System Repair

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  1. web
    Posts : 350
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit + Windows 10 pro 64bit duel boot
       #1

    System Repair


    Hi all was about to upload my system repair folder to dropbox but then i thought is this safe to do ? ...... or is the better way to do this ?
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  2. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #2

    What exactly is your system repair folder?
    Please explain what problems your computer has and what you are trying to do.
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  3. web
    Posts : 350
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit + Windows 10 pro 64bit duel boot
    Thread Starter
       #3

    sorry should say system image ..... I made a system image saved on separate internal hard drive but wanted to save to a cloud based thing for want of better words but didn't now if this was safe to do ?
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  4. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #4

    To me anything in a cloud is subject to bad things happening to a larger degree than keeping your image in house.
    On my computer I do as you have done. Save it to a separate drive.
    If you have access to the internet with just that computer a image in a cloud would not help.
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  5. Posts : 1,379
    Win7 Pro 32-bit, Win8 Pro 32-bit
       #5

    While you might be able to save images to a "cloud", even if you could do a restore from the "cloud", I would advise strongly against it -- as any drop in network connection would cause the restore to fail. You want to run a restore from something hard-wired to your PPC, preferable, an external drive or another internal drive.
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  6. web
    Posts : 350
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit + Windows 10 pro 64bit duel boot
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       #6

    I wouldn't restore from a cloud site just save the system file there I was asking is this safe to do ?
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  7. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #7

    Each cloud has it's own security. As far as I know nobody know which one is safer than the others.
    Whether it is safe or not is always a question.
    I know for sure it is safer on a separate hard drive that you have position of.
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  8. Posts : 1,379
    Win7 Pro 32-bit, Win8 Pro 32-bit
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    web said:
    I wouldn't restore from a cloud site just save the system file there I was asking is this safe to do ?
    Any "cloud provider" is going to say YES -- after all, they want your business.

    If external drives cost a fortune (which they don't), or using them to do backups and restores was really difficult (which it's not), then I could see using "the cloud" as a cheap, simple solution.

    But personally, I'm not will to trade the security of keeping my valuable data local to me, for the convenience of transferring it across a network to a sever farm over which I have absolutely no control.

    But ... that's just my choice.
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  9. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #9

    Yje cloud is as safe as the cloud owners made it. But why on earth would you want to put your whole system there - including passwords, product keys, etc.
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  10. web
    Posts : 350
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit + Windows 10 pro 64bit duel boot
    Thread Starter
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    whs said:
    Yje cloud is as safe as the cloud owners made it. But why on earth would you want to put your whole system there - including passwords, product keys, etc.
    Finally a answer but did u just say that, or do u know that ????? surely u cant hack it like looking in windows from that file ????

    pss when things have gone bad in the past ive been asked for a network drive or network save ect isn't this the above like thing ???
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