March 24 meeting
28 members present including 2 new members. Mar 31 is the final meeting of the season and will be a business meeting.  Decisions are to be made about new equipment purchases. Bring your input and wisdom.
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Restore Point is a light version of Back Up. It is easy, quick and very incomplete.
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Have you run disk cleanup and defrag recently ?  Why backup junk? Clean up first.

A FULL BACKUP  is vital !!  This procedure brings EVERYTHING back to today's layout and content.  Here is how:
Find some DVD-r blanks.  For safety make 2 copies with 2 different brands (Don's experienced advice) You will need 3, 4 or 5 DVDs of each brand. Peter buys whatever is on sale at Fry's or Costco. Trade some with a friend.
READY TO START
Insert a labeled DVD-r - named so you will recognize it in a year. When the option box opens, just X it closed.

Mouse to START. In the SEARCH box type Backup and restore.
Click on BACK UP NOW.

Go have a beer and check back in 30 minutes to insert the second DVD-r. The computer nags about the right way to label the disks.
Making two copies lets you keep a set in each house.


Alternately you might buy a new thumb drive of 16 Gb+ and backup onto this.  More is better.