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Backing Up Your Computer

Backing Up Your Computer . By Eric Moore. Types of Backups. Drive Imaging File Backups. Disk Imaging. Copies an entire partition or hard drive to a single “image” file Saves to a hard drive, CD-R, CD-RW, etc. Can compress the data May allow you to restore individual files.

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Backing Up Your Computer

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  1. Backing Up Your Computer By Eric Moore

  2. Types of Backups • Drive Imaging • File Backups

  3. Disk Imaging • Copies an entire partition or hard drive to a single “image” file • Saves to a hard drive, CD-R, CD-RW, etc. • Can compress the data • May allow you to restore individual files

  4. Examples of Disk Imaging Products • PowerQuest™ Drive Image® • Now owned by Symantec • Symantec™ Ghost • PARAGON™ Drive Backup • NTI™ Drive Backup

  5. Advantages & Disadvantages of Disk Imaging • Advantages: • Does not require booting Windows • Emergency restore • Supports “cloning” of a hard drive • Disadvantages: • Slow • Inefficient for backing up only a few files • Can be dangerous if not used carefully

  6. Traditional File Backup – Basic Features • Backing up specific files and folders • Backing up an entire hard drive • Compression • Password protection • Restoring to an alternative location

  7. Additional Features • Scheduler • Windows registry backup • Emergency restoration • Packet writing for CD-R and CD-RW • File filtering • Include files • Exclude files • Modified files

  8. Examples of File Backup Products • AVANTRIX™ Backup Plus • Dantz™ Retrospect • My Own Backup (Free product) • Stomp™ BackUp MyPC® • NTI™ Backup NOW!® • Microsoft™ Backup

  9. About Microsoft Backup • Free, no-frills backup utility • Supported media: • Tape • Hard disk • Zip disk • Preformatted CD-RW or CD-R • Floppy disk • Does not support CD burning • No file filtering using wildcards • For example, specifying *.DOC for all Word documents

  10. Advantages and Disadvantages of File Backups • Advantages: • Efficient for very small backups (much less than the entire hard drive) • Ease of use (GUI) • Inexpensive (Microsoft Backup) • Disadvantages • Restoring may require a bootable computer • More capable products may be pricey ($50 or more)

  11. Media Types and Their Costs(Prices from Cyberguys!)

  12. My Backup Strategy • Monthly backup • Disk image using PowerQuest Drive Image • Weekly backup • Incremental using Microsoft Backup • Daily backup • Limited incremental using Microsoft Backup

  13. Additional Thoughts on a Backup Strategy • Don’t put it off! • Make sure you can restore backed up data • Keep redundant backups • Two different discs • Two different media types (e.g. hard drive and CD) • Off-site storage • Online backup service • Safe deposit box • Nothing lasts forever • Media could good bad • Media may become obsolete (e.g., 5 ¼” disks)

  14. For More Information: • My CUGG Article: • http://home.att.net/~moore.e.s/cugg/articles/backups.html • CD-Recordable FAQ: • http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq.html • DVD FAQ: • http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html

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