Re: Backup questions, I use a external hard drive
- From: "Michael G." <commodore128@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 16:00:25 -0600
Hi,
I had no idea that Windows XP would not let you boot off an external hard
drive. That is certainly good information to know. I guess it makes sense
now that I think about it since none of the USB ports would be active until
Windows had booted up. So with the Casper software, you were able to create
an image of your hard drive, including the operating system without much
trouble? From what I gathered of your message, I'm assuming you still
needed to get sighted assistance to create the backup of the operating
system right? It's good to know that at least making backups of regular
data using Casper was Jaws friendly. I have Norton System Works which I
believe includes Norton Ghost, but I haven't installed that particular
application yet. Once I get the new hard drive, I'll go ahead and install
Ghost. It sounds to me though, like I'm going to have to purchase both an
internal and an external hard drive. I still want the external so that I
can keep everything in a separate, and safe place. It'd also make moving
files to other computers much easier as well. One other question, when
you're using your backup software and external drive, do you find the
process of backing up files from multiple computers to be a simple task?
I've noticed that some of these external hard drives have these "one-touch"
backup features, and I'm wondering if the software is able to tell that the
drive is being attached to different computers before going ahead and making
the backup. Thanks for the info and help.
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "AB7HW Dick Lee Chrisman" <ab7hw@xxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: Backup questions, I use a external hard drive
Hello
I use a external hard drive for data back up it works fine, it looks just
like another drive and is JFW Friendly because you are using Windows
XP(Explorer).
As I said I use a external hard drive with Windows XP home. I use Casper
the Bootable back up program, it is pretty much 100% JFW Friendly.
That is the good part. The problem comes with the fact that Windows XP
will not boot up to a external hard drive so it is better to use a
internal hard drive for a program such as Ghost by Norton or Casper by
Future Systems. Using a internal hard drive allows you to boot up to the
second internal hard drive and then you can replace the bad drive or copy
the second one over to the first and you are in business.
Nothing that is available except Narrator the Windows speaking program
will work for the Blind when booting up. So if you had a hard drive
failure you would not be able to tell what the computer is doing, this
might require a sighted helper, but all of this does allow you to get back
into operation in a minimal amount of Time!
I plan to reboot to the Windows XP CD and then move the bootable Casper
copy to another new hard drive, I have a copy of Casper and the user
manual burnt to a CD so if I need sighted help the manual and information
on how to set up a new hard drive are there for them to follow.
Dick
I am using Windows XP home, JFW 6.2 and Casper 3.x.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael G." <commodore128@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 12:34 PM
Subject: Backup questions
Hi All,
I'm looking at buying an external hard drive for making backups of all my
important files. After some looking around, I've found that most of these
external hard drives include backup image software. There was a recent
discussion on the list about this type of software and it was determined
that Jaws will not work with any image software because of the fact that
you're required to boot your computer into DOS in order to run the
application. So, with this being the case, the only alternative is to get
sighted assistance to help you get through the process of running the
software and making the backup. My question is, I'd like to get a backup
image utility that is fairly intuitive and easy to use, so that I can
guide someone who is not so computer saavy through the process. Has
anyone had any good experiences using this type of software? Any
recommendations? Thanks.
Michael
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