Re: 8th Alt coin thread. Or what to do now that asics are all over the place.
when you have a stable setup make a disk image of the OS. that way if you blow the OS or drivers away just load the good image back on and good to go.
i use macrium reflect free. saved me a lot of grief many times. both miner rigs and my other computers. anytime i change something and it works i make a new image.
https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree
i use macrium reflect free. saved me a lot of grief many times. both miner rigs and my other computers. anytime i change something and it works i make a new image.
https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree
Additionally you could also try the built-in tools in Windows 7 and 10. On Windows 10 you can create a System Image on any external hard disk that can be used to image an other computer using the repair and recovery tools found in any Windows 10 installation DVD or usb-stick.
This method might work as a quick way to deploy Windows installations too. Remember that you may have to re-license and activate Windows, if it's not already licensed on the target computer. Otherwise you will get an activation notice.
Create system image:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10/how-to-create-a-system-image-in-windows-10/84fa6683-e3ac-4e93-9139-368af9267869
Restore system image:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/how-to-restore-a-windows-10-system-image-to-an/e20992ca-5641-4f7c-bb09-3895d0732162
ive known those built in windows tools exist but ive never actually tried them. im so used to reflect, its so reliable and ive been using it for so long, that i never bothered with anything else. being free for personal use helps of course
never thought to build a baseline windows miner image. good idea, that would save some time with all the updates and tweaks that need to be done for deploying a typical new rig.
i wonder how well an image would tolerate a chipset change, like from B250 to Z370 or something.
i use norton ghost from a bootable cd...i have a few 80gb seagate and WD sata hdds, some are running from 2013, all are surplus HDDs....if a HDD is corrupted, i just change the HDD and replace it with a clone..
during my free time i just clone/test the HDDs ready to replace any HDD on any rigs....all are compatible/interchangeable for all my rigs without any OS issues.
my windows rigs are still windows 7.