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I am posting this on behalf of a colleague in another school in West Yorkshire. The school in question's current senior technician is leaving before Summer. *They are considering a number of options for the way forward. *They will be in BSF in under 2 years, and so are unsure if they will be able to fill the position with a full-time member of staff for such a relatively short period. They currently have an internal help-desk, who handle the first line of support, user management, consumables etc. *The network is very stable, requiring minimal maintenance bar normal house-keeping. Client PCs are old, and take up more time than anything else. *Several elements of the network are maintained by external suppliers (firewall, connectivity, SIMS, thin client servers). Should they: - Get an external company to look after the server support AND a lower-level in-house tech to repair clients, monitor backups, look after imaging, make the appropriate support calls etc - Get an external company to have a more hands-on role supporting the network as a managed service - Try and employ a full-time tech with full responsibility for the network and not use an external company Other options? I can see myself being back here in a week or so offering an employment opportunity on their behalf, just not sure what level yet. Thanks for any input,

"Is this why they call them 'Eye Phones?'"

Acronis can do this. You'll need to pay for it (quite cheap), but then you can make an emergency bootable CD, which can then be used to boot the machine, backup, restore, wipe(secure erase) or clone the drive (can do a disk to disk copy in a few minutes). Great because it can backup/restore to USB, local drive, or even network attached drive. The image files can be mounted on a PC with Acronis installed. Not free, but the boot CD is VERY useful.

Just like to add my thanks to all involved, especially those getting the video/audio sorted. It was good to 'get involved' via the feed, I'll now be making more regular posts on here (asking, not advising!) in an effort to play significant catch-up. I'll definitely be up to the next one in person.

Hello! Been reading here for a couple of months, only been in education since September. Picking things up fairly quickly, but still got a huge amount to learn (from you!).

I think this is my first post, I'll go introduce myself in a minute, been reading for a few weeks. Anyway: 30 The L P in the S S is J The Largest Planet in the Solar System is Jupiter 33 B is the L C in S A Brazil is the Largest Country in South America 50 C D was a V from T Count Dracula was a Vampire from Transylvania 51 R Z is the R N of B D Robert Zimmerman is the Real Name of Bob Dylan 54 M J is the L S of the R S Mick Jagger is the Lead Singer of the Rolling Stones 71 K is the C S for P K is the Chemical Symbol for Potassium 80 The S D is the L D in the W The Sahara Desert is the Largest Desert in the World I'll be back after a think...