Re: Restore / Backup on Notebooks

I do the same.
I have a small Windows XP partition ( 5GB). Image files are about 1.5 GB big
so I burn them to a DVD-RW. Restore takes 15-20 mins. Creating the image 5
mins ( under windows : I use Acronis TrueImage).
That is very comfortable
I have
- 1 image of nude fresh install Windows XP that I keep
- 1 image of XP after updating form Windows Update center, making all my
user settings ( desktop, web access, profiles, ....) that I keep
That way never have to do a clean install :just at worse restore an "install
image"
Then I have 10 DVD-RW that I rotate with 2-3 images on each of them (
allways have an image less than 1 month old)

Easy to restore even if Windows totally dead, or hard disk dead and
replaced.

Also I keep my "personal" files on a separate partition so I never risk to
loose them if I restore an image ( favorites, desktop icons, quicklaunch
bar, start menu items, Outlook Express files, my documents folders and
alike, sendto folder, personal system-wide script files etc)

Backup can work of course, but what if your Windows is dead : can you
restore from a dead hard disk ? Or infected ? And which files save ?

I still do backups, but only of data files, with incremenatl backups to save
place.
These backups are partly saved to DVD-DL ( for security) and partly to an
external Hard Drive that is only connected to the PC for backup-restore
purposes ( to limitate the risk of infecting it, or erroneously delete
something), and otherwise is stored outside of the office.

Phil

"FL Consultant" <FLConsultant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le
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> If I understand you correctly, you are backing up the entire HD. Or am I
> missing something. That makes it easier to restore but not to backup.
> How
> many CD are you using to back up you complete hard drive?
>
> Thanks
>
> "esme" wrote:
>
>> Personally I don't like the built in backup/restore tools.
>>
>> I use Partitionmagic to make a spare partition if there isn't one
>> already,
>> format it as FAT32, then use Ghost to back up the entire XP partition to
>> it.
>> I can change the ghost settings so the files produced will fit on either
>> a
>> DVD or CD then use the main system to burn them to the appropriate media.
>> Remember to verify the CD/DVD using Ghost before you delete the backup
>> from
>> the PC though
>>
>> That way even if I crash and replace the hard drive I have a backup I can
>> restore


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