WTF are you talking about? Compressed data isn't any harder to recover than non-compressed; just the opposite, since it resides in a smaller area and often contains recovery info.
As for your "system that can be quickly installed on any hardware I have available", I have no idea what you're talking about. You certainly can't install a Mac OS on any hardware. Please elaborate. On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 1:27 PM, tjpa <t...@tjpa.com> wrote: > On Dec 26, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Tony B wrote: >> >> Disk imaging is the way to go, with some level of compression to save >> space. > > Backups should never be compressed. You can find yourself locked out of your > data. > > Disk imaging is a possibility, but I prefer to focus on protecting the data. > If you image the drive you can find you have two identical non-functioning > drives. Or you may find that you have to switch to different hardware and > the image won't run there. > > I find it is best to have a system that can be quickly installed on any > hardware I have available (so installing Windows is out of the question). > Then copy over the data and go online. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
