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Article #697523Re: Would this computer be good for PC Gaming?
From: Rin Stowleigh
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:47
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:47
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On Wed, 8 Feb 2017 09:47:30 -0700, "rms" <rsqui...@MOOyossmanMOO.net> wrote: >>BTW....Just got home and checked the website...can add a 128GB M.2 SATA SSD >>(Boot) to the 2TB hard drive for $125 and can add a 256GB SSD for $250. > > A nice thing about a separate boot drive, is you can put a >backup/restore utility on a usb flashdrive, then back up the entire >bootdrive partition to the hard drive (I use Acronis' utility, there are >many others). So if the OS gets corrupted somehow, you can restore and be >back up in a matter of minutes. > >rms I do this on one of my dev machines for work using iDrive (cloud backup service + tools like disk imaging, dropbox-like file sync, etc), the primary reason being that sometimes I like the peace of mind of knowing I can quickly restore the C partition to a "before" state, in an experimental before-and-after scenario. I don't really bother with that on other less critical systems like my gaming rig, I use the built-in Windows recovery media system for that (burning the recovery media for each system to its own thumb drive). I've never actually needed to do a restore using the Windows method, knock on wood. I do also have Acronis that I'm using for local backups, and they have some interesting drive-wipe options that I use when getting rid of old hard drives that had financial data on them. But I do get tired of them trying to sell me a new version every year, with dubious "new features". I could probably get away with just using iDrive exclusively, since it works across both PC and Mac.
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