#938 – How to Back Up a Machine That Won’t Boot

Back it up first!

But what if you can't?

What if Windows or the hard disk or something else is so broken that you can't boot the machine to fire up your installed backup program?

There is another way. It won't work for every type of failure, but it'll work for a bunch.

How to Back Up a Machine That Won't Boot

Also this week:

• System Resource Monitor is cool.
• Proton VPN is cool.
• Backing up encrypted data properly is important.

As always, links below.

TEH Podcast

Like the subject matter at hand, this episode is likely to generate strong opinions on way or another. We talk about ... Twitter, the controversy currently surrounding it, the alternatives, and the likelihood that those alternatives will kick in.

There's also new stuff from Apple, and we both lament the "should I upgrade" question we get constantly.

All that and more in TEH 174: Twitter, more Twitter and Apple Updates.

(Speaking of social media, I've updated my "link in bio" pages, both biz and personal, with links to all the places I'm currently monitoring. Start here and here.)

Take care,

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How to Back Up a Machine That Won't Boot
You need to boot to back up, but you can't boot. What then?

The rescue or emergency disk provided by many backup programs is more useful than most people realize.

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Also This Week on Ask Leo!

Monitoring Your System with Resource Monitor Resource Monitor helps you understand what's happening.
Here's a helpful system resource tool that doesn't get nearly the press it deserves. https://askleo.com/10128

Proton VPN: A Fast, Reliable VPN Service My experience using Proton VPN on a recent trip.
On a recent overseas trip, I exercised Proton VPN extensively and was very pleased with the results. https://askleo.com/149485

How to Back Up Encrypted Data The best approaches may not involve encryption at all.
Encrypting your data is important for security, but it also adds risk that's easy to overlook when backing up. https://askleo.com/43760

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How to Back Up Encrypted Data Encrypting your data is important for security, but it also adds risk that's easy to overlook when backing up. https://youtu.be/Crpv6bYUpFc

Proton VPN ' A Fast, Reliable, VPN Service On a recent overseas trip I was able to exercise Proton VPN extensively, and was very pleased with the results. https://youtu.be/_55n0HhRv0g

How to Back Up a Computer that Won't Boot The rescue or emergency disk provided by many computer back up programs is more useful than most people realize. https://youtu.be/ZzeYvtzNssg

Monitoring Your System with Resource Monitor Here's a helpful system monitor resource tool that doesn't get nearly the press it deserves. https://youtu.be/hL8eAzJz0cw

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