13-23 DVDs to Backup?

[CWLee]

Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Although I didn't proceed
further, as I started down the route to make a backup of my
system I was told that it would take between 13 and 23 DVDs.
That seems like a lot to me, considering that the sets of
recovery disks (DVDs) that are distributed with new
computers (with Vista already installed) contain only 3 or 4
DVDs.

Can anyone confirm or refute the number required as being in
the 13-23 range? Sounds like an all-day job!

If one went the external hard drive route what size would be
adequate?

Thanks.

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[On the Bridge!]

use the disk clean up utility to remove old restore points and shadow copies
BEFORE you do the backup!

read this page
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/1264bc24-72a8-48aa-84e3-a355327139d91033.mspx

and do what it says .. the point you need to notice is where it says:

"System Restore and Shadow Copies. Prompts you to delete all but the most
recent restore point on the disk."

you need to do the all disks and then go to the more options tab


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[Gary Mount]

At my home, A full pc backup that backed up two drives, one with Windows XP
on it and the other with Vista Ultimate x64 took about an hour using an
eSata external hard drive. It used 118 GBs, so just over 10% of the hard
drive space.
My Vista Ultimate x86 (32 bit) used 95GBytes, but that includes over 30
GBytes of my data files plus additional Gigabytes of installed programs like
Vistual Studio 2008.

If you are not using a dual layer DVD recorder, then you can only fit about
4.7 G Bytes whereas those recovery DVDs that come with a computer probably
use 8.5 GByte capacity disks.

 

[On the Bridge!]

"whereas those recovery DVDs that come with a computer probably
use 8.5 GByte capacity disks."

I really doubt that they use 8.5 gb disks

I always keep peronal files and personal data on a seperate drive or
partition leaving only windows and programs to be backuped ( I use acronis
true image for ghosting). My personal files are backuped seperatly. Its
better this way.

Also using the disk cleanup and probably ccleaner (google these 2 keywords
filehippo ccleaner)
you can reduce the amount of space needed. For details about disk cleanup
see my other post.

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50 Ways to leave your Vista....

CHORUS:

You just format the drive , Clive
Get a New Mac , Jack
Y'don't need that crap toy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Boot from a *nix, Jix
You don't need to discuss much
Install XP, Lee
And get yourself free

 

[Phisherman]

Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Although I didn't proceed
further, as I started down the route to make a backup of my
system I was told that it would take between 13 and 23 DVDs.
That seems like a lot to me, considering that the sets of
recovery disks (DVDs) that are distributed with new
computers (with Vista already installed) contain only 3 or 4
DVDs.

Can anyone confirm or refute the number required as being in
the 13-23 range? Sounds like an all-day job!

If one went the external hard drive route what size would be
adequate?

Thanks.

Use an external drive or tape.

 

[On the Bridge!]

tape??? With 50-100 Gb worth of vista crap-data?

Todo we are not in kansas 2008 anymore!! We are in the distant past where
they used tape! lol

Make sure you buy a truck full of tape for one backup...

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50 Ways to leave your Vista....

CHORUS:

You just format the drive , Clive
Get a New Mac , Jack
Y'don't need that crap toy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Boot from a *nix, Jix
You don't need to discuss much
Install XP, Lee
And get yourself free

 

[Richard Urban]

Tape backups are not nearly as dead as you seem to think they are. It is
still the preferred backup method in the enterprise for archival storage.
Then the tapes go to Iron Mountain for safe keeping (hopefully - they will
not loose them).

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

 

[KDE]

depends on what you are backing up. The system recovery disk will restore
the pc to the original state. (with none of your personal files, programs or
info) that's why it will fit on a few disks.

If you want a full system backup, open file explorer, navigate to "My
Computer" and it will show you the hard drives you have and their capacity,
and how much room is used. You need an external drive at least that big.
The general rule of thumb is buy as big of an external drive as you can
afford.

 

[NoStop]

Tape backups are not nearly as dead as you seem to think they are. It is
still the preferred backup method in the enterprise for archival storage.
Then the tapes go to Iron Mountain for safe keeping (hopefully - they will
not loose them).

Nothing worse than a "loose" tape. I've seen it. It can be awful!

Cheers.

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[Gary Mount]

"navigate to "My Computer""

The "My " prefix is no longer used in Windows Vista as compared to Windows
XP.

 

[Cymbal Man Freq.]

I've seen brand new HP laptops with about 45 GB of used space on them at the
store = 10 DVD's

Where are the Blu-Ray Burners with the $1 dual layer discs? My old 8 hour
home videotapes need transferring.

 

[On the Bridge!]

You can fit 8 hours of video on a dvd if you compress it with divx or xvid

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What people are REALLY saying about Vista:
http://www.microsplot.com/news/2007..._people_are_really_saying_about_windows_vista

50 Ways to leave your Vista....

CHORUS:

You just format the drive , Clive
Get a New Mac , Jack
Y'don't need that crap toy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Boot from a *nix, Jix
You don't need to discuss much
Install XP, Lee
And get yourself free