Very Stupid Question

[FromTheRafters]

And???? Did it??? (G)

Bwahaha...score a point for Heather!

 

[Heather]

into.

Many people think that system restore is all the backup they need.
But a cloned harddrive is much better. System restore only backs
up certain files, and because it does so automatically it adds the
possibility that the last actual *good* backup has been pushed out
and fallen into the bit-bucket. If you use system restore to go back
to a previous state after installing some problem software, I think
that this is as it was intended to be used. Once the new software
has been proven (?) to be installed and stable, you can refresh your
cloned drive image.

Yes......one of the WinME 'regulars' cloned his hard drive and it had
slipped my mind. But I will have to pick your brain on that one.
There is so darn much to learn!! Not sure if one uses Partition Magic
to do this or not.

And yes, I use SR simply to restore my computer back to a stable state
after some prog has disagreed with it. No matter that the author says
it is WinME compatible, sometimes it just isn't. Mailwasher 2 was one
that I had to remove. I often stick with older versions of stuff. Zone
Alarm caused problems a year ago.......no auto restore points if you
used higher than version 2.xxx Apparently this new version 4 is OK so
far, but I will let the others test it.

Cheers...Heather

 

[null]

Yes......one of the WinME 'regulars' cloned his hard drive and it had
slipped my mind. But I will have to pick your brain on that one.
There is so darn much to learn!! Not sure if one uses Partition Magic
to do this or not.

I use the free version of XXCOPY. It works very well. But I suppose if
you're not used to command line programs and setting command line
switches, it would be difficult for you. If you're serious about
starting a cloned hard drive project I can help you out. Right off the
bat you have to decide how you want to go about it. I'm now using a
special tray designed for the purpose which allows me to easily remove
the backup drive from the PC. It's a good idea to have your backup
drive arranged this way so it's not available in any way to the system
until you're ready to backup.

Another factor to consider with Win ME is whether or not you want to
backup the _RESTORE folder(s). It's silly to do so, and it's easy with
XXCOPY to set a exclusion switch on it. I don't bother to backup the
swap file either, since Windows recreates it if necessary.

Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg

 

[Bart Bailey]

Mailwasher 2 was one
that I had to remove.

I had MW v1.3 'cause v2 was flaky on me too,
now on v3 PRO, and it works real nice.

Bart

 

[optikl]

I had MW v1.3 'cause v2 was flaky on me too,
now on v3 PRO, and it works real nice.

Bart

What's the price of MW 3.0 Pro?

 

[Blevins]

What's the price of MW 3.0 Pro?

$29.95 USD

 

[Bart Bailey]

What's the price of MW 3.0 Pro?

Current version is now v3.1 for $29.95
http://www.firetrust.com/products/mailwasherpro/

Bart

 

[Heather]

I use the free version of XXCOPY. It works very well. But I suppose if
you're not used to command line programs and setting command line
switches, it would be difficult for you. If you're serious about
starting a cloned hard drive project I can help you out. Right off the
bat you have to decide how you want to go about it. I'm now using a
special tray designed for the purpose which allows me to easily remove
the backup drive from the PC. It's a good idea to have your backup
drive arranged this way so it's not available in any way to the system
until you're ready to backup.

Thanks very much, Art. But you are right.....I have a few things to
learn before tackling such a job. But I appreciate your offer and will
take you up on it later, once I have sorted out a few things. I will
look up this XXCOPY first.

Cheers.....Heather