PC had recently become sluggish so I figured I'd finally do the Win8 upgrade on it to put some lead in its pencil...heh.
Anyhow...the upgrade worked but the machine was having a lot of problems. First, the upgrade took about 2 hours (I think it takes a system image during that process so you can revert back to Win7 if need be, which is time-consuming). Secondly, it kept hanging when rebooting.
Decided I had enough and did a fresh install tonight. Oh, it's sooo zippy again. Yay! (Also only took 20 mins).
I had gotten in the habit of storing everything important on my 2nd hard drive, so it wasn't too painful. I just need to reinstall a few programs and I'm all set. Also, the whole Windows Account and SkyDrive combo make it a lot easier than in the past. I freaked out after formatting my hard drive, installing Windows fresh, only to see my wallpaper of my old dog Sonny greeting me when I first got to the Desktop.
As for Win8...blah. I don't use the start screen on my desktop PC. But the performance gains still make it a worthwhile upgrade. With the dual monitor system, I can avoid that screen pretty easily.
No, just keeping pictures and documents there. That thing was invaluable when I was doing my thesis, as I worked on it from three different systems and didn't have to worry about keeping files in sync.
As of October 30, 2015, the Pro Pack and Media Pack for Windows 8 and 8.1 are no longer available for purchase. Previously purchased feature pack licenses will still work.
You can also check out Dropbox as opposed to SkyDrive. I haven't done a comparison between the two, I just started with Dropbox. I encrypt anything important with PGP before placing it in the cloud.
I'm ok with 7. It works fine and I'm not moving on untill there's a clear advantage (or work goes to 8 in which case I'll convert at home to learn it quicker)
Benny Blades~"If you break down this team man for man, we have talent to compare with any team."
I failed to mention in my upgrade post that I picked up Office 2013 for $13 through work's home use dealie.
And I used this opportunity to start my inbox anew. Saved my old stuff *just in case* but it's separate. I think having all that saved email sitting in my inbox was stressing me out! There were over 21,000 saved emails dating back to 2000! lol Who knew, I'm an email hoarder?!
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