Of course, BackupPC is well suited to backup and recovery of individual sets of files rather than complete systems. In the event of hardware media failure, I'd generally take it as an opportunity to start afresh with a new operating system, and recover just the user files.
Recently I lost a drive on a system with a large number of proprietary drivers that had been updated over the years, and applying that plus all the necessary software would have been a daunting task, so I simply restored *everything* from BackuPC, following this procedure: http://www.goodjobsucking.com/?p=449 I'm happy to report that it works. While it may not always be an adequate substitute for an image backup, the system is back up and running and virtually indistinguishable from before its drive failed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BPM Camp - Free Virtual Workshop May 6th at 10am PDT/1PM EDT Develop your own process in accordance with the BPMN 2 standard Learn Process modeling best practices with Bonita BPM through live exercises http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual- event?utm_ source=Sourceforge_BPM_Camp_5_6_15&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VA_SF _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/