JoeGBradford

Thanks for the responses - I tend to do a full system image (including data drives) every few months and that is what takes ten hours (I should do it more often though if I did it would be wise for me to take the suggested approach of just copying the data drives rather than creating an image with all discs on it). I just thought it best to have an image of the whole system but I take the point that I am probably wasting time there! Critical data files I keep copies of on a separate large external HDD

Good point! I assumed that was the case but it isn't obvious!

Thanks for this - very interesting! My full system backup to a 5Tb external Seagate HDD using the free version of Macrium reflect takes about 10 hours. I leave it on overnight and it is usually late morning when it finishes. So this would speed that up I assume. Reading around after seeing your post I see there seems to be risks involved if power is lost but that is an relatively unlikely event Do others use this for major backup and what has the experience been like?

Will be interesting to see what comes out of this 'interval' Appears to include a 25% discount for members of the site https://thecrowhillcompany.com/end-of-season-one/

Thanks - sounds good! The site must be getting hammered as I can't link to it! As there have been no Sine Instruments for a while I thought they had come to the end of their freebies!

Good to hear that they have got rid of the 180 day limit! A while back I did plead with them to let me access sounds for free that I had forgotten to download and they did allow me fortunately but it was a bit of a pain!

So sorry to hear of your devastating news. Stay strong - we'll be here for you if you need us

I think it will be a while - hope the force is strong

Hope all goes well!

I paid £4 to get the Imperial Piano once I realised I couldn't get Guitar Hives which I really wanted. Didn't need another piano but seems a good one for the price!

Hoping for a swift recovery Wookie. Looking forward to seeing you back here when you are ready!

I can't see this thread lasting long but losing Mike who has done so much for Cakewalk is a huge blow. He is keeping a Windows laptop so hopefully there will be more Cakewalk videos but it is obviously going to be a side line rather than a major focus.

Yes that is true but I believe the issue was with Cakewalk

You don't - CbB is still freely available

No you don't - that is to access Sonar - CbB continues to be free

You get lots more instruments than in the CS version. Well worth this bargain price. You should be able to do a comparison of content across the various versions on the IK Multimedia site

Very sad news

Very sad news Subscribers should get a refund according to the press release

Sorry to hear that there's more significant work required. Hope you can get that soon

Hope all goes well and you have as swift a recovery as possible! Let us know when you are out and able to type!

Hope all goes well and you have as swift a recovery as possible! Let us know when you are out and able to type!

Saw them at Musicport Festival in Whitby, England several years ago. Phenomenal set!

Sampletank 4 for 76p UK is a steal though!

Apparently Thom York wasn't as successful 😉

ooh thanks - I think this may be the documentary that was shown on Sky Arts but I missed and (almost uniquely for Sky Arts) it isn't in their roster of repeats! I've just been reading Richard Thompson's memoir of the times with Fairport through to shortly before the time he split with Linda. Well worth a read Edit - ah I see it is a BBC doc so I should have already seen it! Will watch anyway!