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Protect against hardwarefailures. If either drive dies the other takes over.Since XP can't do this on it's own you need to purchase a card thatsupports both drives and RAID-1 (A promise TX2 card might work).[snip]> Some advice on the best way to protect my pc would be appreciated.For data protection, not the same a hardware fault protection, a simplebackup or copy to any other device is acceptable.-- spam999free@rrohio.comremove 999 in order to email me #4 Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)Malcolm, purchase one the imaging programs such as ghost. You can make an image of your hard drive to the external disk. In the event of a failure, you install a new disk and restore from the image you created."Malcolm" wrote in message news😀7F98A13-A538-4E69-88ED-A8DDAF16AC47@microsoft.com...I regularly take copies of my own user data but I now want to protect myentire pc against a hard disk failure.I have bought a 160GB external hard disk and I want to know what is the bestapproach for protecting against failure of my c: drive.Should I use the Windows XP Pro Backup utility and store the backup file onthe external drive and create a rescue disk? If so, how do I instruct my pcto restore from this backup if my c: drive has failed and I have replaced itwith a new internal hard disk?Should I make a mirror image copy of my c: drive on the external drive? Howdo I do this (just copy all of the files?) and how do I tell my pc to bootfrom this drive if my hard disk fails (as I won't have a rescue disk)?Some advice on the best way to protect my pc would be appreciated.Thank you Apr 11, 2004 239 0 18,680 #5 Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)Hi Thanks for the response. This sounds good. I've had a quick look on the web and there seems to be a lot of this type of software around. I would need something simple and easy to use. Is there anywhere I can get a comparison of this type of software. Or does anyone have any recommendations? Is the case of a failure and replacement of my hard disk, how would I then be able to instruct the pc to restore from the image I created? Many thanks"BR549" wrote:> Malcolm, purchase one the imaging programs such as ghost. You can make an > image of your hard drive to the external disk. In the event of a failure, > you install a new disk and restore from the image you created.> > > "Malcolm" wrote in message > news😀7F98A13-A538-4E69-88ED-A8DDAF16AC47@microsoft.com...> I regularly take copies of my own user data but I now want to protect my> entire pc against a hard

You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Apr 11, 2004 239 0 18,680 #1 Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)I regularly take copies of my own user data but I now want to protect my entire pc against a hard disk failure. I have bought a 160GB external hard disk and I want to know what is the best approach for protecting against failure of my c: drive.Should I use the Windows XP Pro Backup utility and store the backup file on the external drive and create a rescue disk? If so, how do I instruct my pc to restore from this backup if my c: drive has failed and I have replaced it with a new internal hard disk?Should I make a mirror image copy of my c: drive on the external drive? How do I do this (just copy all of the files?) and how do I tell my pc to boot from this drive if my hard disk fails (as I won't have a rescue disk)?Some advice on the best way to protect my pc would be appreciated.Thank you Guest Guest #2 Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)Hi,I also use Ghost, But I use its clone function rather than making an image of the drive. If my main drive fails I just swap the lumper on the backup drive to make it the primary and I'm good to go again, no files to copy ar anything like that.The problem with setting up a mirror like a raid drive is that a virus or some other bad event is on both drives, that's not too good a backup strategy. My second drive is running in a removeable tray so a quick turn of the key keeps it out of harms way until I want to clone again. You can find Ghost 2003 on ebay for less than $20.---==X={}=X==---Jim SelfAVIATION ANIMATION, the internet's largest depository. only internet source for spiral staircase plans. Aircraft Association (EAA)Technical Counselor Guest Guest #3 Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:35:01 -0800, Malcolm wrote:> I regularly take copies of my own user data but I now want to protect my > entire pc against a hard disk failure. > > I have bought a 160GB external hard disk and I want to know what is the best > approach for protecting against failure of my c: drive.Failure of a drive can be worked around by purchasing a RAID controllercard and setting up a MIRROR so that one drive is a mirror image of theother. This is not a backup, it's a means to

