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Clone Your Windows Machine for Free! Saving Photos On Vacation. S/PDIF 101

Friday, May 23rd, 2008 – running time 31:02
A free alternative to Symantec's Ghost for drive imaging, the answer to Veronica's Time Machine problem, ideas for saving photos you take on vacation -- without bringing a notebook along, help with the Tekzilla RSS feeds in iTunes, & the winner of our Zune contest!

Check out the Interactive Episode at VideoClix.tv

Veronica's Time Machine Problem:

In response to Veronica's pleas for help regarding the rapidly diminishing amount space on the external drive she uses with OS X's Time Machine, many of you sent suggestions and solutions. And while all were greatly appreciated it was the one email from Sam that correctly diagnosed Veronica's problem.

Drive Imaging:

We received a couple of emails about the backing up a Windows install so that during an emergency everything can be copied back without having to reinstall Windows from scratch.

The operation is typically known as imaging your drive or ghosting –after the name of a popular disk imaging appilcation. Unlike simple file copy process, disk imaging copies all the attributes of the drive including things like the boot sector, hidden files, and file system.

Pat and Veronica had several recommendations including Norton Ghost or if you're interested in something alittle more free check out Clonezilla.

Saving Flash Media Contents without a Computer: We got a question about how to save pics off a flash memory card without using a computer. Short answer is that you'll prolly need to look at getting something like the Epson P-3000 if want to transfer photos off flash media and still be able to look at it but a $400 it's a pretty expensive option. Now if don't want to spend that much check out what Pat and Veronica have to say about that, in the show.

Using an iPhone with iPod Docks

A particular interesting question we got from a viewer was about using an iPhone with an iPod dock. Although Veronica points out that Apple does not say that both the iPhone and iPod dock are compatible it is possible. However do to the case housing the dock connector maybe out of reach so you'll have to invest in an dock extender to bypass the limitations of the iPhone's case. For more details check out the show!

Get the Different Tekzilla Feeds with iTunes

This question was one of many we've received since we started offering separate Tekzilla Dailies, Tekzilla Show and Combined feeds. While we offer unique RSS links for each one there's only for the iTunes? What gives? Actually since iTunes can use any traditional RSS style link for audio and video blogs it's really simple matter of copying and pasting the RSS link into iTunes itself. You can watch the step by step in the show.

What is S/PDIF?

Finally we had an email about what S/PDIF was and how it compares to other video connections. Well to start things off S/PDIF is not a video connection but rather a digital audio interface technology. Developed by Sony and Philips (hence the S/P) to create a digital connection standard for home audio it commonly used in surround sound receivers as a way to connect devices like video game consoles, video set top boxes and DVD players without the need for 6 or more discrete cables.

Zune Winners

Yes 3 lucky people won themselves either a 80GB Zune, Zune headphones, or a Zune card worth 10 songs. Although the giveaway itself has ended please continue to send in your video questions. It's great to be able to see our viewers and hear them ask their questions. So please keep it up!

Highlights
hard drive ( 8:35, 8:48, 10:01, 11:47, 15:52, 16:44, 18:12 ) open source ( 0:10, 11:02, 11:18, 12:37 ) operating system ( 10:12 ) world of warcraft ( 1:25 )

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" There's observed Tekzilla sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration the united states air -- and Microsoft's unified communications. Coming up on this episode into your PC -- real open source tools for the Zune giveaway. Barack is gonna reveal the winner and more of your questions on video keeps sentiment has -- love and I dissolves and -- important subsidize the cost Tekzilla starts. Yeah now. -- the supplies for her -- my iPod cables. Exciting yeah. This tiny pins them out of the south actually the start to show what in the pixel I'm Patrick Norton of the online as we got a great job on deputy we're not any soldering iPod cables over to -- answering a ton of questions. A question for you if -- observant a lot of -- movies coming out week to be cool movies especially kids it's kind of hard to get into a mandate is the -- sort of through an automated thing I -- ahead and -- currency and it. Neither left what else to be very racer Roger loves this movie. -- The other way if you may be the only person in North -- this movie but he loves this movie I suspect I will also of this I heard kind of like vomit inducing in terms of the graphics motion. On regular source solutions shooters and last world of warcraft he -- Hope hope polo at of course Indiana Jones and the crystal skull be angry co -- yeah. Now when did you. Apparently that's -- preview tickets -- Clinton now now I'm I'm in on Friday I think -- really are you feeling at 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock am sure. Now we have friends that are actually going to be like detail -- I'm I'm a little uptight because I've. I'm just I've I have some friends of my you know what whoa wait for the movie to actually come out in C yeah."

