Probably not what you want but I have been installing a $35 raid card in my win 10 or Linux machines. No drivers required and you can mirror the boot drive. Works really well. I have been using just 128 or so gig for the boot and then install a cheap 1TB for regular backups.
On Thu, Dec 21, 2017, 11:11 PM Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > this is what i used to use for hdd duplication, was the best of all of > them at the time for my needs > https://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/discwizard/ > > if youre running windows and move to windows 10 its pretty easy to swap > the drive to new hardware (licensing issues excluded) > > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 10:57 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Can you run VMs for the stuff you need to control/do? Run VMs on those >> stations and replicate the storage to somewhere else? Then they're always >> backed up. >> >> >> On 12/21/2017 10:29 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: >> >> So, clonezilla seems to be 'reboot into this tool and take an image'. >> Is this correct? >> >> I'm definitely not opposed to this idea, probably actually better than >> the 'make an image from the running windows box' option. I can then use >> a standard backup tool for the day to day (file) backup operations. >> >> Mainly what I'm worried about backing up is all of the nightmarish driver >> installation and configuration which goes along with using a PC to control >> hardware. And then on an ongoing basis 'operational programs', but those >> are more traditional files which a normal backup would grab. >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 9:21 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> +1 on Clonezilla. >>> >>> >>> ------ Original Message ------ >>> From: "Brian Webster" <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: 12/21/2017 11:18:30 PM >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Computer Image backup/restore >>> >>> I have used Clonezilla with good success. They have a live CD version >>> you can burn the image, Linux based and free. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thank You, >>> >>> Brian Webster >>> >>> www.wirelessmapping.com >>> >>> www.Broadband-Mapping.com >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Forrest >>> Christian (List Account) >>> *Sent:* Thursday, December 21, 2017 11:07 PM >>> *To:* af >>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Computer Image backup/restore >>> >>> >>> >>> Normally backups around here are file-based, I.E. I want to make sure I >>> don't lose data. >>> >>> >>> >>> I have a couple of computers now which I really would hate to have to >>> rebuild due to hardware failure. These are generally computers which run a >>> machine, such as the automatic test system and the pick and place machine. >>> These machines area all typically single-drive (non-mirrored) mostly off >>> the shelf hardware running various versions of windows. I'd like to take >>> a full image, and have at least a reasonable chance of putting it back on >>> similar hardware (probably same motherboard, maybe different storage >>> medium) and it just work. >>> >>> >>> >>> It used to be that the tool for this was Norton Ghost. But that's been >>> discontinued (and I understand it was going downhill before that). So I'm >>> looking for whatever the current modern version is. >>> >>> >>> >>> I know there's a few tools out there which do this (Macrium, Acronis, >>> etc). But the reviews are all littered with failures. Unfortunately >>> it's hard to tell how much of this is lack of clue and how much of this is >>> broken software. >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm wondering if anyone has experience with using these modern >>> equivalents? Preferably something which runs on a range of Windows OS'es, >>> and can dump the image onto NAS. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> *Forrest Christian* *CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* >>> >>> Tel: 406-449-3345 <%28406%29%20449-3345> | Address: 3577 Countryside >>> Road, Helena, MT 59602 >>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=3577+Countryside+Road,+Helena,+MT+59602&entry=gmail&source=g> >>> >>> [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com >>> >>> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> >>> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* >> Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=3577+Countryside+Road,+Helena,+MT+59602&entry=gmail&source=g> >> [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com >> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> >> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> >> >> >> >
