Hi Gerald, For anyone to attempt to backup data in an amount that you have mentioned, would be ridiculous. The idea behind using Image for Windows, especially for blind users, is the ability to backyup the operating system and programs, and then restore them, without sighted assistance. For the sake of simplicity, it would be best to keep the image small enough to fit easily on one dvd. I use a separate partition for my personal files, so that if I encounter an operating system problem, I can restore it without disturbing any of my personal files. There are various ways of backing up your machine, it really amounts to what you have abailable to you, and are willing to do. I realize that this is more difficult for the less experienced user, and that there is no single solution for everyone. HTH, Rick Justice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 10:33 AM 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/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
