On 8/14/2014 11:00 AM, Paul wrote:
BillW50 wrote:
On 8/14/2014 10:29 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:58:43 -0500, BillW50 wrote:
On 8/14/2014 9:25 AM, Paul wrote:
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I keep the OS portion small, so the backup takes ten minutes.
I never understood why people can't backup just the OS regardless if it
lives on a separate partition or not. What kind of poor backup software
are people using that doesn't allow backing up by path(s)? I've been
backing up by paths since the 90's at least. There is no need to backup
by partition unless you are just not very bright and just don't know
how
to do anything else.
I think they are talking about being able to image your C: drive where
all of the hard to reconstruct structures are and using another drive
for "data" which is easily copied.
Yes I understand this. But it isn't necessary at all. Virtually all
backup software can backup by paths and you can create one backup for
boot/system and another one for data if you would prefer, even if
everything is on one partition.
My favorite method is a bit different, as I prefer to sync my data
instead of backing it up. And I prefer to clone my boot/system vs.
backing up. And I prefer to have everything on my drive C and I have
no problems separating boot/system and data on a single partition.
It's a pushbutton backup strategy. Start it and walk away.
When I bought Retrospect, I spent two solid days scripting
the thing. In another case with Retrospect, I ended up
writing a fifteen page, step by step guide to using it,
so someone else would know how to use it. I was shocked
at the length of the procedure.
Compared to the 30 seconds I last spent to backup the WinXP drive.
Click the button and walk away (or, go to bed).
What prize do I win, if I'm more surgical in my approach ?
When the backup I made, doesn't happen to have the file
I need, what do I say then ? Better luck next time ?
The nickel and dime approach made sense, when we didn't
have big enough storage devices.
Yes but it isn't that difficult anymore. You just point and click the
folders the first time around and then save that profile. From there on,
you just run that one profile. Same idea as push button backup strategy.
It is really simple.
I find lots of problems with keeping boot/system and data on separate
partitions. One is somewhere down the line I always have to resize one
or more of them. Keeping both on the same partition solves this problem.
It doesn't matter if one grows larger or not.
Then there are other problems too. Like applications will store stuff in
the Program Folder, Documents and Settings, User, etc. folders. What do
you consider this stuff as? Some stuff could be considered as data,
configurations, profiles, accounts, updates, temp area, etc. And if you
create two partitions, this stuff could easily be spread between the
system and data partitions. This could cause problems down the line. Why
cause more headaches than you really need?
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Bill
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