Best way to take a full-back up ...? what? the back side? I would bend over and hope for the best ...
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Best way to take a full backup
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Originally posted by AlfredJPruffockFor what its worth for this new fangled PC stuff I also use Norton Ghost, mind you I remember Macro 4s DITTO for mainframe tape backups, ah nostalgia ...
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Milan, get an IOMEGA 250GB USB external disk which comes with Norton Ghost and use that.“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Originally posted by darmstadtEh? DITTO was never a Macro 4 product. Originally called DEBE. Still runs on mainframes and in fact I have it here on my zVM and zOS systems. You wouldn't use it for backups anyway.
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Milan, get an IOMEGA 250GB USB external disk which comes with Norton Ghost and use that.Comment
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Maxtor external 130GB backup disk using Retrospect software for a full systems backup to external hard disk.
data files backed up using a DOS script and xcopy command to a small external disk of 80GB.
Keep both in a firesafe (about £100) and update both when required.
Keep windows OS & retrospect backup CD's in firesafe also.
Job done. Total cost about £400
That's how I do it and it has saved my bacon in the past.Comment
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Originally posted by milanbenesMorning all,
having invested in a new IBM T43 2.0 ghz centrino, 2gb ram, 120gb disk, and having further spent bits of spare time in the last ten days fully installing a potentially lucrative new component of .Net ready to start learning it, I'd like to take a full system backup before going any further.
What's the best backup technique,
first guess is simply to use the Microsoft backup tool and back everything up ?
How long will that take on 35gb's ?
Anyone any better, quicker, more reliable solutions ?
Thanks,
Milan.
1) Open up your whizzy new laptop and lie it face down on the photocopier.
2) Punch in as many backups as you need
3) Press the START button on the copier
(you clueless ****)
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Originally posted by s2buddKeep both in a firesafe (about £100)
If your fireproof safes are covered for magnetic media, could you please tell me where I can purchase - many thanks!If you think my attitude stinks, you should smell my fingers.Comment
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Fireproof Safes
My safe is about 1 foot by 1.5 foot and is NOT guaranteed for magnetic media, only documents upto a certain number of hours. I can't remenber how many but about 2 - 5 I think.
So it's not guaranteed for media but it's better than nothing.
I've never had a fire, only lost the hard disk & main computer a few times so it has not been fire - tested as it were, so it is probably the same that you have seen. It says Sentry 1710 on the front.
The business at the top of the road where the better half woks does have a fire safe at it is not practical for a house - well my house anyway. It's metal, very large and heavy and is about 4 foot square. I keep some data backups in there just in case my
Hope that helps
cheers, StuartComment
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S2Budd,
thanks for the reply.
So far gone with Hyper's solution and ordered Ghost.
Bogeyman, useful feedback, keep it up, you'll get on well here.
Alexey, when you have as much time to surf as I, you gather a lot of bookmarks.
Milan.Comment
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Originally posted by s2buddMy safe is about 1 foot by 1.5 foot and is NOT guaranteed for magnetic media, only documents upto a certain number of hours. I can't remenber how many but about 2 - 5 I think.
So it's not guaranteed for media but it's better than nothing.
I've never had a fire, only lost the hard disk & main computer a few times so it has not been fire - tested as it were, so it is probably the same that you have seen. It says Sentry 1710 on the front.
The business at the top of the road where the better half woks does have a fire safe at it is not practical for a house - well my house anyway. It's metal, very large and heavy and is about 4 foot square. I keep some data backups in there just in case my
Hope that helps
cheers, Stuart
Same conclusion I came to - those fireproof safes are enormous and although the cost isn't the issue as such (offset against insurance and value of software assets - I work direct for multi-clients) I may start looking at offsite/online backup.If you think my attitude stinks, you should smell my fingers.Comment
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