Re: External Hard Drive used for System Backup.
- From: Flyerfan27 <Flyerfan27@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 08:45:00 -0700
Hello Anna,
Thank you for clearing up that last hurdle for me. I am sure I have it
right now. You are so nice and patient I can't thank you enough. Also thank
you for the tip about the "Startup Disc". I don't know which posting I got it
from, but I was under the impression you could make the disc from the
program. I guess it was from that you have to make the disc from the
download. I must of mistaking that as being from the program. I am really
glad you made this point clear. I do know enough to know you need the startup
disc in order to clone the backup to an empty internal drive.
A good cloning program is worth the money you speak of; especially if you
need to use it. That makes the program priceless. I know I spent at least 3
times that trying to find the right backup program. I thought I was good with
Norton Ghost 9.0, but Vista sent that to the scrap heap!
I do want to mention the latest program I tried in case anyone is
interested in other backup software. It is called TotalMedia Backup & Record;
made by Fabrik Backup Solutions. This is an imaging program that is also
supposed to be able to make System CDs or DVDs of your computer as it is
setup by the owner. I tried the imaging part of the software in both Vista &
XP. In both operating systems I received errors making the images. I would
not recommend this software for that.
As for the System disc part of the software I could not use it. On my
desktop computer I only have a DVD player and a CD writer. The system hard
drive is small enough to make the system disc on DVDs, but not CDs. It would
have taken 15 CDs to make the backup and I just don’t trust having to count
on that many CDs. Now my Laptop has the DVD writer, but the system hard drive
is much bigger on this computer. It would have taken 14 DVD’s to backup my
laptop. Besides the time that would have taken; again I do not want to trust
that many Discs. BTW; the software is not setup to use a Network for coping
as of the copy I have. I found this out from their tech support when I wrote
them asking if I could use my Laptop DVD writer to make the system discs for
my Desktop Computer.
This software does have other uses too, but I was only interested in the 2
I mention. I hope this helps if anyone was considering try this software.
Anna; Thanks again! You are truly a wonderful person to help out so much. I
can’t thank you enough and I am extremely appreciative.
Take care,
James
"Anna" wrote:
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"Flyerfan27" <Flyerfan27@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello Anna,
Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I just saw this latest reply
posting you wrote for me. I don't know how to get these news groups in my
mail client so I read them on the Microsoft Web page. I just noticed the
responses are not in any particular order that make sense. I kept looking
for
the detailed explanation you said was forth coming later in this topic
after
that last posting you wrote. It turned out that this reply is before your
last one in this topic and I just came upon it now by luck.
Anyway thank you so much for the detailed explanation you wrote on how to
do a multiple system backup to one USBEHD using Casper 4, when XP is
involved. That must have taken you some time to write all that. I really
appreciate the time you took. I hope you get a kick back for every time
someone buys the Casper 4 software after they have chatted with you. You
are
the reason I am going to buy it. I can't thank you enough!
Before I go ahead and buy Casper 4.0 I just want to clarify one thing with
you. Sorry for being a pain. I do not have an XP disc because it is part
of
the system discs that came with my computer so I can't do the round about
you
mention. In reading your explanation it is my understanding I won't need
to
do the round about as long as I clone XP on the first partition on the
USBEHD. Then when I clone it back, if need be, to an internal hard drive I
won't have a problem as long as I clone it back to the first partition on
the
internal hard drive. Do I understand that correctly? If I follow the above
I
will be fine with Casper 4?
Anna; thanks again for your help, I deeply appreciate it. I am sorry for
taking so long to write you back. I just did not realize the replies were
not
in any order that I can see. I promise after this last question I will not
bother you about this subject anymore.
Best regards,
James
James:
Well, you have it *nearly* correct...
The crucial point is that for backup purposes you should clone the contents
of your XP system (on your internal HDD) to the first partition of your
multi-partitioned USBEHD as you have indicated. But it's *not* important to
which partition on your *internal* HDD (for restoration/recovery purposes)
that you clone back the contents of the USBEHD should that need arise. I
hope I've made that clear. Now, of course, it may be important for you to
clone back the contents of the XP system residing on the USBEHD to the first
partition of your internal HDD because you're involved with a multi-boot
configuration on that disk, and that configuration may demand that the XP OS
be on the first partition of your internal booting HDD, but that would be
another matter. It would have nothing to do with the Casper problem I had
mentioned. Again, the crucial thing is - for backup purposes - clone the XP
system to the first partition of your multi-partitioned USBEHD.
I'm sure you're going to be happy with the Casper 4 program. When you
purchase the program don't neglect to also purchase the "Startup Disk".
Unfortunately it's a $9.95 extra cost. And to make matters worse it comes as
a downloadable .iso image so you need to burn the image to a CD in order to
have a functional "startup disk". It's too bad Casper hasn't used the same
process as Acronis where the startup CD for that program can be easily
created right from the program - either during the program's installation or
anytime thereafter. I've complained to Casper (fss.dev) about this,
especially since the cost of the basic program is $49.99, but so far to no
avail. But alas, the program is so good that in my view, it's worth
swallowing the additional cost to create the startup disk.
Anna
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