Re: Backup--OT

[Bill Troop billtroop@xxxxxxxx]

Kari, re some of those comments on the review page, I don't think
they are very high quality, and I have replied to some of them.
(Haven't I got anything better to do? You betcha!)


At 18/04/2014 09:34, you wrote:
> Harry,
>
> I have not used SP and I do not use laptops, but there are some
> things to keep in mind:
> If your computer becomes unbootable, i.e. there is something wrong
> with the boot partition or critical files are missing, you will need
> a tool to get access to your disks. In recovery programs, this is
> usually some form of Linux (SP has Windows PE), this is used to have
> basic operating system capability to copy the partitions to be
> recovered from backup. A bootable backup in this context means that,
> when recovered, it will boot. Sometimes this could be something that
> you can boot in a virtual environment as such, SP has this
> capability. But then again, you will need an operating system plus
> VirtualBox to boot this.
>
>
> There are many capable backup and recovery solutions, so I do not
> think SP is the only one that works. It may even have some issues,
> read the comments on this page:
>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2424316,00.asp#disqus-start
>
> Incidentally, each and every one of the backup solutions reviewed by
> PC Mag seems to have its pitfalls, so buyer beware:
>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411663,00.asp#disqus-start
>
> I have used Acronis with success for years despite its somewhat
> flaky user interface. Acronis makes a true whole-disk image
> (sector-by-sector if needed) that can resized to fit resized partitions.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kari Eveli
> LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
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>
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>
> 18.4.2014 5:22, Harry Binswanger wrote:
> > This sounds great. But I'm confused about one thing. If the image file
> > is bootable, what's doing with the CD? You say, "in case of disaster."
> > Meaning what? That your regular hard drive won't boot? I don't fully
> > trust booting from a CD (have had problems: the Lenovo Thinkpad I have
> > doesn't have an internal CD drive, so have to use an external USB CD
> > drive and change the boot order, but it doesn't always work--something
> > about the unreliability of non-powered USB CD drives, I think.
> >
> > So why can't you boot from the bootable image? And how specifically
> > would you go from invoking SP on another computer to getting a drive to
> > insert in the now defunct computer?
> >
> > Thanks so much,
> > Harry