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Thanks for everyone who shared their recommendations regarding what I should upgrade to following my HD crash. I think 75% of those responding recommended the MacBook Pro and it really is a nice machine tho' still on my wishlist.
Meanwhile, I've rebuilt the Windows laptop with a 5400 rpm 130MB HD (cf 4800 rpm 20MB(sic) HD) and maxed out the memory at 1GB (was 640MB) (net cost about $110). Mostly I was back up for communication purposes in about 2 days. Getting the rest sorted (apps, iTunes downloaded from my iPod, and PDA syncing apps, email lists, etc. etc.) has taken a little longer. This is enough to ask the next question:
Does anyone have any experience or recommendations on disk image (backup) software for Windows XP? Terrabyte, Acronis and Disk Snapshot look possibilities.
Thanks,
Robert
PS Three things are needed to make a secure computer: a) unplug the Internet, b) unplug the power, c) place in a locked hardened nuclear shelter and destroy the key (well may be four things.) R
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[hidden email] wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience or recommendations on disk image
> (backup) software for Windows XP? Terrabyte, Acronis and Disk
> Snapshot look possibilities.
At $previous_job the Comptroller used Acronis with success on a Dell
running XP Pro SP2, I don't recall any complaints. The integrated
Veritas backup software in XP works reasonably well for data backups but
maybe not so much for a full disk image. Norton Ghost works pretty well
for making images in Windows to a backup drive.
-Nick
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Nick Frost wrote:
> [hidden email] wrote:
>> Does anyone have any experience or recommendations on disk image
>> (backup) software for Windows XP? Terrabyte, Acronis and Disk
>> Snapshot look possibilities.
> At $previous_job the Comptroller used Acronis with success on a Dell
> running XP Pro SP2, I don't recall any complaints. The integrated
> Veritas backup software in XP works reasonably well for data backups
> but maybe not so much for a full disk image. Norton Ghost works
> pretty well for making images in Windows to a backup drive.
I've also heard good things about Zmanda (commercial version of Amanda)
but have no direct experience with that software.
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In reply to this post by Robert J. Cordingley
I use an internet service, Carbonite, which is $50/year for unlimited storage.
Some folks like Mozy too.
Spatial diversity is nice - no worrying about theft or fire taking out computer + backups.
-jim
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Thanks for everyone who shared their recommendations regarding what I should upgrade to following my HD crash. I think 75% of those responding recommended the MacBook Pro and it really is a nice machine tho' still on my wishlist. Meanwhile, I've rebuilt the Windows laptop with a 5400 rpm 130MB HD (cf 4800 rpm 20MB(sic) HD) and maxed out the memory at 1GB (was 640MB) (net cost about $110). Mostly I was back up for communication purposes in about 2 days. Getting the rest sorted (apps, iTunes downloaded from my iPod, and PDA syncing apps, email lists, etc. etc.) has taken a little longer. This is enough to ask the next question: Does anyone have any experience or recommendations on disk image (backup) software for Windows XP? Terrabyte, Acronis and Disk Snapshot look possibilities. Thanks, Robert PS Three things are needed to make a secure computer: a) unplug the Internet, b) unplug the power, c) place in a locked hardened nuclear shelter and destroy the key (well may be four things.) R -----Original Message-----
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I had great difficulty (and ultimately canceled) with Carbonite because it couldn't see the three or four USB drives I have hanging on my system. I use Mozy for the crucial files. -tj On 1/15/09, [hidden email] <[hidden email]> wrote:
I use an internet service, Carbonite, which is $50/year for unlimited storage.
Some folks like Mozy too.
Spatial diversity is nice - no worrying about theft or fire taking out computer + backups.
-jim
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Opportunity to upgrade
From: [hidden email]
Date: Thu, January 15, 2009 4:09 pm
To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group"
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Thanks for everyone who shared their recommendations regarding what I should upgrade to following my HD crash. I think 75% of those responding recommended the MacBook Pro and it really is a nice machine tho' still on my wishlist.
Meanwhile, I've rebuilt the Windows laptop with a 5400 rpm 130MB HD (cf 4800 rpm 20MB(sic) HD) and maxed out the memory at 1GB (was 640MB) (net cost about $110). Mostly I was back up for communication purposes in about 2 days. Getting the rest sorted (apps, iTunes downloaded from my iPod, and PDA syncing apps, email lists, etc. etc.) has taken a little longer. This is enough to ask the next question:
Does anyone have any experience or recommendations on disk image (backup) software for Windows XP? Terrabyte, Acronis and Disk Snapshot look possibilities.
Thanks, Robert PS Three things are needed to make a secure computer: a) unplug the Internet, b) unplug the power, c) place in a locked hardened nuclear shelter and destroy the key (well may be four things.) R
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