Recent content by Walter11k

Thank you! I used to do something similar with the built-in Windows restore, but it quit working long ago. I really appreciate you taking the time to explain it in detail. I looked on google and was not able to find the information.

I tried something like that and failed. Let me rephrase it. I have a desktop computer. I want to connect via USB a hard drive from a laptop and produce an image of the laptop HDD on my desktop computer. Then I want to use that image on my desktop computer (of a laptop HDD) to plug in another...

The latter would be far preferable. It seems if I restored his computer from a backup on his hard drive that it would interrupt me operating his computer from a distance.

He's 88 years old. New tricks are not on the menu for this old dog. I need a way to be able to send him a drive that he can plug in and go. I guess I could make several back-up drives when I have the computer in hand, but it seems that someone might have a way to restore a drive from a different...

I have a friend overseas who occasionally needs his Windows 7 computer (Thinkpad X220/240) restored to factory settings. He mails me the computer and I use the discs from Lenovo to reinstall Windows and then mail it back. All of the backup/restore software I can find requires that you have the...

I own a piece of software that requires me to run Windows 7. Apparently 6th generation Intel processors are the last ones that can run it. I own a Legion T730 that is gathering dust. It seems the fastest 6th generation processor is the i7-6950x. I am wondering if I can simply purchase it and...