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Mikeal is reinstalling
Windows and has a question about getting programs back
This is more of a question of Possibility than a problem. I was reloading
my Vista Machine for a hardware problem I encountered. When I re-installed
smileycons I was looking for a way to install all of the packs without going
through each individual install for each pack. I love all of your programs, and
all your efforts to make the internet and computing a fun place to be for
everyone. Thanks for all you do. looking forward to the version 7 of
Smileycons. I am also a computer user from way back when we had the old
TRS-80's and later. (there I go Rambling). Thanks again, Mikeal.
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Our Answer
Thanks for your nice comments. Unfortunately, there isn't any way to install
all of the collections at once - however, your question does allow me to again
restate the need to keep good, full, mirror image backups.
There are many reasons why full, mirror image backups are important - had you
kept your computer fully imaged, you would not have to reinstall all of the
collections for Smileycons, nor any program you had installed. Plus, you could
have saved a lot of money because you wouldn't have had to take your computer in
for repair (unless it was a hardware problem - other than a hard drive). Even if
your hard drive failed, you could have installed a new hard drive, and used your
image backup to put everything you had on your old hard drive on your new one.
You can get Paragon Backup (program) free - but the free version has some
limitations, such as not being able to run scheduled incremental backups - which
is a convenience. You can, of course, use Paragon to create mirror-image backups
of your hard drive any time you want, but you'll have to do them manually. If you
want to mirror (clone) your hard drive automatically - on a schedule of your
choosing, you'll need to buy the paid version of Paragon or use Acronis. If you
are going to buy a backup program, Acronis without a doubt, is the best image backup software money can by. But Acronis
doesn't offer a free version - like Paragon does.
The important thing to remember is that mirror-image backups can save you a lot
more than aggravation. They can save you time and they can save you money. If
something happens to your computer you won't have to worry about getting ripped
by Geek Squad or some other computer repair service, you can get your computer
back up and running, by yourself, in 45 minutes or less. And assuming you made
the mirror image backup when your computer was running well, when your restore
your hard drive from that backup your computer will be exactly - EXACTLY - as it
was then. You won't have to reinstall anything - not even Windows. You'll not
lose one single file from your computer - everything will be exactly as it was
when the mirror-image backup was created.
We stress mirror-image backups so much because we've had to restore our computers
several times; we cannot afford to lose a single file on our business computers.
So we do practice what we preach, and we've had to use our mirror-image backups
more often than we would have liked. But anyone who uses a computer for any
length of time is going to find there will come a day when they're going to wish
they had kept a good mirror-image backup. It's not a question of if, it's a
question of when. Computers are not perfect and there are many, many things that
can go wrong - even if you take extreme measures to keep your computer well
maintained. Like humans - computers age - and the older they get the more
maladies they suffer.
Again, thanks for your very nice comments and your support of our company, our
products, and our Web sites. And thank you too for your good wishes.
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