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Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 16 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Are you just buying a download? If so, charging extra to post out a pile of DVDs sounds reasonable.

 
jamanda
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 16 10:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Treacodactyl wrote:
Are you just buying a download? If so, charging extra to post out a pile of DVDs sounds reasonable.


Yes I have bought it as a download. But do I need the DVDs? is what I wondered. (I'm pretty sure I can buy them separately should they ever be needed.)

 
tahir



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 16 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You shouldn't need the dvd

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 16 11:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

if it is like photoshop the download should come with various codes and emails that will allow you to redownload/ reload it if necessary (until they stop supporting that version which will probably be in about 3 new versions time).

it should not be a problem for several years but after that you might have to buy a new version(or use open office/libre office )

 
chez



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 16 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think you can do a thing when you install it which creates your own backup, which means you shouldn't need their disks. I think there should be an option to do the thing as you go through the install process.

I think the thing is called mirroring? Or something?

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 16 2:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

a full back up to an external drive will mirror your entire pooter including os,programs and files.

 
jamanda
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 16 9:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
a full back up to an external drive will mirror your entire pooter including os,programs and files.


I think is is probably the way to go.

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 16 8:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

it does give some degree of continuity in case of hd failure ,lightning on the phone lines,electric vermin etc etc .

 
wellington womble



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 16 11:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
electric vermin





I have visions of little battery powered critters running about like remote control cars.

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 16 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

if only electric vermin were so cute,the current crop seem to encrypt one's data and demand a fee for an unlock key that might or might not arrive.

less imaginative ones just bot your machine and spam the rest of the world.

one of my favourites turned all of iran's hex centrifuges up to such a speed they broke and seems to have got loose although it can find suitable hosts none seem to be connected to the right sort of kit for it to break anything else(so far) but it might be a bit annoying in your sugar factory or laundry if it finds a centrifuge attached to the right host etc.

 
Shane



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 16 8:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You don't need the DVD. When you make your purchase you'll get access to download the installation files and will be given the serial numbers to activate the MS Office programmes. Just keep a copy of the downloaded files and a record of the serial numbers in case you ever need to reinstall.

 
jamanda
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 16 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Shane wrote:
You don't need the DVD. When you make your purchase you'll get access to download the installation files and will be given the serial numbers to activate the MS Office programmes. Just keep a copy of the downloaded files and a record of the serial numbers in case you ever need to reinstall.


Thanks Shane. That is what I have done.

 
Nick



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 16 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
a full back up to an external drive will mirror your entire pooter including os,programs and files.


This will not work with all operating systems.

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 16 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nick wrote:
dpack wrote:
a full back up to an external drive will mirror your entire pooter including os,programs and files.


This will not work with all operating systems.


that seems a bit poor of the writers

 
Nick



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 16 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Not really. Some os security/anti pirate measures mean they can only be linked to a single hdd or motherboard, without going thru tech support.

 
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