Imaging/Backup software

On Wed, 06 Nov 2013 23:46:45 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

In message , Nil
writes:
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- Macrium Free seems pretty good, although it appears that you can only
restore files from an image while booted up in Windows, not from the
recovery media. I'm not sure that's a real problem. I've never been able
to make the Linux recovery disk work with this system.

It is a real problem if you hose your Windows system to the point it
won't boot, unless you're willing to rebuild everything from scratch, in
which case one wonders why you're backing up anyway. If you are and it's
only data you're wanting to back up, then of course copy by any means
will do.
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(This isn't a criticism - or endorsement - of Macrium, since I've read
of people getting its recovery system to work.)

IMO, no true backup system is much use until you've tried - and
succeeded - a reload from it, without booting the OS you're trying to
save a copy of.

If you don't know or aren't sure if you can restore a system using Macrium
free (or paid for of course), why post.
Macrium, like any other imaging software requires a boot method
independent of the installed OS. You make this prior to the first backup.
You should test that you can boot the machine using this media, I always
verify an image after making a backup, but it always does verify.
As far as the op's comment that you can only restore files from the
running OS, that leaves me a little confused. If you can't get the system
running just what file or files would you be restoring.
My feeling the op, as other sometimes do, somehow wants others to decide
what software he should use. Since he seems to have experimented with more
systems than I have, it's likely he is in a better position to comment on
the pluses and minuses of backup software. In the end, as long as you can
restore the image it probably doesn't matter what you used.

In message , Dave
writes:
On Wed, 06 Nov 2013 23:46:45 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

In message , Nil
writes:
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- Macrium Free seems pretty good, although it appears that you can only
restore files from an image while booted up in Windows, not from the
recovery media. I'm not sure that's a real problem. I've never been able
to make the Linux recovery disk work with this system.

It is a real problem if you hose your Windows system to the point it
won't boot, unless you're willing to rebuild everything from scratch, in
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If you don't know or aren't sure if you can restore a system using Macrium
free (or paid for of course), why post.
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Because ...
As far as the op's comment that you can only restore files from the
running OS, that leaves me a little confused. If you can't get the system
.... it left me confused too (-:.
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the pluses and minuses of backup software. In the end, as long as you can
restore the image it probably doesn't matter what you used.

Agreed, if you're talking about restoring a working OS (which is indeed
what _I_ tend to think of the word "backup" as meaning - anything else
is "copying" to me).
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On 09 Nov 2013, Dave wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

My feeling the op, as other sometimes do, somehow wants others to
decide what software he should use.

Your feeling is quite wrong.

On Sat, 09 Nov 2013 15:43:57 -0500, Nil wrote:

On 09 Nov 2013, Dave wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

My feeling the op, as other sometimes do, somehow wants others to
decide what software he should use.

Your feeling is quite wrong.

+1, and also, I always thought these newsgroups were available for - in
fact, welcomed - people who want help or advice.

I'm not sure what the value of a newsgroup would be if Dave had his way.
Maybe it would devolve into several choirs preaching to each other...

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 15:55:41 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

I'm not sure what the value of a newsgroup would be if Dave had his way.
Maybe it would devolve into several choirs preaching to each other...

I've heard of "preaching to the choir", but now we've got such a thing as
choirs preaching to each other? What's the world coming to?

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Char Jackson

On Sat, 09 Nov 2013 22:40:54 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:

On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 15:55:41 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

I'm not sure what the value of a newsgroup would be if Dave had his way.
Maybe it would devolve into several choirs preaching to each other...

I've heard of "preaching to the choir", but now we've got such a thing as
choirs preaching to each other? What's the world coming to?

These are indeed parlous times :-)

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Sun, 10 Nov 2013 17:41:17 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Sat, 09 Nov 2013 22:40:54 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:

On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 15:55:41 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

I'm not sure what the value of a newsgroup would be if Dave had his way.
Maybe it would devolve into several choirs preaching to each other...

I've heard of "preaching to the choir", but now we've got such a thing as
choirs preaching to each other? What's the world coming to?

These are indeed parlous times :-)

I had to look up parlous. :-)

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Char Jackson

On Sun, 10 Nov 2013 22:12:46 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:

On Sun, 10 Nov 2013 17:41:17 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Sat, 09 Nov 2013 22:40:54 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:

On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 15:55:41 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

I'm not sure what the value of a newsgroup would be if Dave had his way.
Maybe it would devolve into several choirs preaching to each other...

I've heard of "preaching to the choir", but now we've got such a thing as
choirs preaching to each other? What's the world coming to?

These are indeed parlous times :-)

I had to look up parlous. :-)

Talking to me is dangerous :-)

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)