" And I'm not on yet because -- won't forget -- good reviews that counts for something absolutely for something these days. Well speaking of things that I need to do yes today's the day we announced the winner of those little and."

" Excellence. Enthusiasm. Not excitement."

" In Beijing kids aren't getting any you're giving -- obviously better person and I am really typically stuff you're --"

" So let's talk about what we're giving away here's our mouse. It just isn't doing enough on its way. From the beginning Lindsay and you don't get to keep that I I'm happy ecstatic. -- things so yeah I need you more of nondenominational. Holiday didn't get."

" I obviously she wants to preserve the experience into or herself who who what and who won that there won't hunt in the headphones my massage."

" Forget the latest in the head it's an -- on XP and legal counsel and that the end of the show us you have to watchable show us that there. So anyhow -- I would enjoy seeing your your questions so much we want to keep sending in your video questions please because. I'd like -- in all the bases of -- one who wants to show the Chinese and I treat -- like that. You're gonna lose the employer -- and what do you like I've."

" These people on the forums and I see them only twitter account the other 32 social networks -- involved in one level or another simultaneously. So now does give you another avenue of approach are."

" Funding that's what's happening reminding and so good your video this year to nature or try really really really hard to some under fifteen seconds in length and send us an email with a link to it with video question in the subject line."

" There's two critical things there video question in the subject line and under 152."

" Used to be -- contest it's not in condescending renowned video question. You keep it right I Patrick I think it's time regular old question."

" I think we should -- some questions that matter fact. You seem to have elicited a huge response to your time machine problems now what exactly happened time machine blew up it didn't work it work strangely I think."

" I was working too well. I was doing exactly what it was supposed to be doing. But just yet too much juice going over the top click on file unsure. Just my whole external drive and --"

" I might try and Apple enthusiasts -- horribly wrong but I sure it was now what it's me I couldn't have been Apple's code of hardware. That is. The."

" Mom putting -- it would -- an Apple my drive space like really quickly so. So I figured something going wrong but yeah of the -- crew is nothing if not helpful."

" They're like forty different answers and that percent."

" now I now although I think only one of them was really what the culprit was and I think. Sam is the one who had the best answer and sell out what you might not be considered is that time machine also back at your podcast and video podcast and whatnot he'll tell it to exclude certain folders from the system. You can change this in system preferences. Good so it's -- and yeah I went an exclusions actually went through time machine -- go to your system preferences. And I added my videopodcast actually at all my podcasts -- my TV shadows so I don't know if you remember her. But I was watching all the gossip girl episodes. So but my whole first season of gossip girl all the Revision 3 shows in HD who -- also being backed up. So pretty much I was like this -- copying over. -- ten gigabytes of data everyday you have excluding those from being bad yes yes but I did something stupid him. And it doesn't mean that I went into your time machine -- went to the back of folders and tried to delete a bunch of old back ups. What happens well. -- it like that very much. Might -- investing heavily database stuff but I guess that kinda did anyway and then it took. It took a really really long time for everything to delete it. The a couple of months worth of backups it was like it. 300000 isles and have an extra 72 Meisner bullet went from thirty gigabyte external drive 240. I all the problems. I think it's more on the could track the government for the answers I really appreciate how. And now it's time for message from one of today's. Microsoft unified communications."

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" Well this week's free download pick a free program that we find useful fun or incredibly interesting today's election but yeah. What are the database a library of MP threes were just collective family photos from the past years you're probably have a lot of legal pleading files that your PC light. -- And so on tonight okay technically in the spotlight handled 530 I don't. It runs one dash 48 Maine and we've -- repetitive Victorian -- problem with quit. Cohorts. This simple small but powerful applications that you've renamed -- batch of files and every possible combination -- Good for your comfort zone even for the simplified interface. To keep enabling advanced setting."

" Perform power to. This stuff about the want to individual folder and then sort them by -- extensions basically it is punctuation or length of the final. Next let's -- want to renew your files. And the Palestinians and a few letters just the numbers -- captured no caps for example summer 19944. You bad music from my -- choice is often do you plus you can simply -- and commit to. On vacation for Christmas are often vacationed just particular -- box type the word and number you want ads and where you want to do clear the file name. Finally you're unsure what changes might end up looking like may even be less readable there's a built in previously know exactly what the final climate we're going to looks like it. One dash four everyday might that's an exact -- interesting but once you've done -- game and all those thousands of holiday -- industry NFL it will definitely feel like a perfect ten. And worth every second of the."

