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With the coming of Win XP SP2 it is time, for me and probably many
others, to consider the provision of a renewed ‘off computer' disaster
recovery solution. I have been happily computing with a known good
clone [via Norton Ghost 2003] OS available on a spare HDD, this has
just been rather elaborately updated. As Operating Systems move
forward so perhaps should recovery solutions?
What I wish to achieve is/are cable connected [or as second choice
removable] Hard Disc Drive/s containing multiple partitions that will
operate under Win WP Pro on NTFS formatted drives. The first of these
partitions to contain the clone/whatever is necessary/image of the OS
and the others copy Data. The adopted procedure must allow for the
disc to be connected to the computer to enable frequent Data updates
and less often the OS partition to be updated when software changes
are made. The object of the procedure is solely to provide rapid
recovery from any form of disaster. Above all the process needs to be
efficient to operate and conducive to encouraging regular use with
easy removal/connection of the ‘safety' disc/s.
Is there an existing thread covering this subject in detail?
What is the best solution to achieve the above goals?
What exactly is an Image of a Boot Disc capable of with regard to
total disaster recovery?
What alternatives are there?
Other than installing tumbler switches into HDD power supplies are
there any other methods of preventing drives from being ‘seen' without
physically disconnecting etc?
My OS cloning was the result of searching this forum and further
searches still leave me with points to be resolved. Sorry there are so
many questions folks, but recently my family suffered two fatal disc
disasters one age/heat related and one data corruption. Neither could
be recovered even by ‘professionals' and the cost of finding out the
data could not be recovered was more than the cost of a 120GB ATA 8MB
cache drive.
I would be most appreciative for any help you can give and many thanks
for reading this, best regards,
Stan
With the coming of Win XP SP2 it is time, for me and probably many
others, to consider the provision of a renewed ‘off computer' disaster
recovery solution. I have been happily computing with a known good
clone [via Norton Ghost 2003] OS available on a spare HDD, this has
just been rather elaborately updated. As Operating Systems move
forward so perhaps should recovery solutions?
What I wish to achieve is/are cable connected [or as second choice
removable] Hard Disc Drive/s containing multiple partitions that will
operate under Win WP Pro on NTFS formatted drives. The first of these
partitions to contain the clone/whatever is necessary/image of the OS
and the others copy Data. The adopted procedure must allow for the
disc to be connected to the computer to enable frequent Data updates
and less often the OS partition to be updated when software changes
are made. The object of the procedure is solely to provide rapid
recovery from any form of disaster. Above all the process needs to be
efficient to operate and conducive to encouraging regular use with
easy removal/connection of the ‘safety' disc/s.
Is there an existing thread covering this subject in detail?
What is the best solution to achieve the above goals?
What exactly is an Image of a Boot Disc capable of with regard to
total disaster recovery?
What alternatives are there?
Other than installing tumbler switches into HDD power supplies are
there any other methods of preventing drives from being ‘seen' without
physically disconnecting etc?
My OS cloning was the result of searching this forum and further
searches still leave me with points to be resolved. Sorry there are so
many questions folks, but recently my family suffered two fatal disc
disasters one age/heat related and one data corruption. Neither could
be recovered even by ‘professionals' and the cost of finding out the
data could not be recovered was more than the cost of a 120GB ATA 8MB
cache drive.
I would be most appreciative for any help you can give and many thanks
for reading this, best regards,
Stan