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Clean Win10 Installation, Question: Auto Backup & Secondary HDD
Hi Guys, a few questions which should be easy enough for you to awnser I hope!
First of all I'm an everyday Linux user, I haven't used Windows much since Windows 7 was out! so I am a bit rusty with Windows 10 as such.
I'm building a new PC for my Dad as he is still running on Windows Vista with very old hardware. The new tower iv built him has a Gigabyte mobo with an AMD Ryzen 3 processor, 8GB of Ram, a 480GB SSD for the OS and a 2TB HDD for storage. Iv purchased and installed Windows 10 Pro x64 on the SSD, that's as far as iv got at present. My questions are:
1. Is there a way to keep the entire user folder on the Storage HDD? I'm thinking of this way so the system folders such as App Data etc. isn't lost if the SSD fails. Or is the best way to just relocate the Document, Photo folders etc. via the folder settings?
2. If I can't transfer the entire user folder, what is the best backup utility to use? Incase of SSD failure, I would want to be able to swap the failed SSD out and restore the entire system from a backup image stored on the HDD. A free utility would be great, not sure if Windows has something already included in the OS? If not I don't mind paying for a utility that will get the job done.
I am thinking of installing the following programs, just wondering if you guys have any other suggestions or would want to recommend something better:
LibreOffice Suit for word processing
Google Chrome for Web browsing
VLC Media Player
Ccleaner to keep the system uncluttered
7zip for file achives
Adobe PDF Viewer
Malwarebytes Free Edition
Windows Deferender (I hear its pretty decent these days)
iTunes for his iPhone & iPad
Shotwell Suit to keep his photos organised.
Any other suggestions will be much appreciated. Thanks, Dan.
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