Ray_Net wrote on 11/16/2014 11:34 AM:
Thee Chicago Wolf (MVP) wrote, On 16/11/2014 16:19:
On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:14:07 -0500, Ed Mullen <ejevo...@edmullen.net>
wrote:
Ray_Net wrote on 11/15/2014 2:26 PM:
Ed Mullen wrote, On 15/11/2014 17:52:
Ray_Net wrote on 11/15/2014 11:28 AM:
Backup your boot drive (do an image/drive backup) before installing
the new driver if you're at all worried. Then you can always fall
back on the previous drive image.
I cannot do that.
And why is that?
Are you not running automatic backup of your system(s) already?
Are you incapable of finding, buying, installing, and running a piece of
software that will protect you from a disaster?
Or do you simply not care?
Are you not interested in ensuring that, should you have a hardware or
software failure in the future, you can restore your system(s)?
I am at a loss to reply beyond this. And, honestly, if you're being
honest, if this is how clueless your are, then you probably should have
all of your computers taken away from you.
Well, no, it's okay. Keep them and keep using them. And when they fail
... ?
No sympathy here.
It's called System Restore or Last Known Good Config. Not everyone
Ghosts or uses CloneZilla for simple restore operations. No need to
berate the OP.
Why Ed Mullen is it so agressive ?
For my backup, i count on:
1. Magic keys to re-instate windows as it was out of factory.
2. I do backup NOT AUTOMATIC with "Synchronize It!" (new things are
copied - remove things are removed - changed things are overwritted) for:
- C:\Backup-SM-profile\*.* (a copy of my SM profile (the current profile
is when i manage C:\Users\RZ\*.*))
- C:\ALLDATA\*.* (all my data)
- C:\PHOTOS\*.* (all my photos)
- C:\FROM-XP\*.* (Some interesting files from my old pc)
- C:\Users\RZ\*.* (i am the only user of y pc)
- C:\ADDON\*.* (What i have added on my pc (software))
- C:\Abyss Web Server\htdocs\*.* (the copy of my various website i have)
I think that it's enough .... sorry for not taking an iso image on my
complete pc.
What do you think ?
Backing up as you do won't help if Windows crashes and won't boot up.
It's fine for making copies of valuable files. I do that too using a
program similar to Synchronize It (Beyond Compare). But it won't restore
a broken Windows installation or hard drive.
An iso image is an archive file of an OPTICAL disc. I'm talking about a
program like Norton Ghost, Acronis True Image, or EaseUS Todo Backup to
make an image of the boot drive. They all can create a rescue CD to
boot from and restore the entire boot drive from a backup. I haven't
used Ghost or Acronis in years but I believe they can also restore to
dissimilar hardware in case a drive or entire system fails. Todo Backup
certainly can and I've had to use it in the past.
All three of my systems run Todo Backup with regularly scheduled image
backups at various down times (like during dinner and overnight). My
main system backs up daily both the boot drive and data drives. I keep
three image backups of each drive. The oldest one is deleted as a new
one is created and the first/original is never deleted. The backups are
on a 1Tb portable USB drive. Periodically I take the drive and put it
in our safe deposit box at the bank and bring home a second drive for
the backups.
I have had to resort to such backups in the past. It's a lot better
than having to do a whole new Windows installation.
--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net/
If toast always lands butter-side-down, and cats always land on their
feet, what would happen if you strapped a piece of toast on the back of
a cat & dropped it?
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