" okay you ready for a couple more questions. I would -- an anti us we have another couple questions about something very similar the first one comes from non. Who asks I'm hitting -- hard drive and I want to avoid reinstall windows XP's. Is there -- can you complete backup restore from the old drive to the new one."

" Yes and the second email come from misty who -- and I'm thinking of getting a new hard drive I would like to close the hard drive to keep my current XP configuration. Some ideas on how to do of them not 100% sure continuous segment on -- cloning including software recommendations. Sounds like segment idea to me."

" Disk loading drive imaging -- it's new to the concept it's making a copy of an entire drive bit for bit tense clone red flannel -- class. That's it exactly copy after copy -- happy --"

" One image file -- either exactly or -- it or might be from one drive what when driving range to 30000. PC easy through a corporate headline yes -- but usually for most of the people watching out to me like I have a system -- the way I want its end. I want to be able recreated basically when allows an obvious hit a button or few. And you can -- basically take that image and move it back on your PC to essentially it's a form of backing up and it's also nice starting point -- including the freshly configured XP Vista dual boot. On my 500 dollar PC right now they're not I prefer clones fresh installs usually on -- that's right it's you know you you know lab environment want to start a nice clean system every time for testing new software hardware support that and have a front. McClellan is definitely a way you can back up your existing hard drive and move everything over to your new hard drive. He definitely -- that system and I gotta say we love and opportunities -- operating install helped combat bit -- can clean up some of the issues you're operating system acquires over time basically it runs gave you that you use also if you uninstall stuff predicated on here."

" Frontline doesn't seem like it should but it does he does so yeah first of Christina big drive to move all this crap to you right. I mean I'm not your normal meaning."

" You know it today it's if you can if you have you know 300 gigabytes of stuff on. Just you're gonna need 325. Are invited -- terabyte drive."

" Movements thoughtful exactly and there are at least a dozen major commercial apps for cloning the classic option -- is ghost and ghosting I had such semantics Norton. -- yeah."

" Director of the version fourteen new is owned by somebody before Symantec it's seventy bucks it's kind of the gold. Standards with the kind of thing everybody thinks of first."

" MMX seventy bucks that's not too too bad or appear in an open source that -- up which is free. And it has no idea -- Respond. If you want to critical Mozilla and you do I download the live CD version both can work over a network usually news."

" And basically easily you can run this fog -- an open source -- design for you. You've everybody was running a network of machines in the office or school we're British you know -- you'll are. I generally just boot from a boot CD you can also booting from USB keys. And yes -- like a 76 megabyte download to -- the ice and when you restart you get. A fabulous interface like this image you basically if you followed the instructions step by step it's. Pretty painless now. Not the if you're copying from one drive to another I put the hard drive in the box or you can use an external USB adapter or throwing an external USB firewire case whatever works -- for you I just plug -- inside the system. Not bad at all actually pretty simple I could show you clicking through this. But if you really wanted to show you clicking by clicking the open source application that bleeding. -- you welcome it's time we -- Well I didn't. Easy there tiger what its its pretty basic but you're gonna need a keyboard connected so. Device image basically means -- creating at -- file that represents all of the information on the drive. That's your back -- device to disk partition is essentially when you're copying one drive to another drive so you're gonna back that you hit his image you'd hit okay. And we do her -- local device it's it's a little open source he if you want the cleanest the simplest interface you want to basically the least dramatic interface especially if you're a windows user I would probably had street. --"

" Sounds like yeah I well performing live on Camilla Swedish content as a messenger on national highway traffic and safety administration. Hi so I am Camilla decision to. -- undermined -- the land of the -- Sweden. Automobile safety is Paramount we take great pride -- our seat belts whenever it can get in your car action we were in them all the time. So I would like to remind you about the national highway traffic and think invitation. Could get a ticket -- Couldn't ticket -- the southern Baptist seatbelt enforcement mobilization between may nineteenth and June for. 2008 across the country. A few facts about -- keeps. 59%. Of those killed an auto accident but not. Where is he felt the time of the the greatest risk for dying animal in a vehicle crashes at night and 2005 or 15000 -- patented died in traffic crashes. Twenty hours a sixty and I think it. So police and I -- don't break my heart plus collapsed from heat -- dismiss intent. Something less telegenic tickets -- break my heart. Put even -- with your life amendment to the -- to --"

" Look like it's time for another web -- we just can't get enough. A website and we can't stay away from me because it's yeah. I'm just too darn irresistible. -- please -- animate them. Signal of your -- incentives -- amazing I'm not sure like salmon we need does that percent of their Superfund me. And a little isn't quick and easy way to make super high quality slide show us what you either your favorite photos she isn't from if and it's exactly. And pick from pre approved music -- you know take your chances angering their record label god by using some things from your own library. Clinton got all your media and place you can decide if you want a -- 32 clip. -- longer list the results are pretty astonishing and look editor actually sat down and spend a good luck and timing your video plays. But now its its its cinematic artificial intelligence technology yes that's really what they call us and it works. Split the -- was finishing putting you can send your friends Clinton YouTube to share with other video creators on the site isn't even now it seems that there will be even cool options available in the future and downloading your clips here I can't. At the very least computer chances off my screen -- six weeks and I'm not alone try doing a search for cat an animal and Owen YouTube and you'll see what I mean."

