Using Partiton Magic 8.0

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Ian Hoare said:
Salut/Hi Ken Blake,

Thanks very much Ken. Although I've heard (obviously) of them,
their
name simply didn't come to mind, although I was racking what's
left
of my brain.
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You're welcome, Ian.
 
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Colin Barnhorst said:
It is not piracy since the backup cannot be run in its backup
form.
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It depends on what form that backup drive is. It *could* be a
complete clone of the original drive.

But regardless of what form it's in, it's not piracy because what
I recommended is not installing it on a second computer or even
on a second drive or partition on the same computer; it's making
a copy on a drive not installed in any computer.
 
Ken said:
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If you are suggesting using an image file to a second partition
for backup, I would strongly urge you to reconsider that backup
startegy. I don't recommend backup to a second partition because
it leaves you susceptible to simultaneous loss of the original
and backup to many of the most common dangers: head crashes,
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.
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I echo what Ken says above. For those who have followed my trials
and woes in past months, I can say that, with good help in this
group (and a few barbs and arrows), I have a working procedure that
involves Partition Magic 8 in conjunction with Drive Image 7.

I have two hard drives. Both need only be in the computer, as
a Master and a Slave, periodically when I make a drive image of my
Master drive, on the Slave drive. Should anything go bad with the
Master, I use Drive Image 7 to restore to the master, what it
contained when the drive image was made.

Partition Magic, in this simplified system, is almost superfluous,
except that it is a handy tool for increasing and decreasing the sizes
of partitions.
 
Salut/Hi "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(nojunk)@msn.com>,

le/on Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:40:58 -0700, tu disais/you said:-
It is not piracy since the backup cannot be run in its backup form.
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With respect, Colin, BAR's comments (which we could have preserved had you
not top posted and then used a sig delimiter which makes properly configured
newsreaders remove anything below the --) talked about using - I quote:-
an application such as Ghost to IMAGE the drive. The image
file can be used to recreate the hard drive in case of a catastrophe.
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Such an image file could well be run.

I'm not disputing for the sake of it, but I'd have hoped you might have
recognised that I was very gently mocking Bruce Chambers' somewhat eccentric
view of life. Sadly it seems that I was mistaken. You do understand the
abbreviation "GD&R" don't you? Because if you did, the comment was obviously
not to be taken seriously.
 
I echo what Ken says above. For those who have followed my trials
and woes in past months, I can say that, with good help in this
group (and a few barbs and arrows), I have a working procedure that
involves Partition Magic 8 in conjunction with Drive Image 7.

I have two hard drives. Both need only be in the computer, as
a Master and a Slave, periodically when I make a drive image of my
Master drive, on the Slave drive. Should anything go bad with the
Master, I use Drive Image 7 to restore to the master, what it
contained when the drive image was made.

Partition Magic, in this simplified system, is almost superfluous, except
that it is a handy tool for increasing and decreasing the sizes
of partitions.
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Bill,

It is wonderful to hear that at long last you are actually Drive Image 7
to make backup images which you can later restore if and when necessary.
This is a great leap forward from your previous grinding determination to
produce " Clones" of your master drive and the consequent booting
difficulties that you suffered.

You now only need one further small step to take you to Backup Nirvana. Get
yourself an external USB2 hard drive enclosure or a removable hard drive
sleeve for your e-machine. Backups images can then be made as often as you
like and, by using Incrementals, could be on a daily basis. It is common
sense to keep several days worth of backups. The only time that you would
then have to open the computer case would be to replace a failed internal
drive or other equipment.

Whole system backups may seem a bit over the top for the casual computer
user but the peace of mind and the ability to recover in under an hour from
most conceivable disasters is well worth the small extra expense. Not having
to decide what to backup is a bonus, one just backs up the whole system.

Good Luck.

Richard.
 
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