It's been years since I used ghost, what features are most compelling to you? I'm more then willing to switch if there are better things going on.
Mike On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Tony B <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, I didn't mean to imply your C: image wouldn't include your OS. I > just didn't want you to think you would _never_ have to reinstall an > OS. The trick is partitioning your C drive small enough to hold > everything you need on a daily basis as well as all your documents. > Currently, I do around 50gb for C. My Games, Music, Videos, and Adobe > & Office suites go to a different partition. > > Having evaluated both, I prefer Ghost over Acronis, as it's more > versatile. Worth the extra $20 or so. > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Richard P. <[email protected]> wrote: > > You raise good points. The backup would essentially be for only "My > > Documents" although at some point I would like to start backing up the > > image on a daily basis too. Never planned on trying to backup the > > operating system. It's too much fun reinstalling it :) > > > > Richard P. > > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Tony B <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Now that you've heard what everyone else does, if you actually want > >> any specific help you're going to have to tell us a lot more about > >> what it is you do, and what it is you want backed up. > >> > >> e.g. I don't back up *anything* on the wife's laptop, but her emails > >> are all via Yahoo, so they're already backed up in the cloud. OTOH, > >> the office machine that runs Quickbooks and keeps two important > >> company databases is backed up daily to the cloud (specifically, > >> Amazon via Jungledisk). My own machine, used primarily for > >> development, images the C drive daily to a second drive. > >> > >> All three methods have already been described, but which one is right > >> for you just depends on what the machine in question is doing. Note > >> that no backup method will ever prevent you from having to reinstall > >> your OS occasionally, so don't bother trying to reach for that lofty > >> goal. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- Make sure you support your local CarbonONset programs! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
