I'm looking for a rock reliable backup program that will allow me to
schedule backups to CD and DVD. Any suggestions?
T
If you are looking to make backup images of installed OSes, I have been
using Acronis Disk Image tools to backups images of my windows systems for
about a year now. I made a primary image when I first installed and then
once a week Acronis builds a differential for me automatically and I have it
s
FWIW I use System Guardian ( Standby Disk )
Back up daily to a second HD, fully bootable without having to go thru a
restore. Much more convenient then restoring from server or disk, and faster.
Has saved my bacon more then once ( and my customers ) least amount of downtime
of ANY backup SW. Ove
FORC5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FWIW I use System Guardian ( Standby Disk )
> IMO is nothing finer.
> fp
I'm glad it works for you.
I see a point of weakness with this method. Both drives are hot all the
time. A errant power supply (power spike/lightening/fire
sprinklers/spilled cup-o-joe/.
At 07:45 PM 11/12/2007, Brian Weeden wrote:
If you are looking to make backup images of installed OSes, I have been
using Acronis Disk Image tools to backups images of my windows systems for
about a year now. I made a primary image when I first installed and then
once a week Acronis builds a dif
At 07:14 AM 12/12/2007, Al wrote:
I'm glad it works for you.
I see a point of weakness with this method. Both drives are hot all the
time. A errant power supply (power spike/lightening/fire
sprinklers/spilled cup-o-joe/...) could take out both drives.
I used to do something similar with Partit
There are three backup types (AFAIK): full, incremental, and
differential. I use differential, which is a file containing
everything that was different between the current state and the
original. So when I want to restore I need the original and the
latest differential.
If I were using increment
This sounds RAID like but without the continuous backup of RAID, or
are you backing up to an external drive? In my case, I was more
concerned about data backups that can be easily taken offsite, so CD
or DVD is the best choice (since I can't get people to spring for
$1200 tape drives.) But af
I think one of the questions you need to ask is why are you doing the
backups? What do you want from the solution?
For me, my primary reason is in case my boot HD fails. Secondary is to
speed up reinstalls because you know Windows is gonna need one every
6-12 months. Recovery of accidentally del
P.S.
I have one and like it. I can make a working, bootable backup; then hook
it up and add incremental changes in almost real time. Script to copy
mail folder, etc. daily. Easy to remove and store off site.
Main drive dies; grab the one out of the portable case; Install in lappy.
Apply the incr
Thane Sherrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Removable drive racks won't work for
> me in every case, as I have a lot of customers who only use laptops -
If your computer has USB port and run MS Windows 98SE/ME/XP/2000 or
later , you can use this small size, light weight USB port external
Oh, ok, that makes sense. So all you need to do is keep a good
backup of the original. That might be workable for me. Thanks.
T
At 07:59 AM 12/12/2007, Brian Weeden wrote:
There are three backup types (AFAIK): full, incremental, and
differential. I use differential, which is a file contain
external clones are not always bootable, I have had this work good for my
customers using the new Dell's with no room for another internal drive and most
of the time works fine. Worst case is a repair install.
fp
At 05:21 AM 12/12/2007, Al Poked the stick with:
>P.S.
>I have one and like it. I
From: "Thane Sherrington" <
Removable drive racks won't work for
me in every case, as I have a lot of customers who only use laptops -
so I guess a backup to external would be the way to go - the downside
I see is the time it takes to image an entire drive (I don't think
full plus a bunch of d
that is why I pool the drives, have multiple backup drives, best case for off
site storage. Only pain is system has to be shut down to change the drives,
have not had the nerve to try this hot, even on SATA drives. I only pool
weekly. ( when I remember ) My Business data is backed up separately
From: "Brian Weeden"
Recovery of accidentally deleted files was not something
I needed so my solution doesn't allow for that easily. I think I can
mount of the .tib images and recover a file from it but I've never
tried and it would certainly be more difficult than another backup
solution, say T
What would be really nice is to have a drive that can be turned on my
softwareso that when it's time for a scheduled backup, the software
turns on the drive, waits for it to be ready, and then does the backup
task...then finally powers the drive down.
Why don't have have this already?
Al
Well if the PS spiked, then anything connected to it (on or off)
could easily be affected. You'd need a physical switch, not just an
electronic switch, to protect the drive.
T
At 09:18 AM 12/12/2007, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
What would be really nice is to have a drive that can be turned on
You can make an electronic switch with activates a physical switch!
Thane Sherrington wrote:
Well if the PS spiked, then anything connected to it (on or off) could
easily be affected. You'd need a physical switch, not just an
electronic switch, to protect the drive.
T
At 09:18 AM 12/12/2007
Well yes. Sort of. Not a 'physical switch' like a wall switch, but
'physical' enough to control hd's remotely.
If you want to control AC, like for a remote hd box plugged into the wall,
you could use triacs or diacs. The infamous "Clapper" is just a triac
triggered by an scr triggered by a mi
T,
Please let us know what you solution go with.
best,
al
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Thane Sherrington wrote:
This sounds RAID like but without the continuous backup of RAID, or are you
backing up to an external drive? In my case, I was more concerned about data
backups that can be easily taken offsite, so CD or DVD is the best choice
(since I can't get p
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Thane Sherrington wrote:
It's got to be scheduled. I know this sounds ridiculous, but I can't depend
on someone pressing a button.
I have the same kind of customers you do =)
The problem is, the more accountability you remove from the user and put
into the computer mean
At 01:13 PM 12/12/2007, Christopher Fisk wrote:
If you're mostly worried about data backup and want a cheapo
solution, I can recommend the Maxtor One Touch system. it's an
External drive with a button. Once configured, that button launches
a backup of your choice setup through the maxtor sof
This is why having the soffware schedule a wake up, power up the HD,
back up, power down the HD, and resume is a good solution.
No human interaction (or minimal, at least). Electrical isolation and
non-spinning protects the HD (and data).
Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 01:13 PM 12/12/2007, Chris
Why hasn't anyone mentioned Windows Home Server? Backups is one of it's highly
touted features. Windows only of course.
*had a xmas dinner this weekend with mostly M$ folks, I'm semi-brainwashed*
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:13:25 -0500 (EST), Christopher Fisk wrote
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Thane Sherrin
You'd get more out of a customized windows installer
if "Windows is gonna need
one every 6-12 months" than simple backups.
Customization like nLite, setup.txt,
or even just some custom .INF's beat a image backup
IMHO since they can recreate
their magic selectively. Then you have WPI which is a
g
Don't reinvent the wheel, X10 (carrier current
operated) switches exist for both
AC & dry-contact!
Clapper is just bad...
DHSinclair wrote:
> Well yes. Sort of. Not a 'physical switch' like a
wall switch, but
> 'physical' enough to control hd's remotely.
>
> If you want to control AC, like for
Somehow I can't justify spending $150 (or whatever it is) just to
serve files and do backups. Any flavor of Linux can do the exact same
thing for free and will require a heckuva lot less resources.
Couldn't tell if you were being sarcastic or not :)
On Dec 12, 2007 3:07 PM, Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTE
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 6:42 AM
> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Good backup software
>
> Oh, ok, that makes sense. So all you need to do is keep a good
> backup of the original. That mig
There are X10 setups that can do this by hardware or
software schedule.
A PUM01 has 24VDC dry-contacts I'd imagine could
handle [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are also
120V appliance 3-prong modules but I find that loads
like PSU's tend to turn the
module back on when you turn it off. Partially by
desi
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