Ah, I use acronis in a more manual based timeshot fashion. Every so often when the urge strikes I take a snapshot and store it with the previous two...If I have anything before those previous two when I make a new one, I delete it.
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Tony B <[email protected]> wrote: > Ghost is the current iteration of an old and revered program - Drive > Image from Powerquest. I've been a fan for ages, even long before > Symantec bought them and scrapped the old Ghost. The last time I set > up Acronis, I was unable to set the number of full backups it would > keep. Presumably once the backup drive was full, the user is supposed > to go in and clear space manually.? > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:16 PM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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/ ** *************************************************************************
