[dba-Tech] Drive Copying

Lembit Soobik lembit.soobik at t-online.de
Tue Mar 22 06:45:49 CST 2005


oh, and it sais even if your computer doesnt boot any more or the drive with 
the OS is dead, and you have to replace it, it has facilities to put the 
backup image back. have not tried that however.

Lembit

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Lacey" <andy at minstersystems.co.uk>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" 
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Drive Copying


> mm, there's one copy on ebay I'm tempted to get. Would you mind checking 
> for
> me Lembit if it supports backing up to a HD on a USB 2.0 port? And can you
> schedule a full disk backup so I can sleep easy at night knwing my whole
> disk is being replicated during my slumbers?
> --
> Andy Lacey
> http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
>
>
>
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> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Drive Copying
> Date: 22/03/05 09:18
>
>>
>> thats what I think: when will you need support? hardly ever? (maybe I'm
>> naive)
>> I have also partition magic from them and it has worked great since 
>> years,
>> thats why I trust their Drive Image.
>> And I have jsut seen that you can tell it how many backups to keep when
> you
>> have it make automated backups.
>>
>> BTW, I also use karens Replicator for data folders. this one can 
>> replicate
>> deleted files or folders if you wish so
>>
>> Lembit
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Andy Lacey" <andy at minstersystems.co.uk>
>> To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'"
>> <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
>> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 8:48 PM
>> Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Drive Copying
>>
>>
>> > Yes I've heard good reports of DriveImage but as you say it's now
> been
>> > dismantled by Symantec. I suppose I might still be able to buy one
> from
>> > ebay
>> > but I'm not going to get any support if I need it. But then perhaps 
>> I
>> > wouldn't need it????
>> >
>> > -- Andy Lacey
>> > http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
>> >> Lembit Soobik
>> >> Sent: 21 March 2005 18:26
>> >> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>> >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Drive Copying
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Andy,
>> >> I have jsut recently purchased Power Quest Drive Image 7.0
>> >> well, its one of the last copies on the market, since Symantec
> ate
>> >> Powerquest and doesnt sell it any more, but its great, easy
>> >> to use, you can
>> >> schedule backups, you can make the drive image of the drive
>> >> taht has windows
>> >> from within windows
>> >> just right for me.
>> >>
>> >> Lembit
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Andy Lacey" <andy at minstersystems.co.uk>
>> >> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
>> >> <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
>> >> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 4:28 PM
>> >> Subject: [dba-Tech] Drive Copying
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Afternoon folks
>> >> >
>> >> > Ok so I decided to beef up my backup capability (been using
>> >> Disk2Disk
>> >> > to backup essentials to CD), get a second HD, a USB 2.0
>> >> caddy for it
>> >> > and backup my entire disk to that. Was going to get Ghost 9
>> >> to do it
>> >> > but then read some
>> >> > horrendous reviews of the product which aside from many and
> various
>> >> > problems
>> >> > agreed on only one thing - if you need tech support forget
> it. So I
>> >> > thought
>> >> > I'd better canvas opinion among the best-informed set of
>> >> people I know -
>> >> > yes
>> >> > folks it's you. So who can recommend the greatest, most
>> >> reliable, easiest
>> >> > to
>> >> > setup, easiest to use disk imaging software? One
>> >> requirement I'd have
>> >> > would
>> >> > be to schedule overnight backups and not to have to come
>> >> out of Windows to
>> >> > do it.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any thoughts?
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Andy Lacey
>> >> > http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
>> >> >
>> >> > PS If we've had this before I apologise but I couldn't find
>> >> anything
>> >> > in
>> >> > the
>> >> > archives.
>> >> >
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