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[Digital BW] Re: Moving PS

2009-07-05 by Greg

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Michael King <drmrking@...> wrote:
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> So the problem is that you never know if the restore of your system disk
> will work unless you actually try and successfully do it.
> If you have a spare disk I would back up your system disk - replace it with
> the spare one and try and restore to it.
> Most restore software is a bit picky on PC as to exactly your hardware
> config (because there are so many), without doing a restore you'll never
> know if your system backup is useful or just a waste of time.
> 
> If you don't have a spare disk you can still do a dummy system disk
> (partition) restore and take the process all the way until it actually
> starts to do the restore. At least that way you'll have a pretty good idea
> if your restore software can work with your hardware config (mainly the
> problem is hard disk controller /motherboard support).
> 
> Personally I use Acronis and it has some quirks, but I found a build that
> works with my config and I can be back up and running in 30 - 60mins from a
> system disk crash.
> 
> Mike
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> 2009/7/5 ann clancy <jaclancy1937@...>
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> >
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > i will check them out. i was't necessary looking for free, just good and
> > simple for a non-computer person.
> >
> > ann
> >
> > --- On Sun, 7/5/09, Greg <dfaprinting@... <dfaprinting%40yahoo.com>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > From: Greg <dfaprinting@... <dfaprinting%40yahoo.com>>
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Moving PS
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Sunday, July 5, 2009, 2:16 PM
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhit eThePrint@ yahoogroups. com, "Greg"
> > <dfaprinting@ ...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Also maybe this which is open sourced and free.
> > >
> >
> > Sorry, forgot the link: http://g4l.sourcefo rge.net/
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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