Re: Drive Image software and external hard drives

From: Dr. Indera (dr.indera.bugoff_at_cant.spam.me)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 01:32:20 -0400

hi r mccarthy,

yes, you are right - one needs to put backups on a variety of media, just in
case.

sometimes, software drives me nuts <smile>. i checked, i have drive image 7.
over the weekend, i'll give it a whirl.

thanks you for the heads up
indera

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:sL_Dc.31524$Y3.9041@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
: Imaging software has differing levels of support for USB as the
: destination drive. Some have native support of external USB
: disks and other's do not. Some backup directly from Windows
: and others require a CD/Floppy boot method.
: Just one note about backing up to an external drive. It's safer
: than having no image but there is a risk. All magnetic media can
: crash or be damaged by power spikes, etc. Don't rely on this as
: your only restoration method. Periodically, Burn your images to
: a removable media CD-R/DVD-R/W.
:
: "Dr. Indera" <dr.indera.bugoff@cant.spam.me> wrote in message
: news:u2L06iUXEHA.2908@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
: > hello,
: >
: > someplace in my house i have drive image. i was wondering if i can use
it
: > to
: > place the images right on an external hard drive. the last time i looked
: > into doing this, you had to partition your C drive, put the image there
: > and
: > then copy the image to the external drive. i didn't have enough space on
: > my
: > C drive to partition it, so i didn't go any further.
: >
: > if you are doing this, what brands of external drives work best with
drive
: > image? i get the feeling that some work better with the software than
: > others, but i could be wrong.
: >
: > thanks
: > indera
: >
: > --
: > * * * * * * * * * *
: > Don't just live life.
: > Live life well.
: >
: >
: >
:
:

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