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Anyone know any good free system back-up programs??
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Acronis.
Not free, but could be.
Not free, but could be.
I use norton ghost....
Yes true image is what I would use. Order it from newegg. Only about $25 or so.
True Image 10 Home creates the exact copy of your hard disk and allows you to instantly restore the entire machine including operating system, applications, and all the data in the event of a fatal system crash or virus attack.
Is this not what he wants?? Maybe I'm confused. Would this not be considered a back-up program?
Edit...........I'm getting this confused with the other thread.
http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/showthread.php?t=75582
Sounds like ghost.
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I am well aware of how imaging programs work.
The thread title is "back-up programs".
doesn't the two accomplish the same thing? via different methods?
I am well aware of how imaging programs work.
The thread title is "back-up programs".
No, I was confused.
What would you consider a RAID 1, back-up or imaging? I basically use Ghost as a poor man's disk mirroring
. Instead of instantaneous imaging, I do it every 2 to three weeks...
I am well aware of how imaging programs work.
The thread title is "back-up programs".
You're not aware of anything. You've learned everything you know up to this point from me SON!
You're not aware of anything. You've learned everything you know up to this point from me SON!
You must be drunk!
I wouldn't really consider any RAID level a backup program. It's redundancy. If you delete a file, then the mirrored drive it will be deleted as well.......What would you consider a RAID 1, back-up or imaging? I basically use Ghost as a poor man's disk mirroring
What would you consider a RAID 1, back-up or imaging? I basically use Ghost as a poor man's disk mirroring
Back-ups are for recovery, i.e. lost or corrupt data
Raid is for fault tolerance, i.e. a hard drive fails
I think every computer should at least come with a raid 1 set-up because most people will not do back-ups...
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yeah, it comes free with Windows, it's called Backup... Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools
Funnily enough, I found this about 5 mins after I started the thread. Originally I was told that you needed to install it from CD. My laptop was XP pre-installed (i.e - no XP CD available) but after a quick search i found it and installed it from an included folder in the sys32 directory.
Imaging programs sound good though. A full back-up looks lke it would take 1.5 hours on NTBackup. I guess imaging is a lot quicker.
Thanks to all for the suggetions.
I have a second hard drive in my desktop computer, I have Back-up set to go off every Sunday night and do a full system back-up, this is for disaster recovery purposes only.
Imaging is typically used to create a ghost of a drive for purposes such as upgrading to a bigger hard drive, or duplicating systems, i.e. a roll-out of 20 computers. It does not make sense IMO to use imaging for back-up purposes.
Imaging is typically used to create a ghost of a drive for purposes such as upgrading to a bigger hard drive, or duplicating systems, i.e. a roll-out of 20 computers. It does not make sense IMO to use imaging for back-up purposes.
How long would it take say for a 20g backup? Any idea?
that is about the size of my back-up, I think a few hours, don't know for sure because it is set to go off at around 2am in the morning, I never look at any logs I just check and make sure the file is there.
Sounds like the size of a porn directory
