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| Michelangelo 2007-02-19, 7:13 am |
| I would like to backup my entire hard disk on a DVD (so that if I have to
reinstall the whole system and all the applications, I can do it using a
single disk instead of several).
I've been told to use Norton Ghost because it's a good program but I would
like to know which is the best option for my purpose.
Copy had disk (advanced)?
Make backup?
Can anybody help me and tell me the procedure to save my hard disk on a DVD
in order to restore the operative system in a future?
Thanks
Michael
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| meerkat 2007-02-19, 7:13 am |
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"Michelangelo" <michelangelo77toglimi@email.it> wrote in message
news:45d99fa9$0$4797$4fafbaef@reader4.news.tin.it...
>I would like to backup my entire hard disk on a DVD (so that if I have to
>reinstall the whole system and all the applications, I can do it using a
>single disk instead of several).
> I've been told to use Norton Ghost because it's a good program but I would
> like to know which is the best option for my purpose.
> Copy had disk (advanced)?
> Make backup?
> Can anybody help me and tell me the procedure to save my hard disk on a
> DVD in order to restore the operative system in a future?
>
I believe the later versions of Ghost let you backup/image
to a DVD.
But my own preference is Acronis true Image.
A good and reliable program.
http://eu.acronis.com/
I think you can d/load it try/buy.
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| Michelangelo 2007-02-19, 1:12 pm |
| In un delirio di onnipotenza:meerkat ha scritto:
> I believe the later versions of Ghost let you backup/image
> to a DVD.
> But my own preference is Acronis true Image.
> A good and reliable program.
> http://eu.acronis.com/
>
> I think you can d/load it try/buy.
Ok, thank you very much!
Michael
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| (PeteCresswell) 2007-02-19, 1:12 pm |
| Per Michelangelo:
>Can anybody help me and tell me the procedure to save my hard disk on a DVD
>in order to restore the operative system in a future?
One thing: separate your system and your data.
If you re-install the system, partition the drive so there's maybe 30-40 gigs
allocated to C: and allocate the rest to something like D:. Install the system
and all the applications on C: and save all your data to D:.
Now you have a minimal footprint for the system and, if you were careful about
the data, no data loss when re-imaging the system.
System backups should be via an imaging utility like the Ghost you mentioned. I
use TerraByte's Image - but it probably boils down to the same thing: a little
DOS utility that images your system. Dunno how anybody would get an entire
Windows system on a single DVD though. Linux, probably.... but not Windows
2000 or XP. The utility will support burning/spanning multiple DVDs, but I've
gravitated towards a dedicated external USB2 drive.
For data above a certain volume, I'd say you need something that will do
incremental backups. OTOH, some people prefer to back up all of their data
every time. Certainly makes sense if it will fit on a single DVD.
I've been using Retrospect in spite of it's wretched UI, but I'm flirting with
SecondCopy and will probably ditch retrospect in the near future. Again, DVDs
can be done, but for any volume, dedicated hard drives are a lot more
convenient.
--
PeteCresswell
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| On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:16:31 -0500, "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote:
-System backups should be via an imaging utility like the Ghost you mentioned.
I
-use TerraByte's Image - but it probably boils down to the same thing: a little
-DOS utility that images your system. Dunno how anybody would get an entire
-Windows system on a single DVD though. Linux, probably.... but not Windows
-2000 or XP. The utility will support burning/spanning multiple DVDs, but
I've
-gravitated towards a dedicated external USB2 drive.
You're kidding, right?
I can get an XP image onto a CD, not a DVD. A cut down version, albeit, but
fully working Windows XP Pro, imaged onto 1 CD using Ghost 2003.
With a DVD, I expect I could get XP, and Office and loads of other apps imaged
onto 1 disk, probably with data too.
Agree with the rest of your post re C: and D: partitions - am trying to find a
decent, cheap, properly removeable hard disk drive that isn't the Iomega Rev.
-Rob
robatwork at mail dot com
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| (PeteCresswell) 2007-02-21, 1:13 pm |
| Per Rob S:
>
>You're kidding, right?
>
>I can get an XP image onto a CD, not a DVD. A cut down version, albeit, but
>fully working Windows XP Pro, imaged onto 1 CD using Ghost 2003.
>
>With a DVD, I expect I could get XP, and Office and loads of other apps imaged
>onto 1 disk, probably with data too.
Maybe I'm some sort of packrat and don't know it.... My current C: drive (system
and apps only - TMP and Temp are assigned to another drive) is currently at 26,4
gigs of "Used Space".
>Agree with the rest of your post re C: and D: partitions - am trying to find a
>decent, cheap, properly removeable hard disk drive that isn't the Iomega Rev.
How cheap? Will $100 or $150 do it?
The MadDogMultiMedia wrappers that I use cost $40 at Circuit City for the
USB2-only versions and $60 for the USB2+FireWire versions.
Just bought another hard drive to go in one of them and paid $105 (including PA
sales tax) for 160 gigs. IIRC eighty-giggers are *much* less...
--
PeteCresswell
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| On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:50:21 -0500, "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote:
-Per Rob S:
->
->You're kidding, right?
->
->I can get an XP image onto a CD, not a DVD. A cut down version, albeit, but
->fully working Windows XP Pro, imaged onto 1 CD using Ghost 2003.
->
->With a DVD, I expect I could get XP, and Office and loads of other apps imaged
->onto 1 disk, probably with data too.
-
-Maybe I'm some sort of packrat and don't know it.... My current C: drive
(system
-and apps only - TMP and Temp are assigned to another drive) is currently at
26,4
-gigs of "Used Space".
Well, I mean a clean build with only a 200Mb app. I delete the i386 dir, and any
other crap than MS put on. This is just under 1 Gb for Windows XP, which
compresses in Ghost to just about 640Mb. I guess it depends on your apps!
-The MadDogMultiMedia wrappers that I use cost $40 at Circuit City for the
-USB2-only versions and $60 for the USB2+FireWire versions.
I really meant something to provide to totally PC illiterate people - a disk
they shove in and eject like a floppy / Zip disk. Any screwdriver required = no
good. Plus the issue with having two USB drives plugged in at same time - which
is which drive letter?
I read a review recently in a magazine of jsut such a thing - removeable hard
disks with some software that handled the "eject" button properly. Can't find it
now though, typically....
-Rob
robatwork at mail dot com
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