" Any more questions absolutely excellent Brian right then and he says I've -- nobody going. On his honeymoon congratulations. That's screwed up all the wedding sorry it's pretty open. Stuck to take with them this may not be a bad day I know right oh god can dig locked up with it would end of the is there anyway to archive photos from SD cards or portable hard drive or other larger media without having a computer or is he stuck buying a zillion SD cards never use again. How many pictures you think this has going to be taking what I -- that's it."

" They are really good question if your buddy just like a couple pictures here and a couple pictures there and I can't draw blank will -- actually really good question right so what is it easy creep -- like two megabyte files for twelve megabyte files -- kind of data takes 72 shots pretty much every ten minutes. Or is he kind of guy takes three shots here for shops there could."

" I mean think you can get you can get -- SD cards -- gigabyte SD cards are thirty bucks now together the prices are really going down so it may not -- slightly faster on -- I knew I get to Gateway SD cards from SanDisk the SanDisk relax our producer like twenty dollars and so it's not that."

" Not bad at all so for the price the cool guy hard drive with an interface to copy your memory cards of the hard drive -- 3000 -- kind of the gold standard got a fortunate CD and putting my hard drive in pulpit from SD cards. CF type one and two multimedia card that -- cards micro drives me anybody Stallone's one. Cost 400 bucks so you can buy what's he carried it to thirteen thirteen porting might flash boards. Flash cards fifty gigabytes of pics from the cost of one of those cool guy hard drive. Adapters and then basically giveaway ESP cards or sell on eBay --"

" You could just upload them all to a photo sharing site and delete them SD card scanner uplifted that's where accident respectable file size fame because of their twelve megabyte raw files and spending yeah they're gonna -- you -- canoes you know you can make them smaller and have the -- leave her sit here cafe for fourteen hours every day and -- transfer but there."

" Sorry -- less expensive options out there we heard that wolverines digital camera back -- products -- but they have forty gigabyte to 250 gigabyte devices priced around 100 dollars 330 dollars getting higher end of what you probably want to spend the the reason that more expensive wolverine ESP is pretty good reviews the cheaper ones have -- with being -- on the he's."

" And that can be really frustrating to take these amazing pictures and they don't turn out -- want to stuff yourself in the garbage disposal in the home because you have the picture of the wife on the elephant or whatever yeah no other option I -- to convert to dvd -- he had a laptop with I'm gonna -- much -- to a lot of people use Internet cafes need to bring a portable hard drive or dvd and dvd -- so yeah -- like -- of -- Gladys -- idea is you can bring in external hard drive the USB drive and a memory -- prestige cards and then basically. If they let you plug it drives trail you're she knew basically how my information on the the portable drive right so if your."

" is taking twelve megabyte raw files uploading probably isn't the best option like we said in an if you don't an Internet cafe readily available -- kinda screw. For smaller -- X files just doing Flickr might work now yeah absolutely."

" That would actually be one of the symbols options if he doesn't take a lot of pictures. You know wise guys you know have for less here's the bachelor party -- his --"

" Anyhow we have -- tons of video questions for the -- contests it's high time to get cancer and some of them here's an iPhone question from John."

" My question is I was iPhone and -- old iPod -- And it does not use the universal dock connector and I was wondering if there is any dock connectors that we'll extend its so that'll fit but -- to around thanks."

" I fell in with his old got connected there yeah. -- plant typically are not supposed to use your iPhone with iPod docks but. Like the worst happened and -- interference over the speakers if you use it over when those speakers that connectors and it goes all."

" Did the deep deep deep -- fifty pretty good."

" We're really be careful if you're using an external amplifier about blew my eardrums to a Centre point inside of my skull and an Apple I had think about it and you know what you get that message and of course now the message won't come up the whole you know blah blah -- your iPod will explode and everyone in the neighborhood by. IPod better Extenders -- work -- filed by phone. Even once you're an airplane phone just say no it should work just fine they can't get an extend your for the dock like it basically if you have a big keys wrapped around your iPhone you can actually -- in there I mean that's the use -- four cases make your iPod to fit to fit into the dock."

