Hardware

Backup and Restore (Windows 7) – a utility for your Windows 10 or 11 PC

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This post is on how to do a full Backup and Restore of your Windows 10/11 PC, using a backup system image you created, and then restore that backup image to a new drive – maybe your PC’s drive crashed or you moved to a bigger drive.

Am planning two more similar posts – 1) Configuring System Restore ‘n then creating restore points which can be used later, if something you added or an update went wrong, to restore your PC back to a point before something went wrong. 2) Reset PC ‘lets you perform a clean reinstallation and update of Windows while keeping your personal data and most Windows settings intact. In some cases, a clean installation may improve your device’s performance, security, browsing experience, and battery life‘. ‘Sorta‘ a series…so to speak. 🙂

Create a backup System Image

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“Meet the Techs of Tomorrow Where They Are Today” — by Ankush Das

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I’ve been piddling wid Linux since 1996, and even tho Win11 Pro is my primary OS I still enjoy piddling wid, testing, and learning about Linux. In this modern world most of us already use 2-3 OSes – maybe without even knowing it, so checking out one more OS isn’t going to be that difficult, IMHO. 👏👍👌🙂

It’s FOSS has a great article by Ankush Das – “Meet the Techs of Tomorrow Where They Are Today”: A Conversation With Stu Keroff:

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SanDisk Extreme PRO® USB – ‘Fastest USB I’ve ever owned’

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Am no expert USB ‘Techie‘ but I do know what ‘Desktop Duty‘ is — it is the performance I expect from ‘My Computers‘, other hardware, my OS, and other software (to a lesser degree).

When I transfer a 4.46 GB Redcore.Linux.Hardened.2301.Sirius.KDE.amd64.iso from a download folder to a 128 GB USB (NTFS format), I don’t like waiting for 2-3 minutes – or more in some cases. Here’s an example of the different Write speeds between a 128 GB SanDisk Ultra and a 128 GB SanDisk Extreme PRO®:

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Keyboards – Full Sized, Compact Full Sized, Tenkeyless (TKL), Compact Tenkeyless, Compact & Mini…then Backlit, Wired, Wireless (2.4Ghz Dongle receiver), Bluetooth, etcetera etcetera etcetera!?!

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Four backlit keyboards tested in 2021 during search for the perfect TKL keyboard

(11/6/2025 UPDATE: This was an old post from my old Linux Newbie blog that I moved over to here)

I never realized that keyboards came in sooooooooooooo many versions ‘n styles!? How many people actually use the number pad on a keyboard? I don’t ever recall using it on any of my keyboards, but there it was, always occupying 3.25+ inches of Prime Desktop Real-estate!?! For the past few years, I have had 2-3 of them on my Desktop, which adds up to about 6.5-9.75++ inches of Prime Desktop Real-estate being used for number pads that I’ve never used.

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