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I think the disconnected drive can be safe, if it is one that requires separate credentials and you do not save them. This way the software cannot re-mount it unless it grabs your credentials, which is easy after you’ve been infected I know, but timing is everything.

Hi Lincoln,
I think the issue you are having with getting back to the web management page is you are using the WAN port address, which by default on most routers does not let you get to the web management page. You need to use the local address, which looks like it changed to 192.168.1.1 – but connect your computer back to it via a switch port or wifi and look for the gateway IP address and that should be the new internal address.

An alternative setup would be to ignore the WAN side of the router and set the LAN address as you specified and plug the wall connection into a switch / LAN port on the new router so everything is on the same subnet and you will not double NAT everything and your internal IP addresses can all talk to each other. I have done this several times and it works like a charm.

Hi Fred,

Another good, simple, free backup tool that will do what Keith Pauli is looking for is Genie Timeline. My family uses the free version and it works great. It backs up our files to a shared NAS drive. The files are there to access easily if you like and on the host PC it allows you to right click a file and pick from multiple prior versions if you want to restore. It runs in the background and backs up the files when you change them keeping you constantly backed up. Very easy to use, pretty much set it up and forget it.

Kevin