" That's that she said sure so not kind of are -- gonna project on this soon to make your very own iPod cables right."

" actually have we would disbarred finally got a big pile of cable connectors and yes actually I don't know if you can see the pin is at the bottom of that iPhone there. We're gonna find out whether that I can solder of these that and tiny pins. And exciting. And she yeah actually that's that's what's inside of the dock they agree. I. Or basically everything you'd dock connector has a -- depends on that side."

" So I understand why they won't make I -- ducks. Is. But why aren't they doing that there's a reason I'm having trouble remembering what the actual reason is an -- and do. Winds. Because of what the black period feel superior about something but why can't you are iPhone in and."

" Basically about it's about shielding. Basically or or you tell them music -- like docks speakers and dock -- the stock basically comes out and charging dock and contact Greg. And he basically did indeed they don't want they don't when the F -- is when interference to basically be -- up -- and I'm sure there isn't like Apple engineer who works for one of the major companies will correct on this but there's -- basically and a few weeks GSM signal and having horrifying experience -- can potentially blow up your speakers you know that in Canada Canada. -- and because most speakers are shielded in a way that's gonna that's gonna block the signal from your cell phone. In on the flip side you also want to make sure that you know the device like a power cable or something isn't. Yet you've seen interference and signal from your phone and sat on the me. Or medium FCC rebel. There just isn't anyway yeah and I asked yes. -- it is hey you know -- move on what they've moved to thank one of our sponsors. These are people making episode possible or member without them you can't have your weekly -- Olympics -- us a favor. And listen in we got a message from branch of our armed forces with the best housing and some say the best food the united states air force."

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" Anyhow I think it's time for another viewer video question because I like. Us questions from Wednesday."

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" Lindsay is here its hand -- and that's what she's gone on the audio right fashion -- video --"

" The somebody's telling you know you're using an RCA cable for your audio connection your receiver and really for optical connection actually uniform optimal connection with the optical connection which would be it possibly will. -- kind of lives in my also apparently channeling Tom trying to make upon which is while not dead animal and ex -- he does actually. Does a fabulous podcast anyhow a buzz out -- haven't seen it. So usually write speed -- facility built digital interconnect format or Wikipedia says -- clear protocol into -- physical -- specification for appearing digital audio signals new devices and stereo components. Or in observed similar manner it's an interconnect basically it's a way of delivering pure digital audio much like pure grain alcohol and rain water -- probably and her watching doctor strange life. Yet anyhow and that's right it's a way to connect to devices it can be costly optical cable or plain old RCA cable. I don't think you're gonna ever hear any difference because it basically. Moving zeros and ones from say your dvd player you're you whatever your digital audio sources is could be PCM audio file he CD audio. Adobe digital soundtrack and the idea is that instead of solely with the keys Dax that are on board the cheap the access digital to analog converters that are inside of the CD player. Or dvd player or whatever is. If you into another vice like my current act is like an audio file digital analog converter or of course the receiver on your surround sound system. Just to cable and the truth is I personally don't think you're gonna see you performance difference at least ensure links between costly in connection. And RCA here composite connection."

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" There's observed Tekzilla sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration the united states air -- and Microsoft's unified communications. Coming up on this episode into your PC -- real open source tools for the Zune giveaway. Barack is gonna reveal the winner and more of your questions on video keeps sentiment has -- love and I dissolves and -- important subsidize the cost Tekzilla starts. Yeah now. -- the supplies for her -- my iPod cables. Exciting yeah. This tiny pins them out of the south actually the start to show what in the pixel I'm Patrick Norton of the online as we got a great job on deputy we're not any soldering iPod cables over to -- answering a ton of questions. A question for you if -- observant a lot of -- movies coming out week to be cool movies especially kids it's kind of hard to get into a mandate is the -- sort of through an automated thing I -- ahead and -- currency and it. Neither left what else to be very racer Roger loves this movie. -- The other way if you may be the only person in North -- this movie but he loves this movie I suspect I will also of this I heard kind of like vomit inducing in terms of the graphics motion. On regular source solutions shooters and last world of warcraft he -- Hope hope polo at of course Indiana Jones and the crystal skull be angry co -- yeah. Now when did you. Apparently that's -- preview tickets -- Clinton now now I'm I'm in on Friday I think -- really are you feeling at 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock am sure. Now we have friends that are actually going to be like detail -- I'm I'm a little uptight because I've. I'm just I've I have some friends of my you know what whoa wait for the movie to actually come out in C yeah."

