Re: Files and transfer Cabling

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:25:16 -0400, bill horne <redydog@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

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I'm still for cloning. Do a full clone as frequently or infrequently
as you like, and then do data backups whenever you want with batch
files tied to a shortcut on the desktop.

No matter how I do data backups, I still want a cloned disk ready to
go when the main drive fails or gets squirrely. I've got lots of
programs, old reference stuff collected over the years from the net,
Data CDs and DVDs for stuff like SA and Topo USA copied to the HD,
and lots of custom settings for both Windows and all those programs,
and hacks to many of those programs - and I don't want to have to
reinstall all that stuff when the HD goes south.

At the moment my desktop is protected that way, and I'm hoping the
laptop will last until I get back from an upcoming trip, hoping that
I get a handle on this laptop USB/Ghost business, and then I'll do
the same to the laptop.

But I'm pretty much stuck on Ghost - it's worked flawlessly since
about 1996.

Well, I chumped off and bought a package, with some other
software, and probably paid too much. It purports to be a
complete solution. I'm gonna give it a try.

Ghost will be my backup, so to speak.

But hey, a clone *is* a backup. It may take 6 or 7 hours. But
if you can depend on the process working by itself, all that
happens while you sleep.

Bob


http://www.arcatapet.net/bobgiddings
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