Re: Two "expert" issues I must solve before upgading

From: Sharon F (sharonfDEL_at_ETEmvps.org)
Date: 09/10/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:00:07 -0500

On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 21:01:03 -0400, Jeff W wrote:

> On PC #1 - I perform full (image), and incremental (NTBACKUP) backups,
> I -store- them on PC #2
>
> when the disk on PC #1 crashes... I
> 1) add and format a new disk to PC #2
> 2) On PC #2, do an image restore to the new disk
> 3) move the new disk from PC #2 to PC #1
> 4) boot.
> 5) Do the NTBACKUP incremental restores to the new disk
>

Change the plan to
1) add and format a new disk on PC #1: use the disk prep tools on the XP
setup CD. Once the drive is prepared, cancel setup.
2) Restore image over the network from PC #2 (most imaging programs support
restoring over the network)
3) N/A
4) boot
5) Handle your data backups using your preferred method/program

> Where does WPA come into play here?

While the hard drive is in PC#2 it will be hard drive 1 (second hard drive)
and this will be recorded during the disk prep. Move it to PC#1, it now
becomes hard drive 0. XP's hardware check will see that change and you
could run into trouble because of it.

> Also - are you happy with IFW? Did you have to provide them with
> information from your PC to get a paid copy? (I try to avoid
> over-enthusiastic copy-protection schemes - WPA is the main reason I
> waited so long to upgrade - I do things honestly and the schemes are
> just so often a burden - as I'm finding out in this thread 8-})
> thanks!

I'm very happy with IFW. It's reasonably priced compared to other imaging
programs and is well supported. The only info I had to provide was an email
address for the license for the software to be emailed. Purchasing IFW
includes a copy of IFD. There is a cdboot.f35 file in the paid IFD program.
This file is your "key" to the paid versions. It is used by IFD and IFW.
Keep a spare copy of that file around. Drop it into your IFW directory.

There is a supplemental download of a free tool, PhyLock, that allows
images to be created while you're working in Windows. The tool grabs an
image of files that are in use so that the complete image can be created.
This is very similar to and serves the same purpose of "shadow volume" that
is used by ntbackup. To utilize, simply drop a copy of PhyLock into the
working IFW directory.

There is a link on the TeraByte site to a step by step tutorial that walks
you through creating and restoring an image by step. And of course the
program has a help file and there are user support forums available. 

-- 
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User

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