I watched a podcast of Image for Windows- perhaps by someone else. I'll check out David's. I understand that Rollback RX gives you back everything- including settings. It even has a way to retrieve files changed after the date of the roll back. Obviously since I didn't get to try it out with this hard drive failure, I am only going on hearsay- no experience yet :(
Cher -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS accessible system back up methods You should have looked at David's tutorial on Image for Windows. You can back things up to an external disk; you may need help when you have to re-install the image but it means you wouldn't need a pile of DVD's. As far as Rollback Rx, it appears to me to be a very nice system recovery product. But, I'm not sure it backs up all your data, it could, but I didn't think it does. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don & Cher Bosch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS accessible system back up methods > Guess I have just learned that sad fact the hard way- have never > experienced > a hard drive problem during nearly 30 years of working with computers. The > hard drive was sent back for replacement- and the vendor wanted $600 to > $800 > to retrieve data. > > I have a second internal HD which was a couple of years old, but had not > gotten around to figuring out whether Rollback RX could back up to 2 > different drives or not. The new computer's OS was also new to me, so was > still trying to get everything installed and figure out what back-up > option > to use. I had used Image for Windows but thought that the shuffling of > several disks was rather unwieldy; so was now trying out and getting used > to > Rollback RX and not getting very helpful responses back from their tech > support. > > Cher > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of John M. > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 12:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS accessible system back up methods > > If your data is important to you, you must maintain at least three copies > of > your data on at least two different types of storage media and in at least > two separate locations. > > For example, > Let's assume that your data files located on your computers internal hard > drive are one copy stored in one location. > Next, you purchase an external hard drive, backup your data (or your > entire > computer) to the external drive and store the drive at a friend or family > members home. Now you have two copies stored in two separate locations. > Next, you setup a cloud storage account and store a copy of your data at > the > cloud service. You will now have three copies of your data, stored in > three > separate locations and on two separate types of storage media. > > If your data is important, this scenario is the minimum starting point. > For > my data, I use the above scenario, plus I alternate my data backups > between > two external hard drives. I also copy the latest backup to two separate > flash drives and one of those flash drives is always with me. > > You never trust your data to a single hard drive, no matter how new or old > it is. I have seen hard drives fail in one week and I have seen hard > drives > run continuously for more than 10 years. > > If the data on your failed drive is very important to you, email me off > list > and I will put you in touch with a data recovery service with very > reasonable prices. > > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don & Cher Bosch" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 10:51 AM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] JAWS accessible system back up methods > > >> Dear List, >> >> >> >> Just lost all recent data due to the failure of a 4 month old hard drive. >> Had Rollback RX installed (and thought my data was protected) but the >> technician said he could not locate the files- and the hard drive was >> turning extremely slowly. >> >> >> >> Needing advice on whether to get an external hard drive or to check out >> cloud backup options. Some hard drives seem to have backup software built >> into them, but I'm skeptical about the accessibility of such programs. >> I'm >> also looking at what Seagate calls "expansion" hard drives- which may not >> have the backup software built into them- am still trying to figure that >> one >> out. Would appreciate your experience and advice. >> >> >> >> Cher >> >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
