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Subject:
Personal Computer Hard Drive Backup
Category: Computers Asked by: keasy-ga List Price: $25.00 |
Posted:
28 Jun 2005 09:15 PDT
Expires: 04 Jul 2005 09:10 PDT Question ID: 537845 |
Hard Drive Backup Question I want to be able to backup EVERYTHING on my hard drive to a larger external USB 2.0 drive. So if I make the backup at noon today and my hard drive fails in the future I can replace the hard drive and on the new drive restore EVERYTHING to what is there at noon today. I now use Norton Ghost 9.0 which I think is supposed to be able to do that, but it is so quirky and poorly documented that I don't trust it at all. What I am looking for is a software or hardware/software solution that I can be sure will work if disaster strikes. | |
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Subject:
Re: Personal Computer Hard Drive Backup
From: jtippett-ga on 28 Jun 2005 13:25 PDT |
Hi! Consider using Stomp BackupMyPC. You can read about it here: http://www.stompsoft.com/backupmypc.html. It works well and allows you to create a "backup job" of the entire system state of your machine and back it up to the external USB drive as often as you choose. Additionally, Maxtor makes an external usb drive with a one-button backup functionality. You can read about that here: http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.6adb6b8313633595062e6be791346068/?channelpath=/en_us/Products/External%20Hard%20Drives. All the "onetouch" products allow for one-button backup. |
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Re: Personal Computer Hard Drive Backup
From: debianita-ga on 29 Jun 2005 11:24 PDT |
You should consider downloading a GNU/Linux distribution called knoppix (http://www.knoppix.net/get.php) which can be burned into a CD. Then you can boot from that CD and use the system without installing it in your hard drive. Once you've booted up your machine, you can use an utility called partimage (http://www.partimage.org/). You don't even have to install that utility since it's included in the knoppix distribution. If you need step by step instructions, please let me know and IŽll provide them. Hope it helps. Good Luck. |
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Re: Personal Computer Hard Drive Backup
From: btarasu-ga on 29 Jun 2005 20:57 PDT |
Genie Backup Manager Professional v5.0: Enter Genie Backup Manager Professional (GBM Pro), a very easy to use yet powerful and flexible software that can backup files, documents, emails, settings, programs and more to virtually any local or remote device including internal and external hard disks, FTP locations, across network, CD/DVD discs, removable media, memory sticks and tapes. http://www.genie-soft.com/store/gbmpro.html Note: If for any reason you are not satisfied with software purchased directly from Genie-Soft, simply contact us for a refund within 21 days of purchase. |
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Re: Personal Computer Hard Drive Backup
From: alkulich-ga on 01 Jul 2005 06:56 PDT |
I use a product called Acronis True Image to do this. It does the same type of thing that Ghost does, but I think it is much more user friendly. It is fairly low cost and has been very reliable. You can schedule automated updates to the backup image so that you do not have to worry about manually running them. You can find more info at www.acronis.com. Thanks Al |
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Re: Personal Computer Hard Drive Backup
From: boxerdogittech-ga on 01 Jul 2005 20:22 PDT |
I use acronis for my laptop with XP Pro. But if you are using server then I would mirror the drive so you can have realtime backup(all server versions have this feature). I have raid setup on my servers(2003) In that case it's your preference whether to use 3rd party or not. Online system disk backup and instant bare-metal system restore Restore individual files and folders Integrated compression and password protection Disk imaging and disk cloning Incremental disk backup and disk backup image verification Acronis Secure Zone and Acronis Startup Recovery Manager http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/?ad=A01010313 mike@boxerdogit.com |
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Re: Personal Computer Hard Drive Backup
From: pcmd-ga on 03 Jul 2005 22:51 PDT |
The best and most simple way to back up your system files is an external hard drive. ( assuming you do not own a tape drive :P ) Almost all external hard drives come with software to make it easy for the end-user to backup his/her system. If you own an older computer make sure to install USB 2.0 Hardware so that data can transfer at maximum speeds. Thank You, PCMD |
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