- Joined
- May 25, 2009
- Location
- Ada Michigan
Hi
I've always put some of my software on other drives than the one that Windows is on.
But when I set up Windows 10 I decided to keep the install small and not put any of my software in the Program Files of Program Files (x86) folders.
I installed all my software in a folder on another drive, i.e. D:\Windows 10 Software\Photoshop.
With the exception of a few things that just install in the folders on C:\ by default or that are very small I have installed all my software in that folder.
The result is that a full image backup of my Windows 10 drive is only about 18 Gigabytes.
And it only takes about 15 minutes to either make one or restore from it.
I've already created 9 image files (I still have 4 saved) of my Windows 10 install, and I've restored it 4 times, when I messed things up.
When I do the real install I'm going to keep my C:\ drive as small as possible.
I will make a backup every week, or before making any radical changes to my computer.
I should have done this years ago, I don't know why I didn't.
But backing up hundreds of gigs of stuff was such a hassle, this makes it a lot easier.
I know that most people probably figured this out a long time ago, but I finally got the message.
Mike
I've always put some of my software on other drives than the one that Windows is on.
But when I set up Windows 10 I decided to keep the install small and not put any of my software in the Program Files of Program Files (x86) folders.
I installed all my software in a folder on another drive, i.e. D:\Windows 10 Software\Photoshop.
With the exception of a few things that just install in the folders on C:\ by default or that are very small I have installed all my software in that folder.
The result is that a full image backup of my Windows 10 drive is only about 18 Gigabytes.
And it only takes about 15 minutes to either make one or restore from it.
I've already created 9 image files (I still have 4 saved) of my Windows 10 install, and I've restored it 4 times, when I messed things up.
When I do the real install I'm going to keep my C:\ drive as small as possible.
I will make a backup every week, or before making any radical changes to my computer.
I should have done this years ago, I don't know why I didn't.
But backing up hundreds of gigs of stuff was such a hassle, this makes it a lot easier.
I know that most people probably figured this out a long time ago, but I finally got the message.
Mike