It is important to have two drives so the data partition will not be affected if drive one becomes corrupted or fails. The annual subscription with 50 GB of online storage costs $20 per year. The subscription version comes with 50 GB of online storage, but more storage is available at a small cost. This computer has the subscription version of Acronis True Image installed. The E partition has copies of applications and is generally a static partition except when new applications are archived to it. Drive one has a single C partition that has the operating system and applications installed. The primary workstation has Windows 10 Professional installed as the operating system. The computer has a standalone version of Acronis True Image installed and is generally powered down and not connected to the internet for security reasons. The computer connects to the office network with a USB wireless device (often called a dongle). It has legacy software installed on it and a 3.5-inch floppy drive just in case it might be needed in the future. The operating system is Windows XP Professional with service pack three. The following is an overview of a sample small office setup where three computers are used.Ĭomputer number one is a legacy computer. The article is based on using the standalone version of Microsoft Office 2013. This article does not address the issue of storing data in the cloud and the issues that might be associated with Microsoft Office 365. This article addresses one approach to image and back up a small office computer system using Acronis True Image as the image/backup software. Data may get corrupted for various reasons. The traditional reason to back up a computer is because things go “bump in the night.” Hard drives are mechanical and will fail, it is only a question of when.

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