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Number   :  146
Date     :  2001-06-04
Author   :  Michael Marquart
Subject  :  Re: [Re:  Help with XXcopy]
Size(KB) :  3



No doubt you have followed Kan's fine articles on the /CLONE switch (thanks
for the tips Kan) and the restore of a backup.

I see now your thoughts on restoring a backup, and I have an alternate method
to suggest.

Purchase a second hard drive, large enough for your windows installation and
other files you wish to back up, and a removeable HDD bay and caddy which you
use for your backup HDD - using XXCOPY to clone your operating system,
programs and other important files.

Why use a second HDD? The most important reason is that when using the method
you outline if your primary HDD fails then you have lost everything - your
windows installation, your documents, your backup, the lot.

Another reason is that if your primary HDD fails then you can replace your
primary HDD with the backup drive and turn your machine on - and everything
will work as it was when you last backed it up, with no more effort.

Thirdly, you can keep your backup drive safely stored in your garage or next
door neighbors when it's not in use and you will have an effective off-site
backup in case of fire or theft. For the serious user I suggest using two
backup HDDs and rotating them.

Of course it's all a matter of how important your data is to you, as to how
far you go with your backup strategy. That's my suggestion anyway.


Michael




>Michael Marquart  wrote:
>
>> xxcopy c:\ d:\ /oac:\xxcopy.log /zy /bu /v2 /k
>> 
>> should do it. I add a /yy at the end, in a batch file to suppress the
>> prompts, which you should do only on well tested batch files.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> *Careful*
>> This assumes an empty D: drive as I use it to mirror my c:\ hard drive to a
>> backup hard drive and it will remove files in the target that don't exist
>in
>> the source.
>> 
>> 
>> I don't see how your method is any better than a defrag though...
>> 
>I think I am not getting my point out properly so I will try again.
>
>I have a generic computer with a 300PII Intel processor a40 GB ata100 hard
>drive on a promise card and 256 MB of ram. The hard drive is partitioned into
>3 drives. "C" is the primary DOS partition which holds Win98SE. "D" & "E" are
>logical DOS partitions in a extended DOS partition.
>"C" is about 5MB, "D" is about 30 MB & "E" is around 5MB. I had a duel boot
>system with Win2k on the "E" drive. I removed Win2k and deleted some files
>(NTLDR) from the root of "C" that I thought belonged to Win2k. After doing
>this I could not get back into my computer so I was forced to format the "C"
>drive and install Win98SE and all my programs all over which took several
>days. 
>Now, I have read where you could make a image of your "C" drive in it's
>pristene condition so that if you ever crashed you could copy the image file
>to the "C" drive and boot up the computer instead of going thru the entire
>install process again. Is this a pipe dream or is it possible. If it is I have
>no idea how to do it and need a step/step walk thru. I suppose it would be
>done at the DOS prompt.
>
>Thanks Again
>PPB
>
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