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Disk failure.> > I have bought a 160GB external hard disk and I want to know what is the best> approach for protecting against failure of my c: drive.> > Should I use the Windows XP Pro Backup utility and store the backup file on> the external drive and create a rescue disk? If so, how do I instruct my pc> to restore from this backup if my c: drive has failed and I have replaced it> with a new internal hard disk?> > Should I make a mirror image copy of my c: drive on the external drive? How> do I do this (just copy all of the files?) and how do I tell my pc to boot> from this drive if my hard disk fails (as I won't have a rescue disk)?> > Some advice on the best way to protect my pc would be appreciated.> > Thank you > > > Guest Guest #6 Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)www.symantec.com 9.0 is a Windows based program versus Ghost 2003 which is DOS based.The Ghost 9.0 recovery disk is the same cdrom disk you install the program from. Therefore the cd drive must be in the boot sequence. I backup to an internal hdd as well as periodic backups to DVD+RW's.hthr."Malcolm" wrote in message news:EEAC6F7E-5A3D-48F2-B0B5-171E8DC7BB5B@microsoft.com...> Hi>> Thanks for the response. This sounds good. I've had a quick look on the > web> and there seems to be a lot of this type of software around. I would need> something simple and easy to use. Is there anywhere I can get a comparison > of> this type of software. Or does anyone have any recommendations?>> Is the case of a failure and replacement of my hard disk, how would I then> be able to instruct the pc to restore from the image I created?>> Many thanks>> "BR549" wrote:>>> Malcolm, purchase one the imaging programs such as ghost. You can make >> an>> image of your hard drive to the external disk. In the event of a >> failure,>> you install a new disk and restore from the image you created.>>>>>> "Malcolm" wrote in message>> news😀7F98A13-A538-4E69-88ED-A8DDAF16AC47@microsoft.com...>> I regularly take copies of my own user data but I now want to protect my>> entire pc against a hard disk failure.>>>> I have bought a 160GB external hard disk and I want to know what is the >> best>> approach for protecting against failure of my c: drive.>>>> Should I use the Windows XP Pro Backup utility and store the backup file >> on>> the external drive and create a rescue disk? If so, how do I instruct my >> pc>> to restore from this backup if my c: drive has failed

Your hard drive to the external disk. In the event of a >> failure,>> you install a new disk and restore from the image you created.>>>>>> "Malcolm" wrote in message>> news😀7F98A13-A538-4E69-88ED-A8DDAF16AC47@microsoft.com...>> I regularly take copies of my own user data but I now want to protect my>> entire pc against a hard disk failure.>>>> I have bought a 160GB external hard disk and I want to know what is the>> best>> approach for protecting against failure of my c: drive.>>>> Should I use the Windows XP Pro Backup utility and store the backup file>> on>> the external drive and create a rescue disk? If so, how do I instruct my>> pc>> to restore from this backup if my c: drive has failed and I have replaced>> it>> with a new internal hard disk?>>>> Should I make a mirror image copy of my c: drive on the external drive?>> How>> do I do this (just copy all of the files?) and how do I tell my pc to >> boot>> from this drive if my hard disk fails (as I won't have a rescue disk)?>>>> Some advice on the best way to protect my pc would be appreciated.>>>> Thank you>>>>>>> Guest Guest #10 Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:06:14 GMT, "BR549" wrote:>Since my boot order is floppy, then hard drive, I find that it takes longer >to boot, go into the bios and change the boot order and then save and reboot >again. I just insert the floppy and boot. I like to keep the cd out of the >normal boot sequence to save time.>Either way works.>We are talking about a major failure and recovering from such. Inthat scenario, changing the boot order, which can be done in about 20seconds, is the least of your worries. Saving time should also not bein your worry list!The time you think you save in a floppy boot is probably lost by therelative slowness of booting from the floppy vs booting from the CDanyway. Advertising Cookies Policies Privacy Term & Conditions Topics