19 Dec
2011
19 Dec
'11
4:26 p.m.
From: Gene Buckle; Monday, December 19, 2011 2:07 PM
On Mon, 19 Dec 2011, Fred Cisin wrote:
> Do you need some help learning how to select and use Windoze backup
> hardware and software?
I count myself among those who could use some schooling on Windoze
backup solutions that actually work, and don't require me to become an
expert on virtual machines or some other new-fangled crap. Off-list, of
course.
I don't know about older editions, but Win7 has
this spiffy little "backup and
recovery wizard" that not only backs up all your goodies to an external
device, network share, etc, but it also will burn a bootable DVD in order to
facilitate the recovery.
But does it work?? My own system has been pretty robust (knock wood),
but my Dad used to crash his every week or so. (Could not resist downloading
the latest malware crap, rest his soul.) I never once saw him able to recover
anything useful with any Windows backup solution (this was XP). Closest we
ever got was to periodically drag and drop the contents of "My Documents"
onto his second drive.
Which was pretty F-ing lame. It meant re-installing all his apps and
re-configuring
all their profile information, etc. etc. Over and over again. (Same problem
with
upgrades, like my recent upgrade to W7.)
None of this has much to do with classic computers.
Vince