that is why I pool the drives, have multiple backup drives, best case for off site storage. Only pain is system has to be shut down to change the drives, have not had the nerve to try this hot, even on SATA drives. I only pool weekly. ( when I remember ) My Business data is backed up separately to the LAN. I am a redundant kind of guy. Have not tried one yet but these new routers with USB ports may be a interesting way to back up data without having multiple LAN puters.
FWIW, has worked very well for me and a lot of my customers. I have seen the scenario were PSU failure has fried a lot of stuff. Life is a risk, nothing is perfect. I do like the idea of a fresh install clone for restores to eliminate mother may I as long as the HW has not changed, still bugs the hell out of me every time. fp At 04:14 AM 12/12/2007, Al Poked the stick with: >FORC5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> FWIW I use System Guardian ( Standby Disk ) >> IMO is nothing finer. >> fp > >I'm glad it works for you. > >I see a point of weakness with this method. Both drives are hot all the >time. A errant power supply (power spike/lightening/fire >sprinklers/spilled cup-o-joe/...) could take out both drives. > >I used to do something similar with Partition Magic, and a second drive >with it's own power switch. Turn on the second drive power switch, boot >from a floppy with PM and copy the drive. May still be vulnerable to >lightening. But the backup drive isn't hot all the time. Then I >discovered and used removable drive racks; which allowed moving >the backup to a safe location. > >Always liked the full working copy instead of a restore routine. > >Not to suggest it would work for T, as he was look'n for scheduled backups. -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Heaven allows glimpses only to those at a distance.
