The only way to back up your entire hard drive with Image for Windows is
onto an external hard drive or series of DVD's. Keep in mind that although
the backup procedure is reasonably accessible using JAWS, there is no speech
during the process of restoring the backed-up image. As explained in a
three-part audio tutorial, avaiable on the audio page of the JAWS Users web
site, you can create an image backup onto a series of DVD's and then perform
the image restoration without sighted help as long as you follow the steps
described to the letter, which could be difficult if the backup image
occupies more than two or three DVD's. It is not advisable to use CD's to
store a backup image simply because their storage capacity is much more
limited than that of DVD's, and so backing up an entire hard drive would
potentially require a dozen CD's or more, which could be a logistical
nightmare. Image for Windows does not allow you to create a cloud backup.
You can find the three-part Image for Windows tutorial at:
http://www.jaws-users.com/audio/
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Back up v Mirror Image?
Don, thanks for your help.
With Image for Windows, is there a way to have information backed up on
the cloud automatically?
When reading the web site, it seemed like the only way to back up fully is
on a disc, i.e. CD? I was confused about using a flash drive to back up on
to.
If a CD, will anytype work or do you need a CDRW?
If you make a back up disc, and you need to add information/files later to
you back up on to the original disc?
Thanks for your help.
Rich
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Marang" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Back up v Mirror Image?
Experts all agree that you should always have at least 3 copies of every
important file! The original, a local copy and one stored off site.
Additionally, they recommend two different backup media be used in case
of failure of the process or media. The previous situations and methods
satisfy these recommendations. Media can be upload to a server,
external USB drive, DVD. Off site can be as simple as mailing your
grandmother DVD backups or take a external drive to work.
One feature I really like about Image for Windows is that it has a file
block mechanism so that after a minute or two after starting the backup,
the file state of all files has been recorded and you can safely
continue working without worrying about screwing up the backup.
Image for Windows is from TerabyteUnlimited.com. I think it also costs
around $49. There are audio tutorials on it's use on the jaws-users.com
audio page. I write my backup of my internal drive to an external USB
drive. To restore, I have an USB Flash drive that can boot to Vinux and
has Image for Linux, which comes with Image for Windows. This allows me
to restore from my external USB drive with speech.
*Don Marang*
Vinux Package Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org
<http://www.vinuxproject.org/>
On 3/31/2013 9:09 PM, Rich wrote:
Forgive me for being uninformed.
I don't understand the aspect of backing up an external hard drive.
My assumption is that an external hard drive would be able to copy the
same information as on the "cloud" i.e. "Carbonite".
So, what is the purpose of backing up that information?
Or, why have 2 forms of back up?
How manageable is the Windows image program?
I tried it once as a trial but had much difficulty understanding it.
Thanks for any help.
Rich
----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Marang"
<[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 6:09 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Back up v Mirror Image?
Carbonite is software that backs up your documents and data to their
servers. It does it in the background all of the time. The biggest
advantage is that it happens without you thinking about it. It is off
site. So if your computer hard disk dies or your house burns down,
your
documents and photos are still safe. Their new mirror feature allows
you to connect an external USB drive to your computer and it will
backup
your data and documents to that drive as well as to their servers.
This
provides a local copy as well, which all experts will recommend. This
also provides faster recovery. Carbonite will not backup applications
or settings. All of these can be reinstalled in case of disaster. For
faster recovery and convenience, disk image backups can be used. I use
Image for Windows in addition to Carbonite to do this. It makes a bit
by bit copy of everything on the disk; applications, settings, photos,
data, and documents.
*Don Marang*
Vinux Package Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org
<http://www.vinuxproject.org/>
On 3/29/2013 9:39 PM, Rich wrote:
Hi all,
I'm getting paranoid about a computer crash.
I was looking at "Carbonite" and saw some features as "back up" of
files, also a feature called "mirror image".
What is the difference?
My goal is to protect my information in case of a crash.
Is there a way to save every program, file, document, e mail?
In case of a crash or, if I want to transfer my entire set up to
another computer.
What other options are there?
Ease of use is very important to me since I'm not too computer savvy
In addition, I should be putting things on an external hard drive,
but I'm not sure what information goes there. For example, can I
back up all of the programs that are in my program list?
Or, can I only back up documents and e mails?
Thanks for all of the insight to my questions!
Rich.
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