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Ghost does a compressed image. You don't need a drive of the same size.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Fritz [mailto:fritz@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 5:42 PM
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Off topic] RAID motherboards
>
>
> > >How do you back up? Could you use a product like ghost
> or drive image?
> > >Thanks. That question has always kept me from RAID.
> >
> > I understand that Ghost works but will ask an "expert".
>
> I am no expert, but:
>
> My understanding is that Ghost basically copies an exact image of the
> drive to a backup drive, pretty much sector-for-sector. If you've
> spent some time optimizing your disk &etc, that could be useful.
>
> However that means you must have a backup disk that's the same size
> as the disk being saved.
>
> I've been experimenting with Drive Image 5. It reboots automagically
> to DOS and creates a compressed backup file on another disk. If you
> want you can have it broken up into smaller files, e.g. CD-sized.
> (DI5 can also write directly to CD, but I prefer to have it run
> unattended during the backup phase.)
>
> I just installed W2k on a new system. After installing all drivers,
> all my utility software, and even TS4 (but without a tick database),
> I have about 2.5GB on the C: partition. I can run DI5 and back this
> up to another partition, where it fits in 1.5 CD-size chunks. Then
> at my leisure I can burn those chunks to CD if I choose. I have a CD-
> RW with underrun protection so I can burn the CD's while doing
> anything else during the day.
>
> Now if anything goes wrong with the system, I have a "standard base
> installation" that I can fall back on. It's also simple and fast
> enough that I can easily do it a couple of times a week, and I have a
> full history of my backups available on CD.
>
> This is a key part of the backup strategy recommended by Fred Langa
> in his newsletter -- see http://www.langa.com/backups/backups.htm.
>
> Gary
>
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