HD clone system question

[YankeeImperialistDog]

I'm a cs developer who needs to back up my system for instant recovery. I
have two identical HD for my note book. HD2 is in a USB enclosure. I need to
do a full clone to this drive each week so as not to loose productivity. When
the HD1 goes and has twice so far, i want to plugin HD2 and pick up from it's
last clone point (yes data is on alt backups)

Please help i'll owe you one!!!!

KES

 

[dfarrell]

Just a passing thought. You might try using a dual boot setup using Partition
Commander or another app of that nature that will allow you to set up HD1 and
HD2 as bootable system to your laptop. That way if HD1 dies reboot to HD2.

 

[DDW]

I'm a cs developer who needs to back up my system for instant recovery. I
have two identical HD for my note book. HD2 is in a USB enclosure. I need to
do a full clone to this drive each week so as not to loose productivity. When
the HD1 goes and has twice so far, i want to plugin HD2 and pick up from it's
last clone point (yes data is on alt backups)

Please help i'll owe you one!!!!

KES

Casper 5.0

Clones from within Windows, and does "incremental" clones from that
point forward... saving a LOT of time.

DDW

 

[DDW]

Just a passing thought. You might try using a dual boot setup using Partition
Commander or another app of that nature that will allow you to set up HD1 and
HD2 as bootable system to your laptop. That way if HD1 dies reboot to HD2.

Who/what are you replying to, and why did you change the subject line?

DDW

 

[YankeeImperialistDog]

thanks for replying on topic. How can i clone from an internal HD to a usb
connected HD from with in windows vista? i have ultimate?

I did not see how to do this. and will i need to use up "another" one care
licence because it will think it's a new pc?

 

[olfart]

Casper 5.0

Clones from within Windows, and does "incremental" clones from that
point forward... saving a LOT of time.

DDW

I've used Casper for a long time with good results on Win XP.
However I have one machine with Vista and Win 7 dual boot and Casper just
doesn't like it. So I use Paragon to backup this box

 

[Leroy]

Available in Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions,
Windows Complete PC Backup and Restore is a comprehensive, image-based
backup tool that will help you out of a tight spot if you need to
recover your entire system.

See:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/backup.aspx#complete

and

A Guide to Windows Vista Backup Technologies
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.09.backup.aspx

 

[YankeeImperialistDog]

I believe you gave an answer to my question thank you. Is there a new version
of Casper that will work with vista ult? I've contacted Paragon.

Would you consider casper better or just differrent that the paragon product?

and BTW you're a Fine American for answering this!

 

[olfart]

I believe you gave an answer to my question thank you. Is there a new
version
of Casper that will work with vista ult? I've contacted Paragon.

Would you consider casper better or just differrent that the paragon
product?

and BTW you're a Fine American for answering this!
--

go to http://www.fssdev.com/products/casper/
you can d/l a free trial
I prefer Casper over Paragon for ease of use, scheduling, speed etc. I never
tried it onVista by itself...it should work OK for you.
The problem I had was with a dual boot machine....Vista and Windows 7....the
clone wouldn't boot. Also had problems with Win2000 and Linux dual boot on
another box I have. For some reason Casper doesn't like dual boot. I started
to work with FssDev tech support to try to cure the problem....they are very
helpful....but I didn't have the time or patience to stick with it and
follow through with some of their suggestions. With just Vista on your
machine you should be fine.
The first time it runs it will take a while to copy over everything. After
that it's a breeze since it only copies file that have changed or been
added. I have a 500gb about 3/4 full and run clone in about 4-5 minutes

 

[Mike Torello]

go to http://www.fssdev.com/products/casper/
you can d/l a free trial
I prefer Casper over Paragon for ease of use, scheduling, speed etc. I never
tried it onVista by itself...it should work OK for you.

It works FINE with Vista.