Over a week has passed since the last blog post and the reason why is because I've been attempting to make a comprehensive backup of the computer software.
The pc has two solid state drives and I wanted 'cloned' copies of both. A simple 'copying' of the drives wouldn't be sufficient as there are 'hidden files' and partitions, etc.
My first attempt was to start the pc using a usb thumbstick with Linux on it. Once Linux had loaded I could use GParted to see the computer drives and disk partitions along with their identifications. Then I used the powerful Linux 'dd' command to clone the c:/ drive to an external usb drive.
It took 2½ days of continuous running to clone the disk….. And it failed! The second attempt; another 2½ days; was successful . Then the second drive needed to be cloned. It's taken 7 days, but I now have a cloned copy of the computer.
Meanwhile, Jan has been busy picking fruit from some of her trees. The Bramley produced some useful fruit and the Damson plum was heavily laden.
Jan stewed the apples and some of the plums to make several apple & plum sponge puddings.
Several days latter she picked the remaining plums.
These will probably be made into jam.
We appear to now have a small orchard.
- Gravenstein Apple
- Bramley Apple
- Red Fuji Apple
- Pink Lady Apple
- Lemon
- Lime
- Orange
- Apricot
- Mulberry
- Avocado
- Damson Plum
- Peacherine
- Mango
My brother had also given us a passionfruit vine cutting
4 comments :
Jan certainly looks after you, serving up fruit sponge puddings!
But isn't your two and a half day cloned copy already out of date?
Jenny Jan knows the importance of keeping a good man happy :-)
Brian,
There will be a delay to the reply as I've 'bricked' the pc :-(
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