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Do I understand this correctly...
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| Michael Kicak 2007-10-07, 7:12 pm |
| If I back up my hard drive with an IMAGE snapshot,( like Acronis True
Image ) I will be able to restore the contents, but only on that computer.
if the computer's hard drive is replaced or a new computer purchased, due to
theft, then the backup IMAGE will be of no use to me...
If I back up my hard drive using BACKUP software, then I can restore the
files, but will still need the original software discs to reinstall the
programs. This can be done on any harddrive, new or old... and if I don't
have the original software discs then those programs are lost forever...
Thanks in advance for you attention and answers to this issue...
Mike...
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| On Sun, 7 Oct 2007 15:03:45 -0400, "Michael Kicak"
<kicakm@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>If I back up my hard drive with an IMAGE snapshot,( like Acronis True
>Image ) I will be able to restore the contents, but only on that computer.
>if the computer's hard drive is replaced or a new computer purchased, due to
>theft, then the backup IMAGE will be of no use to me...
False. Many corporations will buy several machines and configure only
one with the OS and apps then write an image to an external HD. Then
restore the image to the rest of the machines. This makes
standardization easy. You can, within limits, restore the image to
another type machine but a repair install of the os (assuming XP) will
need to be done due to the differences in the hardware and device
drivers.
>If I back up my hard drive using BACKUP software, then I can restore the
>files, but will still need the original software discs to reinstall the
>programs. This can be done on any harddrive, new or old... and if I don't
>have the original software discs then those programs are lost forever...
True for the most part. If you backup your PowerPoint files (for
example) you can restore them to any machine but you will need an app
that can open them.
If you use Acronis then you can restore any files from your image
without restoring the entire image. This is what I do. It's the best
of both worlds.
>Thanks in advance for you attention and answers to this issue...
>Mike...
-- Zadok
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| Gerard Bok 2007-10-08, 1:15 pm |
| On Sun, 7 Oct 2007 15:03:45 -0400, "Michael Kicak"
<kicakm@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>If I back up my hard drive with an IMAGE snapshot,( like Acronis True
>Image ) I will be able to restore the contents, but only on that computer.
>if the computer's hard drive is replaced or a new computer purchased, due to
>theft, then the backup IMAGE will be of no use to me...
There are two issues here.
1) Technical.
If you buy exactly the same PC as a replacement, your image will
work. If you try to install an image unto different hardware,
anything can happen. Anything from operating correctly to causing
irreparable damage to the new PC, that is.
In practice: it often works, more or less. But it is not
advisable to restore an image unto new hardware.
When you install an OS, driver or any other software, the
installer makes sure that the software matches the hardware.
(Sometimes even to the extend of installing different software
altogether. )
If you install an image, no tests for compatiblility takes place
at all.
2) Legal.
With Microsoft OS as market leader, you have to take into account
that their licences commonly prohibit use of their products on
other hardware than that onto which the product was originally
installed. Not even if the hardware is technically the same, with
just non-matching serial numbers differing.
And they employ software to force compliance to their rules!
>If I back up my hard drive using BACKUP software, then I can restore the
>files, but will still need the original software discs to reinstall the
>programs.
Yes.
And if that software is for instance 'Microsoft Office' you will
most probably still not been able to install the product onto
your new PC. Reason given above :-)
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Kind regards,
Gerard Bok
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| Curtis Preston 2007-10-09, 1:14 am |
| >If I back up my hard drive with an IMAGE snapshot,( like Acronis True=20
>Image ) I will be able to restore the contents, but only on that
computer.=20
>if the computer's hard drive is replaced or a new computer purchased,
due >to theft, then the backup IMAGE will be of no use to me...
Not true. You can restore that image to a computer with the same
hardware, or with similar enough hardware for the plug and play
functionality of Linux or Windows to figure it out. If the OS is old
(say Windows 98) and you have to buy brand new hardware to restore to,
the hardware may be too new for the old OS to understand. Does that
make sense?
>If I back up my hard drive using BACKUP software, then I can restore
the=20
>files, but will still need the original software discs to reinstall the
>programs. This can be done on any harddrive, new or old... and if I
don't=20
>have the original software discs then those programs are lost
forever...
The programs and OS will be lost, but the files the programs created
will be totally usable, assuming you have compatible software. For
example, let's say you've been backing up a Windows 2000 system running
Office 2000. Then you can't get that software and have to buy Windows
XP and Office XP. Office XP can totally read/write files made by Office
2000, so you'll have your data.
Backup software is best for being able to restore individual files.
Image software is best for restoring the OS, applications, and all the
files.
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