Backup Software rcommendation

[PD43]

I don't get it, you are paranoid about loosing data, and, don't care if
you loose it?

It's "lose", not "loose".

Get lost.

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Richard in AZ wrote:

Why do so many people point links to 1/2 articles that you can't read
unless you subscribe? No, I'm not being snide, its an honest question.
I need to join to get the remainder of the story. Put ads on the page to
vendors that sell backup, yes, but I don't want to give out personal info
just to see an opinion of backup software. And I'm not pointing to
Richards opinion, the links opinion.

Who did that? I can't find one.

 

[PT]

I nowback up with Ghost to a separate hard drive. I like to have a
"disaster" backup, permitting me to throw out a failed hard drive, install a
replacement, and then reload the entire old drive, without having to go
through a nightmare of reinstallation and reactivation. I'd do this type of
major backup monthly. Then on a weekly or less basis I like to back up my
data files, unencrypted, either a full backup, or some sort of incremental
backup into a separate set of folders, but on the same external hard drive.

 

[Ron Rosenfeld]

I like to have a "disaster" backup, permitting me to throw out a failed hard drive, install a
replacement, and then reload the entire old drive, without having to go
through a nightmare of reinstallation and reactivation.

You could set up a RAID1 (or other mirrored RAID) array for this part of your
problem.

I have a RAID 10 array and did have a hard drive failure. My computer
continued to function; I replaced the failed hard drive (took a few days to get
a replacement) -- unplugged the old one and plugged in a new one -- and I did
nothing else. The controller rebuilt the array over a few hours. Painless and
simple.
--ron

 

[Meebers]

I have used Casper now for several years, I write to an IDE drive in a
Removable drive enclosure for my backups, else it remains OFF until such
time as I make an updated backup(clone). The main drive has on occasion
become unstable, I turn the backup drive ON, boot to it and Iam up in
running in less than 5 minutes, I then re-clone the main drive, usually
takes 15 minutes and am back in business. This I have done twice in the
last year without incident. I also have Vista on a removable drive
enclosure that I slip in there when I want to run that OS. I don't think
this qualifies as a dual boot system but a selectable OS selection setup.
One current OS system cannot effect the other because they are not
physically in the machine at the same time. I have tried Linux this way,
but not getting much use out of that OS. Not trying to put ACRONIS down, but
have tried their trial versions 9,10 and 11 on both my XP box and Vista and
simply could not get them to work, I wish it would have since a lot of
responders here seem to recommend it. MTCW.

 

[Ron Rosenfeld]

I have used Casper now for several years, I write to an IDE drive in a
Removable drive enclosure for my backups, else it remains OFF until such
time as I make an updated backup(clone). The main drive has on occasion
become unstable, I turn the backup drive ON, boot to it and Iam up in
running in less than 5 minutes, I then re-clone the main drive, usually
takes 15 minutes and am back in business. This I have done twice in the
last year without incident. I also have Vista on a removable drive
enclosure that I slip in there when I want to run that OS. I don't think
this qualifies as a dual boot system but a selectable OS selection setup.
One current OS system cannot effect the other because they are not
physically in the machine at the same time. I have tried Linux this way,
but not getting much use out of that OS. Not trying to put ACRONIS down, but
have tried their trial versions 9,10 and 11 on both my XP box and Vista and
simply could not get them to work, I wish it would have since a lot of
responders here seem to recommend it. MTCW.

I've never used Acronis either. For me, I use my RAID 10 against a
catastrophic HD failure, and I find Windows Backup to be adequate for my
regular data backup.
--ron

 

[Brian A.]

It's "lose", not "loose".

Get lost.

If it's loose, one could lose it. <s>

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Xandros]

Acronis TrueImage

 

[Bill in Co.]

Seconded. It's probably wisest to stay away from Norton, with the
possible exception of Partition Magic.

 

[Scott]

PT,

I have used Acronis True Image for several years now, and it works
flawlessly to create and restore a drive image. I use it regularly on
Windows 98 and Windows XP machines. It's saved my butt many times.

Scott