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All:
With the price of 'recordable' cd's
at about a dollar (in some
cases,FREE,with rebate),-is it a
feasible idea to buy a read/write cd rom
machine ($220/$350 area) and use this
for backup,and also archiving stuff?
if so,any feedback on
1.how does the speed compare to a usual
h/d-i think the recordables are usually
in the 2/4 x area for recording.
2.is there easy to use software for this
medium,to just back up,or archive 'new
stuff' since last time the operation was
performed?
Any information appreciated.
Ruth Ruby ---ruthruby@xxxxxxx
Robert Adelman wrote:
>
> > For the relatively meager cost of an extra HD and the new Drive
> > Image 1.0
> > from Powerquest I could be back up and running with an exact
> > duplicate of my HD setup and-- all very quickly.
> > No messing around with reinstalling or restoring parcels of
> > backups.
>
> > Dave Stanley
>
> This is still not clear to me.
>
> Drive Image 1.0 will allow you to make an image of your HD, but does
> not include a scheduler; you need to do the backup manually.
>
> I also have a program that came along with McAfee VirusScan,
> ImagStorr, but I think that requires manual backup.
>
> It seems to me like the most practical backup strategy would be to
> install a second HD and schedule daily backups, so that I always have
> two bootable HDs. This would not be protection against destruction of
> the computer, but would insure against HD crash.
>
> Is this rational? Is there an automated way to do this in Win 95? Is
> Win NT different in this capability?
>
> Bob Adelman
>
>
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