Image backups are better than any other backup type for re-creating the hard drive in the event of total disk failure.
Image backup software may support either offline (Windows not running) or online (runs under Windows) backups. In the offline case, depending on your system BIOS, a USB hard drive may not be available as a backup destination. You should also check whether the image restore program (which is also an offline operation) will support restoring from your USB hard drive. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Bird Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 2:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Software: Backing full volumes with NG 10. Quoting Bill Hatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am not willing mingle with that many of my fellow men, but I have a spare > Seagate 160 GB drive sitting here and just took delivery today of an > aluminum USB 2.0/Firewire enclosure from Acortech for $30 net that I will > use for back ups. (I only back up data -- not programs or full drive image.) I think you answered a question I was going to pose to Carl and that is using a USB connection in an external case rather than a rack system (which seems to be difficult to do with my system case). My other question concerns whether to simply copy over everything that is to be backed up (using, for example, Karen's Replicator) or should I use a program like Ghost and save the image to the external hard drive? If the main hard drive dies, a replacement is installed, then would it be somewhat easy to recreate the original C-drive? I'm thinking of backing up programs as well as data. Currently I'm using a 160GB external (USB connected) hard drive for a series of Virtual Drives for testing purposes. I have another/new 60GB drive which I could use just for backups, especially of C-drive where most/all of the programs have been installed. -- Cheers, Stephen -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
