I'm a little confused. If your local hard drive dies, you would need to
perform a complete recovery of your system onto a new drive from a backup
image. This means that you would have to back up everything, including data
files, programs, and OS onto a suitable backup medium such as DVD's. So
even if you keep your OS and programs in one partition and your data files
in another partition, you still need one series of DVD's to hold everything.
I don't understand how creating separate partitions avoids this problem. It
seems to me that if you need, say, three DVD's to hold your OS and programs
partition and another two DVD's to hold your data files partition, that's
still five DVD's, right? If you kept everything in a single partition, it
would still require five DVD's. What am I missing? And is there any
tutorial that explains how to repartition a hard drive? Thanks.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Justice" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Using a screen reader in Safe Mode
andquestionabout the best accessible backup-solution with JAWS
Hi Gerald,
I have used Image for Windows multiple times on multiple systems
by myself, with no problems every time.
The key is simplicity, keep the operating system partition to a
controllable
size, thus requiring fewer disks for the image.
This is why I stress to people, that keeping their personal data separate
from the operating system and programs
make backups and recoveries easier and less time-consuming.
Image for Windows does work very well, and Jaws or any screen-reader is
not
necessary for the recovery process.
HTH,
Rick Justice
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Using a screen reader in Safe Mode and
questionabout the best accessible backup-solution with JAWS
There is no way to use JAWS in safe mode because the drivers are not yet
loaded, although someone on another list has claimed that it is possible
to
use NVDA in safe mode with some kind of registry hack. As for your second
question, there is no image backup program that I am aware of that is
totally JAWS accessible. The one that comes closest is Image for Windows,
which is JAWS accessible during the backup procedure but not during the
recovery procedure. On the JAWS Users audio page, David Ferrin has a
three-part tutorial that explains how to restore an image backup without
speech using Image for Windows. Note that some sighted assistance is a
good
idea to insure that the restoration procedure is proceeding smoothly,
although it is not absolutely necessary as long as you are willing to back
up your entire system onto a series of DVD's. Except for David himself, I
am
not aware of anyone else who has attempted to perform a full system
recovery
this way. If you back up your system onto an external hard drive, you
will
need to create a rescue CD that will require sighted help to use during
the
recovery process, regardless of which image backup program you choose.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anders Boholdt-Petersen"
<[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:44 AM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Using a screen reader in Safe Mode and
questionabout the best accessible backup-solution with JAWS
Hi everyone,
1. On another mailing list I have asked about sound on Windows when you
boot Windows into "Safe mode".
Since I not on the mailing list could find a link to the download-page, I
tried to ask here:
It is posible to using a screen reader when you boot Windows into "Safe
Mode", if yes, how can I do?
2. I really will backup my operating system with all informations
(settings, programs et cetera).
What backup-solution working best with JAWS (online-backup or "normaly"
backup, where you backup to a DVD or external hard drive)?
Thanks for your answer.
Regards,
Anders
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