Re: backup file name rejected
From: Al Smith (invalid_at_address.com)
Date: 09/05/04
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Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 18:04:12 GMT
> Also, I've been trying many backup programmes, but
> haven't found one that suits me. I have >6Gb of data to
> backup and I want to put it on a dvd or dvd's. Can anyone
> highly recommend the programme they're using? How does
> XP's compare?
I used Drive Image 4 for years in Windows98. When I upgraded to
XP, I bought Drive Image 7. It works very well. It runs completely
in Windows XP -- no dropping down to DOS or some other shell to
make a complete mirror image of your drives. It is very fast. It
backs up my entire C drive, which contains around 10 gigs of
program and data files, in under half an hour. I usually backup to
another hard drive.
You can view what files are in the backup folder, and can extract
individual files, very easily using the Drive Image file browser.
The drive you back up can be restored from XP, if it is working,
or if your computer is completely fried, you put the Drive Image
CD in and boot from it, and it creates its own restore
environment. Restoring is even faster than making the image file,
in my past experience.
You can do incrimental backups of new files if you prefer, but
I've found that the best way to perform backups is to regularly
make a mirror image of your complete drive, replacing the old
mirror or mirrors (I usually keep two mirrors of each drive).
Drive Image allows you to cut up your mirror into pieces of
whatever size you wish. If you wanted to backup your C drive to CD
disks, for example, you would simply set the program to cut the
backup into, say, 630 megabyte-sized chunks (whatever will fit
comfortably on your CDs), make the image, and copy the resulting
pieces to CD disks. Or, if you wish, you can copy directly to CDs,
or directly to DVDs, and the program will automatically span the
disks as they are written.
Drive Image seven comes with two CDs, one containing Drive Image 7
for Windows XP and Windows 2000, and the other containing Drive
Image 2002 for Windows 95, 98, ME, and NT. So you really get two
programs for the price of one. I've never found a better back up
program.
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