Thanks for the suggestion, I don't use cloning software, it is a little too
trouble. I only backup the data/images, anything that is recoverable I will
just take the risk. It has been over a year I haven't re-install the OS,
last time was a year ago I upgraded my two son's motherboard. I hope there
is no further hard disk problem as the HDs are later designs and also one of
my preferred vendor. Another computer running at 24hr/7days is using a 2.5"
drive, I hope it is even more reliable.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Apparently you do not use cloning software to back up your boot drive.
> One of my backup drives is always an identical drive to the boot drive.
> I use cloning software to make a sector by sector copy of the boot
> drive. Should the boot drive fail it's only a matter of plugging in the
> clone drive to replace it. No need to reinstall the OS or applications.
>
> It used to be a lot of work to make a clone drive with IDE drives since
> it was necessary to install it in the computer's case along with the
> boot drive. But eSATA drives have made it much simpler as have the
> drive docking stations that Moose and I use. The only problem with
> making a clone drive is that you can't use the computer during backup.
> The cloning software has to boot the computer directly since the OS
> can't be allowed to control the computer and use the drive while it's
> being copied.
>
> I use an obsolete copy of Acronis (version 9.0) on my XP machine.
> Acronis is a general backup solution (which I don't use) but it also has
> a cloning capability for the boot drive. I'm not sure what the current
> version of Acronis is but version 9.0 works on my computer just fine and
> because it was back level I bought it on line for about $10.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> C.H.Ling wrote:
>
>>
>> HD is cheap, I don't think it is worth to conisder something less, I will
>> buy the one with better reputation, the cost different is less than 10%
>> or
>> $10. I had more than 4 hard disk failures in last 20 years, it caused
>> lots
>> of trouble. Even there is back up I have to re-install the OS and all
>> software, very time consuming.
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