There are 2 types of back up. Ideally you should do both kinds. 1. A disk image back up. Ideally you should do this when your PC is working at its best, perhaps soon after windows has been installed and you have all the software and drivers you need loaded. A disk imaging program will take a snapshot of the PC whilst it is working well. If at any time you get into trouble on your PC you can restore this image but it will overwrite everything on your C Drive and literally reproduce an exact copy of your system on the day the image was made. This kind of restore has to happen outside of Windows and so sighted help is often needed. Norton Ghost is a famous program which does this and I believe the owner of the Jaws User list has identified an accessible option with a program called Image for Windows. I believe that he has posted instructions on how to use this program which I think relies on backing up through DVDS . Apparently it is possible to follow instructions so that you can complete this process without sighted help. 2. The drawback with this process is that you lose any recent emails data or other files written on the C Drive after the image was taken. You should also then back up your data to a separate drive using a data backup tool. I use Karen's Replicator which I consider to be the best tool I have come across. This program can be got from the Jaws User Programs page and is simple to set up. I would suggest you download it and have a try at using it. If you have any problems then post here and I am sure that you will be able to get some help.
Regards David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of JOHN O CARVALHO Sent: Monday, 15 December 2008 19:12 To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] backing up a program file I also would like to know the answer to that question. http://www.givebackamerica.com/charity.php?b=169 Skype - john.carvalho82 Email - n1...@verizon.net PEACE J C ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kate" <shamaniclivin1...@hotmail.com> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 1:57 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] backing up a program file > > Does anyone know how to back up files or know of a good resource that can > walk me through the back-up process? I feel silly not knowing how to do > this since I've owned a computer for over a decade, but I honestly have > never learned how. > > Thanks, > Kate+Kate > _________________________________________________________________ > Send e-mail faster without improving your typing skills. > http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_1 22008 > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ > To post to this group, send email to > blind-computing@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > blind-computing-le...@jaws-users.com > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > blind-computing-requ...@jaws-users.com > Use the following address in order to contact the management team > blind-computing-ow...@jaws-users.com > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > jaws-users-list-j...@jaws-users.com Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to blind-computing-le...@jaws-users.com For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: blind-computing-requ...@jaws-users.com Use the following address in order to contact the management team blind-computing-ow...@jaws-users.com If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: jaws-users-list-j...@jaws-users.com Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to blind-computing-le...@jaws-users.com For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: blind-computing-requ...@jaws-users.com Use the following address in order to contact the management team blind-computing-ow...@jaws-users.com If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: jaws-users-list-j...@jaws-users.com
