Hi
Another free option is redobackup, I have used this to backup windows xp
and 7 both 32 & 64 bit versions, and linux. Very easy to use, just download
the image, burn to cd, boot from the cd and click on the backup button.
Paul
On 6 June 2014 12:16, 'Greg Komar' gkomar@... [jmriusers] <
jmriusers@...> wrote:
Bill,
Ghost is a Norton (now Symantec) product that captures everything on your
boot drive, bit by bit, and is called an “image.”
When your harddrive fails (and it will) you install a new blank harddrive,
and apply the image to it, and your computer now is an exact copy of what
it
was when you created the image.
Formatting, Windows, programs, data, settings, everything that was there
when the image was created. It is called a “bare metal restore.”
I use an older version (v8.3) that only works in DOS. I believe the new
versions can capture a Windows image while Windows is running.
Before capturing a new image, I remove the archive bit from all files on
the
boot drive, thereafter, I run an xcopy batch file daily to backup only
those
files that have changed (those that have the archive bit ‘set’).
I’ve recently retired from computer/network support of in an organization
with 6000+ PC’s, but at home, personally, I’m a bit of a retro-geek, having
only gone to WinXP in 2009.
Greg Komar
gkomar@...
"The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have
helped you." -- John E. Southard
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From: jmriusers@... [mailto:jmriusers@...]
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:43 AM
To: jmriusers@...
Subject: Re: [jmriusers] Backups - A Cautionary Tale - When overkill just
isn't enough
Greg - What is Ghost and how is it used? - Bill
Amtrak - the ONLY way to fly!
On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 9:35 AM, "'Greg Komar' gkomar@...
[jmriusers]" <jmriusers@...> wrote:
Each harddrive in each PC (WinXP) in the house has a second internal drive
that is used as it's backup device.
Backed-up every evening.
Every month, the backup drives are backed up to an external drive via an
e-Sata connection.
Every 3-4 months, the boot drive ("C:") is cloned via Ghost to enable bare
metal restore.
This Ghost image has saved us many times, more from virus attacks than from
harddrive failure.
Picking through all the 'suggestions' and registry entries to remove a
virus
or malware for hours on end isn't my cup of tea.
40 minutes (or less) the boot drive is re-imaged, and the current data
restored.
It may seem a little compulsive, but if I weren't, I probably wouldn't be a
model railroader either..
Greg Komar
gkomar@...
813-453-0997
"Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art." ? Leonardo
da Vinci
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From: jmriusers@... [mailto:jmriusers@...]
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 6:43 AM
To: jmriusers@...
Subject: Re: [jmriusers] Backups - A Cautionary Tale
Time Machine is without a doubt the best set-and-forget backup tool.
However, it alone does not satisfy the requirements of the 3-2-1 rule for
data safety.
I use Time Machine for first-line-of-defence backups, Dropbox for sharing
(the 30 day history is a bonus), a commercial cross-platform Cloud backup
service and periodic archival backups to DVD as well as rotating USB drives
for short-term. (Yes I am a former system administrator in a data centre.)
Unfortunately I have been unable to find a satisfactory Windows equivalent
of Time Machine. I paid quite a bit for one that promised bare-metal
restore
capability like Time Machine but it failed to deliver under test. CrashPlan
(cross-platform) is very good (you can have local, Cloud or remote backups)
but it cannot do bare-metal restores. Otherwise it behaves like Time
Machine. Windows Backup is not in the same league as Time Machine.
There are two types of people; those who have had a hard drive crash and
those who will.
In my current day job (remote support of a testing and data-collection
software package) I tell all our clients that "C:" is for Crash (not my
line, but I like it). We now insist that our clients save data to a
backed-up server if at all possible (less tears on the phone now, prior to
the change of policy data loss was common).
Think about how much time and effort you have put into building all your
JMRI panels, reading all your roster into DP, not to mention those
irreplaceable family and train photographs - can you really afford not to
have a proper backup strategy?
Sent from my iPad
--
Dave in Australia
On 04/06/2014, at 4:32 PM, "up_sbrown@... [jmriusers]"
<jmriusers@...> wrote:
So whilst I agree that DropBox backs up as the items are changed there is
a finite window of recovery of around 30days, yes I too use dropbox as well
as some other cloud tools and like it/them a lot, but I still believe TM to
be viable and non invasive after the initial, and very long, archive set is
built to the point that I recommend if you have the ability to have a spare
HD hanging off your Mac then this is the simplest easiest way to back up
with out having to worry about shifting files into drop box (or other cloud
folder) first before using them. I don't believe the overhead to be
significant during incremental backups and only time I relies it's doing
something is HD platter will spin up and/or see the logo circling in menu
bar.
I am sure there are similar tools available for the windows environment
too and I am a proponent of any back up that requires human interaction
inevitably will be the one thats forgotten, and invariably needed. Also
platter based external HDs are so cheap now it's almost a crime not to back
up too.
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