thats why i use removible drives. after i clone the c drive with casper i boot
from the backup to see if it will still boot.
there have been a few times it would not boot. even after re cloneing. even
with no errors it would not boot.
but when i removed the drive by wiping all the partitions on the backup and
doing a full backup again that same drive booted fine.
so if the backup drive will not boot after a backup try removeing the
partitions in casper too.
it will also clone the drive faster because casper does not have to analize the
backup drive while it is backing up the data.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Fairhurst via Talk
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2015 7:13 AM
To: Martin Brown ; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: Making a backup
I use Casper. Programs like these claim you can reboot from the back-up
drive. I tried this once on a previous computer, and it didn't work. I
replaced the internal hard drive in the computer with the back-up drive.
However, I was able to access and recopy my data and program files from the
back-up drive after my original hard drive was wiped clean and Windows
reinstalled. It's been a few years since then, and there have been updates.
Maybe it would work today, but I hope I don't need to find out. I will again
attest to the fact that all my programs and files were there and could be
accessed.
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Brown via Talk
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2015 5:56 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Making a backup
There has been a lot of talk on the list recently about upgrading to Windows
10. Some subscribers advocate, and rightly so, to make a backup of all files
and folders. The process of doing that is relatively easy. However, making a
backup of your entire C drive, which would include all files, folders and
programmes, on that drive is quite another matter using the Windows
operating system. I can achieve this easily using the Mac operating system.
Indeed, I can make a backup on an external drive which, should anything
happen to the internal drive on my Mac, I can boot easily from the external
drive.
Perhaps there is an easy way to do the same thing using the Windows
operating system which is accessible using a screen reader. If there is, I
would love to know how to go about it. Of course, making such a backup would
be useful regardless of upgrading or not.
Unfortunately, Microsoft has a long way to go when it comes to
accessibility. And yes, I fully understand that we are a small community in
the grand scheme of things. Nevertheless, the same thing applies when it
comes to Apple, but they really have done a lot to make their products
accessible to all those with differing needs.
Well done Apple, and shame on Microsoft for doing the bare minimum.
M Brown
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