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    Dell datasafe?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Squeeker the Cat, May 23, 2011.

  1. Squeeker the Cat

    Squeeker the Cat Notebook Consultant

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    does anyone use this? i mean, i ordered the recovery disks from dell with my laptop, so whats the point in this program?
     
    Squeeker the Cat, May 23, 2011
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    The online part I think this was to get you to subscribe (pay money) for a service. When I saw it I thought, 2GB ok...and then I saw that it was only good for one year. I used it to create the image disk.

    I think they are trying to replicate/brand cloud storage as a money maker. They are a business and should try to make money :)
     
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    Squeeker the Cat Notebook Consultant

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    so should i just delete all the datasafe stuff then? since i got the restore disk from dell?
     
    Squeeker the Cat, May 23, 2011
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    I guess if you want a "clean as you can get" system...otherwise I tend to leave well-enough alone. It's not as if it's taking gobbs of space.
     
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  5. Tsunade_Hime

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    I would create the recovery media from DataSafe Local first, just in case.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, May 23, 2011
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    Rick 64D Notebook Consultant

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    Wait till the computer tells you there is an update for the Recovery disk program (I forget the actual name). I made the disks using two DL DVDs, which I didn't know the BD Triple Burner would do, and then the program prompted me to update. If I had waited, I would have burned the two disks with the latest update info.

    My HDD Activity light was always blinking, usually about once a second, and I think it might have been the Dell DataSafe Local Backup. I uninstalled it, and it seemed to calm down a bit, but I swapped out to an SSD before I could really verify that that was the culprit.
     
    Rick 64D, May 23, 2011
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  7. Squeeker the Cat

    Squeeker the Cat Notebook Consultant

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    ok well i made the data safe backups LOL........so i guess ill delete DataSafe i figure its not doing anything right? since you can only make 1 set of backups i may as well delete it huh?
     
    Squeeker the Cat, Jun 16, 2011
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  8. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Why would you delete Data Safe? You can initiate Windows reimaging from Data Safe and I believe the program in Windows ties to the recovery partition so removing it may hose your partition.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jun 17, 2011
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