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Perfect riding weather Bill, have been really enjoying it and still get out every second day. There's been some new walking/bike tracks built here over the last couple of years and i've worked out a nice return route along to the next town from me and back, it's about 50/55klm total so just a nice distance, far enough but not too far. --How's that finger of yours going - ?

The later gear lever harness is very prone to chafing and shorting, fitting a fuse is a very good idea as the circuit from there back to the ignition is unfused.

As Willy says the fault will be between the fuse and the earthed end of solenoid, so it depends where that fuse is fitted. There will be several connection points in that chain so it is a matter of breaking the circuit into sect...

"You'd think it was summer."

Been more like winter/autumn here (UK - South) for the last week. Cold, cloudy, rain.

Willy, hope you enjoyed the day and got out on your bicycle! It's started wet here (SW England) but set to improve so bike ride later.

Guy, my understanding is that the cloud (Microsoft, Google etc) identifies your account and assigns your new device to this account (you probably have to confirm it as a "trusted" device). The cloud then compares the new backup files (each picture is a file) with existing files and skips any duplicates I.e. it shouldn't store a duplicate copy.

I also use an external drive (HDD and/or USB...

"The other part of the equation is then of course to remember to use it, regularly and frequently. I'm not good at that!"

Yep, rigor and routine is the key. There are many ways (and free programs) to help you automate the process, I just prefer to spend 5 minutes daily, and then a bit longer once a month, making backups of important stuff.

Regarding the Irish answer, I have alway...

Never expected to be active in this section after so many postings over in the MGF sections and after so many years of not posting.

Could this cloud backup be related to Microsoft One Drive and a subscription to Office365 ?
If so, logging back on with your Microsoft account will download/restore your data from cloud again. The idea is to keep Cloud/Laptop in sync.

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Guy, I presume we are talking Microsoft and Onedrive here? If you sign in with the same MS account it should work automatically, map folders to the correct locations and restore data to your new PC so give it a chance first. However at this point my expertise runs out as I still use a local spinning HD for my backup with an obsolete sync tool.

The Apple equivalent has worked well for me whe...

GuyW,

Hopefully your 1TB drive is genuine as so many about are counterfeit like the cheap ones. A neighbour has been bitten twice, I was surprised when he mentioned having bought a 2TB USB drive for < £10 so I suggested he verify it, it was counterfeit. The Windows utility (H2testw) I suggested and used on my Linux box worked on my system fine but the version he downloaded initially w...

Interesting---If it's blowing your inline fuse the short to earth must be from there onwards toward/ending at the od solenoid. Unusual for the rev/od switches to short to earth but anythings possible. If you have a multimeter with an audible short circuit buzzer, you could remove the fuse and connect to the od side of the wiring there and to earth and try wiggling /disconecting things untill you...