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More info?)
"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> In news:OiSYDgm9EHA.2608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
> Ray <NoSpam-ray.ck.li@Gmail.com> typed:
>
>>I would like to backup the OS for future use and have leant that Ghost
>> is commonly used for this purpose. Can some experience users advise
>> how to accomplish it and any minimum hardware and software in need.
>
>
> No, it doesn't backup "the OS," it backs up the entire drive (or
> partition).
>
> If that's what you want to do, it comes with a manual and help files that
> will tell you how to do it.
>
> Regarding hardware, many people back up to a second drive or (even worse)
> a second partition on their only drive. But I don't recommend backup to a
> second non-removable hard drive because it leaves you susceptible to
> simultaneous loss of the original and backup to many of the most common
> dangers: severe power glitches, nearby lightning strikes, virus attacks,
> even theft of the computer.
> In my view, secure backup needs to be on removable media, and not kept in
> the computer. For really secure backup (needed, for example, if the life
> of your business depends on your data) you should have multiple
> generations of backup, and at least one of those generations should be
> stored off-site.
>
> My computer isn't used for business, but my personal backup scheme uses
> two identical removable hard drives, which fit into a sleeve installed in
> the computer. I alternate between the two, and use Drive Image to make a
> complete copy of the primary drive.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
Great advice Ken. One of the most common mistakes people make is to store
the backup at the same site and often in the same room as the original. What
happens if there is a fire or another catastrophe?
--
Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp