The strategy I've chosen is to have a full partition image to an external drive through Vista's backup utility for a pristine restore, periodic backup to DVD of data, as well as a full backup with scheduled incremental data backups off-site to Mozy. In that mix are related, non-backup utilities such as Windows system restore for the twonky bits and failed experiments, and driver rollback for 3rd party drivers that should work, but don't.
That should cover me for most events, save for full-scale alien invasion. > Time Machine is not really a substitute for a full drive backup. Each > backup strategy has its strong and weak spots. Together they are > complementary. So I'm considering recommending both. With drives so > cheap > these days it is worth the small cost to get the added security. If you > have to pick doing one or the other you have to decide which type of > protection is the most likely to be useful in your specific case. I.e., > individual file loss/corruption vs. total data loss/corruption. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
