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- Aug 9, 2007
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Much is written about it: the warnings, the disasters of not having adequate backup, and so on ........
More & more hardware is being developed & marketed for external backups;
Same with software and on-line backups: it's a growing market.
Since it's rather a blend of hardware and software, I didn't know where to post this thread, so please move to correct forum.
I've been spending a lot of money and time recently on back up hardware and software:
I've tried Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare (version 1 and beta 2), a big part of which is oriented towards backup;
Software: In the past I've used everything from Retrospect to BounceBack to Windows' own built-in backup tools, and everything in between.
As for hardware, I've used several different external USB harddrives, used DVDs, CDs, (and yes, in the good ol' days, even floppys!) as well as USB thumb drives and tape drives.
And after all this, I'm more confused than ever, as to which is the preferable way to go.
Additionally, I like to do a complete OS system re-install (format and clean install) a couple of times a year, but I spend literally several days restoring everything back to where it was before (only cleaner & faster, hopefully). I must be doing something wrong.
Sure, photos, music, videos, and documents are the easy part of the reinstall; the hard part is all the drivers, utilities, and programs that have to be gathered up (or re-downloaded) and restored. There MUST be an easier way. (I'm pretty organized, but this task is a nightmare!).
perhaps some of this stuff could make for interesting discussions and tips and pointing some of us in the right direction when it comes to this painful topic of backup !
Or is this topic not esoteric enough for most OC forum members? If you can point me towards some more mundane forum sites that might offer help on this, please help me out.
Thanks. Rick
the mexicorider
More & more hardware is being developed & marketed for external backups;
Same with software and on-line backups: it's a growing market.
Since it's rather a blend of hardware and software, I didn't know where to post this thread, so please move to correct forum.
I've been spending a lot of money and time recently on back up hardware and software:
I've tried Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare (version 1 and beta 2), a big part of which is oriented towards backup;
Software: In the past I've used everything from Retrospect to BounceBack to Windows' own built-in backup tools, and everything in between.
As for hardware, I've used several different external USB harddrives, used DVDs, CDs, (and yes, in the good ol' days, even floppys!) as well as USB thumb drives and tape drives.
And after all this, I'm more confused than ever, as to which is the preferable way to go.
Additionally, I like to do a complete OS system re-install (format and clean install) a couple of times a year, but I spend literally several days restoring everything back to where it was before (only cleaner & faster, hopefully). I must be doing something wrong.
Sure, photos, music, videos, and documents are the easy part of the reinstall; the hard part is all the drivers, utilities, and programs that have to be gathered up (or re-downloaded) and restored. There MUST be an easier way. (I'm pretty organized, but this task is a nightmare!).
perhaps some of this stuff could make for interesting discussions and tips and pointing some of us in the right direction when it comes to this painful topic of backup !
Or is this topic not esoteric enough for most OC forum members? If you can point me towards some more mundane forum sites that might offer help on this, please help me out.
Thanks. Rick
the mexicorider