maybe. it should work but Windows is a finicky beast.
you could certainly try it out.
what i do is build images of my systems to restore so i can re-image the
machine and restore the data files. i dont try to restore things in the
program files folder though. i have learned the hard way that the windows
registry doesnt like to be messed with.
i use norton ghost 2003. am being forced to switch though because ghost
2003 wont work on the new dell vostros with sata drives.
On Nov 21, 2007 8:53 AM, Gene Horodecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What about a three-phased approach:
>
> 1. Install fresh version of windows.
> 2. Restore all files on it.
> 3. Restore the locally saved 'system state'.
>
> Would this work?
>
>
> "dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> in theory you could restore a windows install this way BUT the windows
> boot load may be corrupt and would need a "fdisk /mbr" run from an NTFS
> aware DOS prompt or something similar, which cant be done with backuppc.
> also, windows can be a real pain to bring back to life after any kind of
> system disk issue and backuppc is no where near ready to deal with the
> complexities of a borked windows.
>
> i would suggest instead that you make a ghost image(or Partimage) of the
> windows drive in question when it is setup to your satisfaction. that way
> you can restore the system to a certain state and then push the backuppc
> restored files onto the system. if you do a routine settings backup to
> somewhere that backuppc is grabbing, you can restore the image, push the
> backup files to the client, then restore the system settings and you will
> have a fixed system
>
> On Nov 19, 2007 8:51 AM, Gene Horodecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Whoa.. I'll definitely exclude the pagefile.sys and c:windows. Good
> > tip.
> >
> > Is there truly no way to restore a windows client though? I mean, it's
> > not the end of the world because Windows needs a fresh install every so
> > often anyway, but if you really needed to surely there would be a way to do
> > it.
> >
> > What if one used an ntbackup to backup the 'windows system state' and
> > keep it locally in a flat file on the client.. Then back up this flat file
> > with the rest of the backuppc backup.....
> >
> > I like your idea to omit program files except sometimes people tend to
> > save data files with the programs. I know I keep everything in my
> > documents... But on my wife's laptop, who knows where things could be!
> >
> >
> > "dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > since you will not be able to restore a windows system from the
> > backuppc backups then i would suggest the following folders to exclude
> >
> > c:program files
> > c:windows
> > c:temp
> >
> > also exclude the file
> >
> > c:pagefile.sys (this is your swap file, no point in backup it up.
> > probably over a gig!)
> >
> > ***
> >
> > i would suggest you not even try to backup the C: but instead backup
> > "Documents and Settings" and any special directories off of c:. i do
> > c:documents and settings and c:downloads and c:scripts. i run some bash
> > scripts via cygwin on a few machines. I ONLY put the 'docs and settings' in
> > the default config file and add the other folders in the individual config
> > files so i dont get the errors for missing shares on a bunch of machines
> > without a downloads or a scripts share.
> >
> > > > Is there a list of recomanded windows folders to exclude
> > > > in order to get a successful full backup??
> > >
> > > I don't use Windoze, so I don't know. There have been suggestions on
> > > the
> > > list previously.
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