Dave has some good audio tutorials on the jaws-users site which backup
to DVDs. It is possible to backup a System partition to a bigger
partition. I choose to backup all internal partitions to an external
drive. This is a great option for me because I often experiment often
and reconfigure my internal drive. I now have a dual boot of Windows 7
64 bit and Vinux 3.2.1. I have several backups of stable systems, such
as just after I installed my normal applications just after I bought the
computer, just before I set up a dual boot and a recent backup of a
stable dual boot system. If needed I can quickly go back to any of
these configurations. Not all users need this many backups, unless they
want to backup each month and keep several backups around.
The difficult part of this program is that to restore a disk image
backup you need to boot from something other than the internal
partition. Dave's tutorial has Image for Windows make the first backup
disk bootable. There is no speech, but the amount of keys to use
without verbal feedback is very limited. I think some have used their
tools to create a minimal Windows bootable disk with speech using
difficult procedures. I had no luck with this. I prefer to use Vinux
installed on a USB Flash drive and install Image for Linux on it. That
way, I have a small device that provides speech at startup and can use
their crude version of the application to start the backup from the
external drive. Linux also provides several good repair and recovery
tools as a bonus. To boot from the USB Flash drive on my system,
without changing the BIOS, requires pressing F12 during startup. This
brings up a simple boot menu of devices to boot to. On my system, I
need to then press the Down Arrow twice and hit Enter.
*Don Marang*
Vinux Software Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org
<http://www.vinuxproject.org/>
There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any
real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I
am working on things that matter.
-- Dean Kamen
On 7/29/2011 10:52 AM, Stephan, William S NWK wrote:
OK Don, now that I've read your first response, it sounds like Windows Image
is what I need. I can forgo the automatic backups. Where are these backups
stored? Do I have to have a separate disc drive for this?
thanks.
William S. Stephan
Procurement Analyst, Kansas City District National Contracting Organization
Building Strong(r)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 4:20 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] System Backups
Actually, cloud backup services like Carbonite only back up your data.
They do not backup your system or applications. I suppose it is possible to
force it to back up everything on the disk, but it is not really designed for
that. You even need to tell it to backup large files, like Videos, by
including those folders and telling it to backup that file type.
Yes, as far as I can tell, Carbonite is 100% accessible using JAWS.
DropBox as previously stated, is a great way to backup critical data for free
for up to 2 GB. I also use Karen's Backup to automatically make copies of
critical folders to other computers in the house.
To occasionally. backup all of my system files, applications, settings, and
data I use a disk image tool. There are probably a few that work, but I use
Image for Windows. If you need or want a fast way to recover from a hard
disk crash or other major problem, a disk image is the way to go.
Unfortunately, this is not automatic and should be done before major changes
to your system and after installing and configuring new software, in order to
have an disk image of a stable system. One reason I like Image for Windows
is that it can run in the background while you continue to work.
*Don Marang*
Vinux Software Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org
<http://www.vinuxproject.org/> There is just so much stuff in the world that,
to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to
make sure that I am working on things that matter.
-- Dean Kamen
On 7/28/2011 3:16 PM, Stephan, William S NWK wrote:
All: Anybody have experience/suggestions for a system backup service, e.g.
Carbonite that works with screen readers like JAWS?
Thanks.
William S. Stephan
Procurement Analyst, Kansas City District National Contracting
Organization
Building Strong(r)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Office: 816-389-3801
FAX: 816-389-2029
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