" And I'm not on yet because -- won't forget -- good reviews that counts for something absolutely for something these days. Well speaking of things that I need to do yes today's the day we announced the winner of those little and."

" Excellence. Enthusiasm. Not excitement."

" In Beijing kids aren't getting any you're giving -- obviously better person and I am really typically stuff you're --"

" So let's talk about what we're giving away here's our mouse. It just isn't doing enough on its way. From the beginning Lindsay and you don't get to keep that I I'm happy ecstatic. -- things so yeah I need you more of nondenominational. Holiday didn't get."

" I obviously she wants to preserve the experience into or herself who who what and who won that there won't hunt in the headphones my massage."

" Forget the latest in the head it's an -- on XP and legal counsel and that the end of the show us you have to watchable show us that there. So anyhow -- I would enjoy seeing your your questions so much we want to keep sending in your video questions please because. I'd like -- in all the bases of -- one who wants to show the Chinese and I treat -- like that. You're gonna lose the employer -- and what do you like I've."

" These people on the forums and I see them only twitter account the other 32 social networks -- involved in one level or another simultaneously. So now does give you another avenue of approach are."

" Funding that's what's happening reminding and so good your video this year to nature or try really really really hard to some under fifteen seconds in length and send us an email with a link to it with video question in the subject line."

" There's two critical things there video question in the subject line and under 152."

" Used to be -- contest it's not in condescending renowned video question. You keep it right I Patrick I think it's time regular old question."

" I think we should -- some questions that matter fact. You seem to have elicited a huge response to your time machine problems now what exactly happened time machine blew up it didn't work it work strangely I think."

" I was working too well. I was doing exactly what it was supposed to be doing. But just yet too much juice going over the top click on file unsure. Just my whole external drive and --"

" I might try and Apple enthusiasts -- horribly wrong but I sure it was now what it's me I couldn't have been Apple's code of hardware. That is. The."

" Mom putting -- it would -- an Apple my drive space like really quickly so. So I figured something going wrong but yeah of the -- crew is nothing if not helpful."

" They're like forty different answers and that percent."

" now I now although I think only one of them was really what the culprit was and I think. Sam is the one who had the best answer and sell out what you might not be considered is that time machine also back at your podcast and video podcast and whatnot he'll tell it to exclude certain folders from the system. You can change this in system preferences. Good so it's -- and yeah I went an exclusions actually went through time machine -- go to your system preferences. And I added my videopodcast actually at all my podcasts -- my TV shadows so I don't know if you remember her. But I was watching all the gossip girl episodes. So but my whole first season of gossip girl all the Revision 3 shows in HD who -- also being backed up. So pretty much I was like this -- copying over. -- ten gigabytes of data everyday you have excluding those from being bad yes yes but I did something stupid him. And it doesn't mean that I went into your time machine -- went to the back of folders and tried to delete a bunch of old back ups. What happens well. -- it like that very much. Might -- investing heavily database stuff but I guess that kinda did anyway and then it took. It took a really really long time for everything to delete it. The a couple of months worth of backups it was like it. 300000 isles and have an extra 72 Meisner bullet went from thirty gigabyte external drive 240. I all the problems. I think it's more on the could track the government for the answers I really appreciate how. And now it's time for message from one of today's. Microsoft unified communications."

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" okay you ready for a couple more questions. I would -- an anti us we have another couple questions about something very similar the first one comes from non. Who asks I'm hitting -- hard drive and I want to avoid reinstall windows XP's. Is there -- can you complete backup restore from the old drive to the new one."

" Yes and the second email come from misty who -- and I'm thinking of getting a new hard drive I would like to close the hard drive to keep my current XP configuration. Some ideas on how to do of them not 100% sure continuous segment on -- cloning including software recommendations. Sounds like segment idea to me."

" Disk loading drive imaging -- it's new to the concept it's making a copy of an entire drive bit for bit tense clone red flannel -- class. That's it exactly copy after copy -- happy --"

" One image file -- either exactly or -- it or might be from one drive what when driving range to 30000. PC easy through a corporate headline yes -- but usually for most of the people watching out to me like I have a system -- the way I want its end. I want to be able recreated basically when allows an obvious hit a button or few. And you can -- basically take that image and move it back on your PC to essentially it's a form of backing up and it's also nice starting point -- including the freshly configured XP Vista dual boot. On my 500 dollar PC right now they're not I prefer clones fresh installs usually on -- that's right it's you know you you know lab environment want to start a nice clean system every time for testing new software hardware support that and have a front. McClellan is definitely a way you can back up your existing hard drive and move everything over to your new hard drive. He definitely -- that system and I gotta say we love and opportunities -- operating install helped combat bit -- can clean up some of the issues you're operating system acquires over time basically it runs gave you that you use also if you uninstall stuff predicated on here."

