Msg: Re: Backup--a different approach

"Just downloaded ReBuilder app for windows; which creates a recovery disk, the only way to restore a full volume."

Could you please elaborate on this ? Are you saying that making an image of the boot partition is not sufficient for restoring your system to functionality ? (I'm accustomed to making additional images for my other partitions. And I know you may still need to image the System Reserved partition as well (which is about 100 M. in size, as the first partition), if there is one. I have computers that have this, and ones that don't. Not entirely sure how that came about. I never quite learned (or remembered) how to avoid making one of these when installing Windows. That's the way I would prefer it -- not having that extra partition to deal with. But once it's there, I guess you are just stuck with it.

A friend of mine much prefers to have his Win boot partitions be Logicals, rather than Primaries. That is something I think I managed to accomplish back with NT, but not ever since then.

Jordan

From: Michael Norman
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: michael.norman@xxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 2:50 PM
Subject: RE: Backup--a different approach

Bought, downloaded and installed ShadowProtect SPX. Just downloaded ReBuilder app for windows; which creates a recovery disk, the only way to restore a full volume.

I was going to use the rebuilder to create the restore CD, but I noticed that if you download the cross-platform restore environment, as opposed to the windows only environment, you don’t have to go through the process of installing Win ADK, I think. Just burn the ISO to disk. Yes?

I agree with Ed, easy enough to create a backup image, but as Carl pointed out setting or editing the backup schedule requires some figuring (or the manual, which is counterintuitive).

Anyway, ReBuilder for win or cross-platform ISO ? And are you able to set a retention policy for incremental backups.

Thanks.

Michael Norman