Re: Bulletproof backup - how to test?

> How quick do you want the recovery process to work? A disk imaging program
> would be much quicker and easier to restore.
>
> Any bulletproof recovery system must include at least two methods of
backup.
> For businesses that cannot afford to loose data I set up an internal drive
> like you have but with either a disk imaging program or ntbackup. These
> programs can be easily automated so no user interaction is necessary. I
also
> install either a tape drive or a DVD writer, depending on their budget and
> the amount of data. I prefer tape if at all possible but not Travan. This
> can also be automated with the only user interaction being changing the
> media on a daily basis. This system is used daily with a different media
for
> each day. There are at least two extra media. These are stored off site.
One
> day a week the oldest off site media is brought on site and the newest on
> site media is taken off site. The on site media is stored in a locked area
> not near the computer. The media is replaced with new media on a regular
> schedule depending on what type of media. In extreme cases I set up a
> computer with the exact same hardware and keep it off site. If the
computer
> is stolen the duplicate computer can be brought on site and the newest
> available backup restored within a couple of hours. Customers that I have
> set up have never lost more than a weeks worth of data and this was due to
> them not following procedures. The most common causes of needing to
restore
> data is due to user error, a failed hard drive, followed by a stolen
> computer. Corruption due to virrii and spyware is way down the list if
> proper protection is installed and safe hex is practiced.
>
> That is my experience. In your situation relying on an internal drive
> wouldn't help with a stolen computer. Even using an external drive is no
> good in that situation unless the external drive is kept elsewhere when
not
> being used. If your data is important rather than thinking backup think
> disaster recovery. This includes other things than OS corruption. Some
> things to think about are fire, flood, theft, hardware failure, the kids
> playing indoor hockey, the cat chasing a bug and knocking over the
computer,
> etc.

Thanks for the reply. Good ideas, to be sure.

But the one thing I am trying to test is this:

Can a corrupted OS somehow make my secondary internal (non-system) disk
inaccessible - even after a reinstall of the OS on a new primary system
disk. As far as I can tell, the answer is no.


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