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Resetting my PC - will I lose PT 2018?
I may need to re-set my C drive in my Win 10 Pro system. Has anyone done this and choose the Windows option: "Reset My PC"... and then "KEEP my files"? Did you lose all your stuff, like Pro tools, Plugins, etc... All PT projects are stored on other internal drives. Just trying to find out what I could lose before doing this. Thanks.
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Re: Resetting my PC - will I lose PT 2018?
You have to read well what Windows says when you select the option. If you select refresh OS you won't loose your programs but you could loose some authorizations, iirc
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Re: Resetting my PC - will I lose PT 2018?
If you want to feel more in control, you could open the computer case(with it off) and unplug the power to all hard drives except drive C: until after the reset. I also highly recommend saving downloaded programs and updates (which makes re-installing things easy at a later date). I keep a 500GB USB drive just for installers and updates. I also keep a 2TB USB drive that holds nothing but drive images of the C: drive in every computer I own(once a year for most and every few months for my PT system).
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Re: Resetting my PC - will I lose PT 2018?
Okay thanks. Still sounds very scary! Trying like hell to avoid starting from scratch... but I have a feeling I'm going to end up there. Thanks guys for your advice. Andy
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Re: Resetting my PC - will I lose PT 2018?
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Acronis True Image(not free, but very good) Macrium Reflect (free) AOMEI Backupper (free) or Backupper Pro(paid but has more features that make it worthwhile). Windows 10 can do it, but read up on the limitations Drive cloning is another good option. I just had a major corruption from a power failure, but I had cloned my system drive to a spare drive about 6 weeks ago. Pulled the corrupt drive and stuck in the clone and went back to work (cloned over the corrupt drive a week later so I still have a fresh backup)
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Re: Resetting my PC - will I lose PT 2018?
Yes Albee, I know. I used to do it with Norton Ghost... but when they stopped that software, and I went to Acronis, I could never get it to check out after doing a clone. I guess I'll have to figure out what I could have been doing wrong. Lesson learned here, I guess. Yes.... it does SUCK to start OVER.
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Re: Resetting my PC - will I lose PT 2018?
I used Acronis for years, but moved on to Macrium Reflect. Far better, a lot easier to use and much more reliable. YMMV.
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Re: Resetting my PC - will I lose PT 2018?
Thanks I will definitely keep that in mind!
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Re: Resetting my PC - will I lose PT 2018?
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Same here. For PC macrium reflect has been solid. No issues. I do use acronis on my Mac. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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Re: Resetting my PC - will I lose PT 2018?
Price? Best Buy product? I'll get it tonight.
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