[AccessD] It just goes to show ya

Yep, an image immediately after doing all of the install / patch stuff, then another periodically.

I have to tell you though, things like DropMyRights and noScript goes a long ways towards thwarting 
the bad guys.  Sand boxes really do work well.  running all Web facing apps in a sandbox prevents 
the nasties from doing bad stuff.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 12/15/2011 4:37 PM, Heenan, Lambert wrote:
> Which is exactly why I use DriveImageXML. I backup my complete boot drive to a different drive every now and then. I find I can restore the whole thing in just over an hour.
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> Lambert
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> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 4:33 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AccessD] It just goes to show ya
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> Further to Hans's message (this learned the hard way)... Next time you buy or rebuild a machine, install all essential software (just the really core stuff, your choices may vary), and nothing else. As soon as you've done that, create a rescue disc (CD might be enough, more likely single-layer DVD, possibly dual-layer DVD), so that everything essential can be recovered in one swoop. In my case, this includes such utils as NoteTab, winRAR and others, Office 2010 and SQL Server, which I deem essential; that's a pretty big footprint, granted, but that's the essential house. It all fits on a single DVD, and that makes it drop-dead simple to fix it all in the ugly event of a disk-crash, etc.
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> I've been to Hell and back too many times to list. Finally I have a procedure that works. It doesn't do everything, but it puts me back on solid-footing with a couple of clicks. I can't afford TB-sized backups so I make do with my humble means, but it works.
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