Re: disk backup. Efficiency?

The only way to know if your current system to restore
your data will work is to conduct a trial of a mocked
crash.

Otherwise, if you wait until you actually have
a crash you may be unfortunate to discover that
your current restore process is flawed and was never
proven.

I would suggest that you purchase a harddrive
identical to what you have at this time. Then
substitute your current master drive with the
new drive on your pc.

The new/blank drive will serve to mimic a
crashed drive that you can restore your backups to it.

The new drive will not only serve to prove
the worthiness of the restore process you have chosen
at this time but the new drive will physically come in handy in the event
you suffer complete failure of disk.

For the most part, I have utilized the above
method to improve my restoration capabilities.
Although I have provided some guidance with backups I have
not provide are my safeguards - insuring me of
100% success rate. However, this is due from
years of experience, trial and error....

- db
"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uO56NPRWHHA.4764@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Anna wrote on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:47:05 -0500:

+backups
??>>> 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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