Backup

[chuck]

I have what should be an easy question...Using backup in
XP Pro, can system state be backed up to DVD, DVD-rw, CD
& RD-rw? I would like to backup to dvd, but I don't know
if I can boot with it. My hardware has the ability to but
I do not want to waste DVD disks and have a useless
backup. I recently losy a hard drive and had no backup.
Once was enough.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Rock]

I have what should be an easy question...Using backup in
XP Pro, can system state be backed up to DVD, DVD-rw, CD
& RD-rw? I would like to backup to dvd, but I don't know
if I can boot with it. My hardware has the ability to but
I do not want to waste DVD disks and have a useless
backup. I recently losy a hard drive and had no backup.
Once was enough.

Thanks for any help.

Ntbackup cannot use DVDs. If you have 3rd party CD burning software
such as Nero or Roxio then it can write to a single CD, but it will not
span CD's meaning you are stuck with what can fit on one CD. It's an
old program and really designed for tape backup devices. You can use it
to create backups saved to a hard disk, then burn it to DVD again using
a 3rd party CD/DVD burning program. Another limitation is that it can't
create a single backup file bigger than 4GB, again a throw back to older
days, and it won't break up larger backups into 4GB chunks. You are
better off going with other 3rd party backup software like a drive
imaging program such as Symantec's Drive Image, Norton Ghost, Bootit NG
or Acronis True Image. Stomp, Inc's Backup MyPc is also an excellent
backup program though a but pricey. This can back up to all different
types of media, and make traditional file, differential and incremental
backups. Drive Image programs make a compressed image of the whole
drive, though individual files and folders can be restored.

I use Drive Image 7 and create the backup images on an external 250 MB
USB2 hard drive. It's fast and easy, and very simple to restore a drive
if something goes wrong.

 

[Guest]

i've just bought Drive Image 7. you mentioned incremental backups. Is it
possible with drive image or do I need another program? One of the searches I
did compared drive image and datakeeper, but retail outlets I've asked
haven't heard of it. What do you do in between full image backups to save new
info

 

[R. McCarty]

Ghost 9.0 is the next iteration of Drive Image. It's this new version
that includes the capability to do "Incremental" updates. Return your
Version 7.0 or if bought through Symantec/Digital River request an
upgrade to Ghost 9.0.

 

[Guest]

thanks

Ghost 9.0 is the next iteration of Drive Image. It's this new version
that includes the capability to do "Incremental" updates. Return your
Version 7.0 or if bought through Symantec/Digital River request an
upgrade to Ghost 9.0.

 

[Alex Nichol]

i've just bought Drive Image 7. you mentioned incremental backups. Is it
possible with drive image or do I need another program?

I don't *think* Drive image does. It is an idea that is really contrary
to the concept of an image for backup; having an *exact* copy of the
drive at a known point which you can restore to. If you want a program
that does incremental 'images' there is Acronis

 

[R. McCarty]

Believe it or not, Ghost 9.0 does have incremental backup capability.
I watched a recent "Webinar(?)" from Symantec and sure enough the
new version will do it.
But I would tend to agree that having an "Incremental" muddies the
water, because now you have to have the baseline image or last full
image for it to work. Better to just make a "Static" image and use it.
Even better, keeping user data (which changes frequently) on it's own
dedicated partition and back it up to CD-R/DVD-R/W is preferred
and use imaging for the OS partition.