Taking an 'image' of hard drive.

[Ext User(Neil J)]

Hi

A friend of mine suggested i take an image of my hard drive rather than rely
on the restore function of XP. Haven't done this before - can anybody pls
explain what this involves / means ?

Ta
N.

[Ext User(Rod Speed)]

Neil J <neiljenkins@.removethis.optushome.com.au> wrote

> A friend of mine suggested i take an image of my hard drive rather
> than rely on the restore function of XP. Haven't done this before -
> can anybody pls explain what this involves / means ?

You need some software that can do that.
I think that True Image is the one to beat.

It makes a copy of the hard drive and writes that to a file.
You can restore from that file if you want to step back to
the situation before you did the image.

You can update the image file incrementally as often as you like.

[Ext User(Don McKenzie)]

Rod Speed wrote:

> Neil J <neiljenkins@.removethis.optushome.com.au> wrote
>
>
>>A friend of mine suggested i take an image of my hard drive rather
>>than rely on the restore function of XP. Haven't done this before -
>>can anybody pls explain what this involves / means ?
>
>
> You need some software that can do that.
> I think that True Image is the one to beat.
>
> It makes a copy of the hard drive and writes that to a file.
> You can restore from that file if you want to step back to
> the situation before you did the image.
>
> You can update the image file incrementally as often as you like.

Yep, invest in True Image as Rod suggests.

For each PC, I have two external drives running via USB V2.0, and I back
up daily, and alternate those drives every backup. Then I store them in
a fireproof safe.

I also have a copy on a laptop drive that I carry with me when I travel,
and I keep this off the premises.

Paranoid? You betcha. I have lost more drives over the years than most
people will own in a life time, but I have seldom lost a file I really
needed. I usually manage that with finger trouble :-)

Don...



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[Ext User(Neil J)]

Thanks guys

Neil
"Don McKenzie" <look@mysig.com> wrote in message
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> Rod Speed wrote:
>
> > Neil J <neiljenkins@.removethis.optushome.com.au> wrote
> >
> >
> >>A friend of mine suggested i take an image of my hard drive rather
> >>than rely on the restore function of XP. Haven't done this before -
> >>can anybody pls explain what this involves / means ?
> >
> >
> > You need some software that can do that.
> > I think that True Image is the one to beat.
> >
> > It makes a copy of the hard drive and writes that to a file.
> > You can restore from that file if you want to step back to
> > the situation before you did the image.
> >
> > You can update the image file incrementally as often as you like.
>
> Yep, invest in True Image as Rod suggests.
>
> For each PC, I have two external drives running via USB V2.0, and I back
> up daily, and alternate those drives every backup. Then I store them in
> a fireproof safe.
>
> I also have a copy on a laptop drive that I carry with me when I travel,
> and I keep this off the premises.
>
> Paranoid? You betcha. I have lost more drives over the years than most
> people will own in a life time, but I have seldom lost a file I really
> needed. I usually manage that with finger trouble :-)
>
> Don...
>
>
>
> --
> Don McKenzie
> E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/e-mail.html
>
> Micro,TTL,USB to 1.5" color LCD http://www.dontronics.com/micro-lcd.html
> USB,RS232 or TTL to VGA Monitor http://www.dontronics.com/micro-vga.html
> World's smallest USB 2 TTL Conv http://www.dontronics.com/micro-usb.html