I agree Gerald but someone was talking about possibly using the Vinux Live CD to install the Linux version of the Image for windows program. So the theory goes - save an image using the windows version of Image for Windows and restore using the Linux version using the Live CD.
If someone could do a bit of path finding on this and post a set of clear foolproof instructions I for one would move onto this system away from my current reliance on Norton Ghost and sighted help. I guess it requires someone who is pretty familiar with Vinux. I have got a bit bogged down when I tried it as windows and jaws key commands did not appear to work. For example I could not enter anything in edit fields so there is obviously a learning curve to Vinux. Regards David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy Sent: Tuesday, 15 December 2009 15:33 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Disk imaging programs. Disk Image for Windows, a tutorial for which is available on the JAWS Users Audio page, is theoretically accessible as long as you create your backup image on DVD. IN the tutorial, the backup image occupies only two DVDs. However,if you have a lot of data to back up including MP3 and video files, using DVDs to hold it all is very impractical. That's because a single-layer,single sided DVD,the most common type can store only 4.7gb of data. A typical, real world backup might contain 30 to 40gb of data, even in compressed form, which means you would need a lot of DVDs to hold it all. This could get very messy and cumbersome. So the only practical alternative is to create the backup image on an external hard drive. But the problem is that restoring an image from an External drive requires sighted assistance because you have to use a special boot CD which would not be accessible. I have successfully created backup images of my C drive using both Paragon Drive Backup Express and Macrium Reflect, both of which are free, but I would need sighted help to restore the images using the boot CDs I created. Needless to say, I have not attempted to reload my system this way yet, but at least I have the backups ready just in case. There's just no way around this dilemma. Gerald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Murphy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 9:23 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Disk imaging programs. > does anyone know of an accessible program for creating a disk image that I > could store as a backup in the event I need to recover from a disaster? > I have heard the subject discussed before on here but never gave it a > thought until recently. > thanks. > > Dan Murphy mailto:[email protected] > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mweeby > MSN: [email protected] > skype: mweeby > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4690 (20091215) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4691 (20091215) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
