• WSastro

    WSastro

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    • in reply to: Encrypted backup kicks ransomware to the curb #1552388

      Not very helpful. 2GB? YOu could backup 2GB to a DVD. A lot of questions unanswered. I have four 2TB drives. I don’t see how encrypting my folders helps – won’t the ransomware be inside the encrypted folder?
      PARAGON Backup offers a capsule – an area on the disk not seen by the OS where backups are stored. I do a differential backup every night of about 500GB to the capsule on a separate internal drive – all automatically

    • in reply to: Why continuing support for XP is bad math #1451196

      I use and like Windows 7 – but there are no drivers for my scanner, my webcam and my special purpose equipment. Several pieces of proprietary software will not run on Windows 7. All of these run fine on XP and there are no replacements, except for the scanner. So some I run in Virtual Box on XP and some on a laptop with XP.

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