" Frontline doesn't seem like it should but it does he does so yeah first of Christina big drive to move all this crap to you right. I mean I'm not your normal meaning."

" You know it today it's if you can if you have you know 300 gigabytes of stuff on. Just you're gonna need 325. Are invited -- terabyte drive."

" Movements thoughtful exactly and there are at least a dozen major commercial apps for cloning the classic option -- is ghost and ghosting I had such semantics Norton. -- yeah."

" Director of the version fourteen new is owned by somebody before Symantec it's seventy bucks it's kind of the gold. Standards with the kind of thing everybody thinks of first."

" MMX seventy bucks that's not too too bad or appear in an open source that -- up which is free. And it has no idea -- Respond. If you want to critical Mozilla and you do I download the live CD version both can work over a network usually news."

" And basically easily you can run this fog -- an open source -- design for you. You've everybody was running a network of machines in the office or school we're British you know -- you'll are. I generally just boot from a boot CD you can also booting from USB keys. And yes -- like a 76 megabyte download to -- the ice and when you restart you get. A fabulous interface like this image you basically if you followed the instructions step by step it's. Pretty painless now. Not the if you're copying from one drive to another I put the hard drive in the box or you can use an external USB adapter or throwing an external USB firewire case whatever works -- for you I just plug -- inside the system. Not bad at all actually pretty simple I could show you clicking through this. But if you really wanted to show you clicking by clicking the open source application that bleeding. -- you welcome it's time we -- Well I didn't. Easy there tiger what its its pretty basic but you're gonna need a keyboard connected so. Device image basically means -- creating at -- file that represents all of the information on the drive. That's your back -- device to disk partition is essentially when you're copying one drive to another drive so you're gonna back that you hit his image you'd hit okay. And we do her -- local device it's it's a little open source he if you want the cleanest the simplest interface you want to basically the least dramatic interface especially if you're a windows user I would probably had street. --"

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" Any more questions absolutely excellent Brian right then and he says I've -- nobody going. On his honeymoon congratulations. That's screwed up all the wedding sorry it's pretty open. Stuck to take with them this may not be a bad day I know right oh god can dig locked up with it would end of the is there anyway to archive photos from SD cards or portable hard drive or other larger media without having a computer or is he stuck buying a zillion SD cards never use again. How many pictures you think this has going to be taking what I -- that's it."

" They are really good question if your buddy just like a couple pictures here and a couple pictures there and I can't draw blank will -- actually really good question right so what is it easy creep -- like two megabyte files for twelve megabyte files -- kind of data takes 72 shots pretty much every ten minutes. Or is he kind of guy takes three shots here for shops there could."

" I mean think you can get you can get -- SD cards -- gigabyte SD cards are thirty bucks now together the prices are really going down so it may not -- slightly faster on -- I knew I get to Gateway SD cards from SanDisk the SanDisk relax our producer like twenty dollars and so it's not that."

" Not bad at all so for the price the cool guy hard drive with an interface to copy your memory cards of the hard drive -- 3000 -- kind of the gold standard got a fortunate CD and putting my hard drive in pulpit from SD cards. CF type one and two multimedia card that -- cards micro drives me anybody Stallone's one. Cost 400 bucks so you can buy what's he carried it to thirteen thirteen porting might flash boards. Flash cards fifty gigabytes of pics from the cost of one of those cool guy hard drive. Adapters and then basically giveaway ESP cards or sell on eBay --"

" You could just upload them all to a photo sharing site and delete them SD card scanner uplifted that's where accident respectable file size fame because of their twelve megabyte raw files and spending yeah they're gonna -- you -- canoes you know you can make them smaller and have the -- leave her sit here cafe for fourteen hours every day and -- transfer but there."

" Sorry -- less expensive options out there we heard that wolverines digital camera back -- products -- but they have forty gigabyte to 250 gigabyte devices priced around 100 dollars 330 dollars getting higher end of what you probably want to spend the the reason that more expensive wolverine ESP is pretty good reviews the cheaper ones have -- with being -- on the he's."

" And that can be really frustrating to take these amazing pictures and they don't turn out -- want to stuff yourself in the garbage disposal in the home because you have the picture of the wife on the elephant or whatever yeah no other option I -- to convert to dvd -- he had a laptop with I'm gonna -- much -- to a lot of people use Internet cafes need to bring a portable hard drive or dvd and dvd -- so yeah -- like -- of -- Gladys -- idea is you can bring in external hard drive the USB drive and a memory -- prestige cards and then basically. If they let you plug it drives trail you're she knew basically how my information on the the portable drive right so if your."

