Re: How to create copies of harddisks safe, cheap, easy-to-restore?
From: Ron Sommer (rsommer_at_nospam.ktis.net)
Date: 02/21/04
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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 07:13:29 -0600
-- Ron Sommer "Matthias Spanier" <matthias_spanier@despammed.com> wrote in message news:c1797o$lf6$01$1@news.t-online.com... > Hello, > > which is a safe and cheap way to create copies of harddisks, and in case > of problems easy-to-restore? I am thinking about that and would > appreciate advice of experts. > > Here are the details: > > I have a dual-boot system: Win XP Pro German version on harddisk C, > Win2000 Pro German version on harddisk D, application data on harddisk > E. These harddisks are physically different, they are not partitions of > a single harddisk. The PC has a disk drive for 1.44-MB-disks and a DVD > drive for DVD R+ RW+ R- RW-. Furthermore, it has USB1 / USB2 / firewire. > The PC is stand-alone and not part of a network. And I have Office XP > German version including Access 2002, Norton SystemWorks 2004, Norton > Internet Security 2004, Steganos Security Suite Generation 6 and Nero > version 6.0.0.20. > > I have installed all available WindowsUpdates, whether "critical" or > not, and all OfficeUpdates. > > Besides of other programs, I have installed SAPGUI 6.20 on Win2000 Pro > for professional reasons, and I have Netscape 7.1 on XP and on Win2000 > with separate but coinciding files registry.dat, with a common prefs.js > on C: and common profiles on E:. > > The OS which is automatically booted (unless I perform a manual choice) > is XP. > > I already have transferred (almost) all application data from my > previous Win98 PC. > > Currently, C: is filled with > 12 GB, D: with > 6 GB, E: with > 15 GB. > > Unfortunately, Norton GoBack says is not suitable for my specific > configuration of Win XP Pro and Win2000 Pro. > > Now I want to create copies (as image or whatever other way would be > appropriate) in a safe, cheap and easy-to-restore way. > > I heard that e.g. PowerQuest DriveImage 7 is a very good choice to do > that. And people at the shop where I bought the PC are telling me to buy > an external hardddisk big enough to partition it in such a way that it > has enough space to mirror my existing three harddisks, to connect it > via firewire or USB2 to my PC and to create images from time to time. > They have also mentioned that Norton Ghost is almost as good as > PowerQuest DriveImage 7. > This might be a way to do it. A disadvantage might be that I always have > only the most recent copy and no earlier ones to return to? However, as > I am still thinking if there is a cheaper method which is safe and > easy-to-restore? > > What about the following? > > I could copy the application data on harddisk E to DVD-RWs using Nero. > In case harddisk E should get into trouble, I have copies of the > important data. This is the most simple thing about all the images. I > guess the operating systems are more complicated. > > Now what if harddisk D (Win2000 Pro) should get into physical trouble? > Or if I have installed some programs which have influenced the registry > in such a way that other programs no longer run, and I want to return to > a timepoint before the new installations and thus get back to a properly > working system? In order to be prepared, could I log on with XP now and > then simply start Nero and copy the Win2000-harddisk D on DVD-RWs? And > in case of future trouble with Win2000, could I logon with XP on > harddick C again, format the Win2000-harddisk D, and simply write the > DVD contents back to harddisk D? > And could I do this vice-versa, logging on with Win2000 and burn the > XP-harddisk C on DVD-RWs? > Now what if I should somewhen logon e.g. with Win2000 on D, format the > XP-harddisk C, and before I will be able to copy the DVDs back to C, the > electricity gets lost? The XP harddisk would have been formatted, and I > would need to logon again with Win2000. How could I start the computer > in order to restore the XP harddisk from the DVDs? > And maybe I have not thought of other important facts yet? > > I am not a professional with these questions. I would like to make sure > which is a cheap, safe and easy-to-restore way to do all that. :-) > > Regards, > Mattbias >
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