Recent content by BLZeebub

Cheers all. If it wasn't for the premium price of the EOS R and the AF/Exposure foibles along with the lowish FPS it would have been a simpler choice but it seems like we are back at the early DSLR wars type situation where the big boys lag behind the new kid in the class. Sony seem to have...

Morning All, It's been some time since i've been on TP but pop in now and then for a read. I'm not fully up to date nowadays so was looking for some advice - but first some history. Many moons ago my main use was motorsport but i moved away from that and then it was predominantly airsoft as i...

Just a note on the wireless ext drive - as a general rule, wireless is slower than wired and less reliable. More convenient (when it works), utter PITA when it doesn't! A NAS is definitely worth considering as part of the strategy but bear in mind K.I.S.S. B->

The biggest problems with backup strategies are will you actually do it and have you checked to see if it works! I've known of many situations where the first time a backup has been needed was the first time the user found out it wasn't doing the intended job. A few things to think about. The...

Bang per buck will definitely be with a Desktop PC. You have the option to upgrade and you will have more options on everything including the screen. Whilst im not a mac fan at all, if you want the least hassle out the box then you probably want to go that way - but as already noted, you wont...

Deleted files are easily sorted by turning on the admin option to use a recycle bin on the Synology boxes. I tend to preach multiple copies of anything important as the more you have the less likely they will all be lost! B->

Have you tried uninstalling the adpater from Device Manager? B->

Personally, i'd set it up as 2 mirrored (RAID 1) drives. That way you have a copy of everything on each drive automatically duplicated to a second. There is always the risk that the NAS box blows up everything at once but not that likely. As an added option i would have a separate external drive...

If youre going with a large case then i'd look at some of the full size boards and not the micro ATX size. It gives you a bit more space to work with and helps with heat dissipation. B->

In 5 years the CPU architecture will definitely have changed so you wont be swapping out the current CPU with a bang-up-to-date one. The difference will more likely be that you'll be able to get a more recent AMD than an Intel. Once upon a time AMD were way ahead on the bang-per-buck curve vs...

Have you tried Scan for a prebuilt system? They do various ones specced to different uses. One thing to think about is whether you will actually upgrade the CPU at any point in the next few years. If the answer is yes then i would take a look at an AMD based systems as they tend to support...

A desktop will generally get you better bang per buck but the biggest advantage is that it's much easier to upgrade. Assuming you go for something fairly decent there's more upgrade potential than a laptop and you can expand as you go along. Big brand names aren't always the best bet (although i...

Just be aware that any failed attempts may make the job harder (and therefore even more expensive) if you end up going for one of the recovery specialists. The 4 recoveries we had done by Kroll Ontrack ranged from just over £1000 to just under £3000 - and two of those were the same person that...

Kroll Ontrack are one of the best in the business that ive used for some customer data retrieval a few times but they aren't cheap. It depends on how important the data is really.