" is taking twelve megabyte raw files uploading probably isn't the best option like we said in an if you don't an Internet cafe readily available -- kinda screw. For smaller -- X files just doing Flickr might work now yeah absolutely."

" That would actually be one of the symbols options if he doesn't take a lot of pictures. You know wise guys you know have for less here's the bachelor party -- his --"

" Anyhow we have -- tons of video questions for the -- contests it's high time to get cancer and some of them here's an iPhone question from John."

" My question is I was iPhone and -- old iPod -- And it does not use the universal dock connector and I was wondering if there is any dock connectors that we'll extend its so that'll fit but -- to around thanks."

" I fell in with his old got connected there yeah. -- plant typically are not supposed to use your iPhone with iPod docks but. Like the worst happened and -- interference over the speakers if you use it over when those speakers that connectors and it goes all."

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" We're really be careful if you're using an external amplifier about blew my eardrums to a Centre point inside of my skull and an Apple I had think about it and you know what you get that message and of course now the message won't come up the whole you know blah blah -- your iPod will explode and everyone in the neighborhood by. IPod better Extenders -- work -- filed by phone. Even once you're an airplane phone just say no it should work just fine they can't get an extend your for the dock like it basically if you have a big keys wrapped around your iPhone you can actually -- in there I mean that's the use -- four cases make your iPod to fit to fit into the dock."

" That's that she said sure so not kind of are -- gonna project on this soon to make your very own iPod cables right."

" actually have we would disbarred finally got a big pile of cable connectors and yes actually I don't know if you can see the pin is at the bottom of that iPhone there. We're gonna find out whether that I can solder of these that and tiny pins. And exciting. And she yeah actually that's that's what's inside of the dock they agree. I. Or basically everything you'd dock connector has a -- depends on that side."

" So I understand why they won't make I -- ducks. Is. But why aren't they doing that there's a reason I'm having trouble remembering what the actual reason is an -- and do. Winds. Because of what the black period feel superior about something but why can't you are iPhone in and."

" Basically about it's about shielding. Basically or or you tell them music -- like docks speakers and dock -- the stock basically comes out and charging dock and contact Greg. And he basically did indeed they don't want they don't when the F -- is when interference to basically be -- up -- and I'm sure there isn't like Apple engineer who works for one of the major companies will correct on this but there's -- basically and a few weeks GSM signal and having horrifying experience -- can potentially blow up your speakers you know that in Canada Canada. -- and because most speakers are shielded in a way that's gonna that's gonna block the signal from your cell phone. In on the flip side you also want to make sure that you know the device like a power cable or something isn't. Yet you've seen interference and signal from your phone and sat on the me. Or medium FCC rebel. There just isn't anyway yeah and I asked yes. -- it is hey you know -- move on what they've moved to thank one of our sponsors. These are people making episode possible or member without them you can't have your weekly -- Olympics -- us a favor. And listen in we got a message from branch of our armed forces with the best housing and some say the best food the united states air force."

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" Anyhow I think it's time for another viewer video question because I like. Us questions from Wednesday."

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" The somebody's telling you know you're using an RCA cable for your audio connection your receiver and really for optical connection actually uniform optimal connection with the optical connection which would be it possibly will. -- kind of lives in my also apparently channeling Tom trying to make upon which is while not dead animal and ex -- he does actually. Does a fabulous podcast anyhow a buzz out -- haven't seen it. So usually write speed -- facility built digital interconnect format or Wikipedia says -- clear protocol into -- physical -- specification for appearing digital audio signals new devices and stereo components. Or in observed similar manner it's an interconnect basically it's a way of delivering pure digital audio much like pure grain alcohol and rain water -- probably and her watching doctor strange life. Yet anyhow and that's right it's a way to connect to devices it can be costly optical cable or plain old RCA cable. I don't think you're gonna ever hear any difference because it basically. Moving zeros and ones from say your dvd player you're you whatever your digital audio sources is could be PCM audio file he CD audio. Adobe digital soundtrack and the idea is that instead of solely with the keys Dax that are on board the cheap the access digital to analog converters that are inside of the CD player. Or dvd player or whatever is. If you into another vice like my current act is like an audio file digital analog converter or of course the receiver on your surround sound system. Just to cable and the truth is I personally don't think you're gonna see you performance difference at least ensure links between costly in connection. And RCA here composite connection."

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