Eric T. wrote: > * Hello All.* > ** > * Having suffered more than my share of disk failures I think I have > the best recovery scheme on my computer right now.* > * It is called Acronis True Image and it allows one to CLONE a hard > disk! You can clone to an external disk (the same size or larger) and > if your main disk dies you can boot from the Acronis CD and clone back > to the exact condition you were in when you made the clone copy.* > * This is an EXACT copy. Everything is copied, the operating system, > it's validation, all applications, all settings. There will be only > the delay required to boot from the CD and perform the clone.* >
REPLY Sounds good Eric. One question remains. If it copies everything would it not also copy a malware infection. In my case by the time I detected the presence of malware it had already messed with my backups including "RESTORE". and made several copies of itself including several hidden folders. I discovered the malware erased all previous restore points including its own previous marks. Every time you boot up the darn program writes a new restore point and erases anything older. doing a manual hunt and destroy found the obvious folders but mised the hidden ones. And this program mutates so file names did not remain constant. I agree that a RAID system is great insurance for hardware crashes. We started using that kind of system for SCADA systems back in 1988 when I worked for a SCADA manufacturer. To be truly bullet proof you must also have dual redundant power supplies. For that reason we actually housed our RAID system in two completely separated bozes, each capable of standing alone. AND the powersully was backed up with a UOS capable of running for hours even if the main station power supply failed. But this got to be very expensive not to mention rather bulky. Even with today's electronics it does take up more room in the navigation console. regards Arild _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
