Re: disk backup. Efficiency?

Anna wrote on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:47:05 -0500:

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??>>> Investigate for yourself for the best results as to your
??>>> particular wants, needs, etc.. Cheers j;-j

A> "James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
A> message news:eOGXzjQWHHA.4188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
??>> It is amazing how often such replies as "investigate for
??>> yourself" arise when one asks for opinions. I thought I
??>> had stated my aims :-) -- James Silverton Potomac,
??>> Maryland

A> James:
A> I honestly don't mean this as a pejorative question, but...

I have thanked people for responses in the past and my present technique based on their advice is to use an Acronis 10 full back up once a week and incremental back-ups on week days. What I don't know is whether people have recovered from a complete hard disk crash with no working Windows system using the Acronis 'full back-up." I do not find the Acronis manual a masterpiece of clarity :-) A crash is something I don't care to simulate and I would prefer not to spend time cloning my working disc. At a past time I used Dantz Retrospect in full confidence that its "disaster recovery" would work. That proved not to be the case, perhaps because of misunderstandings on my part. Acronis and, indeed Dantz, allows restoration of accidentally deleted files so that is taken care of.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

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