Re: Backup, RAID, Mirror confusion...

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"Peter G" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> Thanks for the alternative input Dans,
>
> I really appreciate the tip for doing a new XP installation to get rid
> of Dell excesses!
>
> Still some confusion on:
>> 7) Install ALL the applications I use, including some type of
>> automatic backup to an external drive, 'smartly scheduled'.>
>
> So - install all apps to Drive "C" then backup to external drive - is
> that belt and braces? Won't the Drive Image/Ghost do that?

Well....a smart backup plan. You did say you had an external drive or 2
as well. The backup s/w is to keep a running backup of your projects, or
'the D: drive'. And configure all of the applications to use that too as
their 'project/home dir' and 'temp dir', etc. The first backup is AFTER
~EVERYTHING~ is installed, and functioning, and BEFORE the system is put
into everyday use. And yes, Drive Image or Ghost, would do this. I got HP
Disaster Recovery with a CD Burner I purchased years ago. That was the
same thing, it created a backup of your PC and if something happened, you
could restore from the new CD's after booting from the floppy disk it
made. Instead of the totally LAME-O Dell 'restore' CD that won't just
install Window's, but EVERY OTHER piece-of-sh*t software that Dell
think's you want cluttering up the HD that will never get used. That's
just in case of ultimate failure of the system drive.

>
> >6) Set up D: & E: as NTFS RAID0, which will then become only D:>
>
> I understand the concept but not the how! Do I phone Dell and tell
> them to include some sort of RAID cable or find something in XP that
> lets me do same? It seems that RAID5 is popular but feel very under
> tutored. Sorry for ignorance - spent the last 20 years hardly backing
> up anything - now getting nervous!
>
> cheers
>

XP won't do RAID on it's own, it has to be supported by the controller.
So I can't help you on that. I assume the Dell would be SATA, unless of
course you specifically ordered SCSI. The built-in SATA controller may be
RAID capable already. So the question for them would be, 1) is it SATA,
and 2) if so, does the controller support RAID.


regards,

DanS

>

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