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Old June 18th 10, 06:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Daave[_8_]
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Default System size keeps growing......

William B. Lurie wrote:
Daave wrote:
William B. Lurie wrote:
Daave wrote:
William B. Lurie wrote:
Daave wrote:
William B. Lurie wrote:

What I don't like is having a 20GB-sized
system that used to be a lot smaller.....and now performing
partition operations takes just that much longer, moving all
that stuff which I regard as having served its purpose.
In the overall scheme of things, 20GB isn't that huge. What kind
of partition operations do you perform that are now taking longer
than they used to?


Daave, I do a system backup every week or so, and I delete an
older backup to make room for a new one. Then I make a clone from
the saved backup and test the clone to make sure I can always jump
right back if I have to.
What do you mean by "system backup."

If you were to make incremental images, then the size of your
partition doesn't matter too much. Plus, you could automate the
process and have it run in the background. As long as your hard
drive is large enough, a 20GB-sized system shouldn't matter much to
you.
But Shenan Stanley's exhaustive advice just received has a
lot that I knew, a lot that I didn't, and will require a
lot of study.
Yup, he's very thorough!

BTW, I have all XP System Restore inoperative. I prefer a
full bootable copy to fall back on. On a separate drive.
I like System Restore. Once in a blue moon, it has come in handy.
And it's quick and easy.


To me, Daave, 'system backup' means Norton Save & Restore, the
successor to PowerQuest's Ghost, which makes a drive image of the
complete OS and everything else in that partition. And from that
I make a clone, a full restore on a different hard drive, which
I keep as an almost instant substitute for the Master system. I know
that there are simpler ways, that take less time and space, and
I know that I go overboard regarding 'backup'....but I just have
to be me.


Doesn't the Norton program have the ability to perform incremental
images automatically, behind the scenes? If so, the size of your
system is irrelevant as long as your hard drive is large enough.

Or do you always manually create full images? Hey, if this is how you
want to do things, it's your life. :-) At least, you have adequate
and reliable backups. :-)


I found the incremental method too confusing; it may
be available, but as we said... I gotta do it ......MYYYY WAYYYY.


Ok. Frank. :-)

But if at some point in the future you decide to look at it again, I
have a feeling you'll be able to figure it out.


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