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| 1445136 | 2018-01-21 23:00:00 | I believe the inbuilt windows backup utility is good, but individual directories can't be brought back. Win7(Pro) backup gives the option of folders AND and image backup . not sure what 10's backup does. Dont know if it will backup to a Lin server/NAS though |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1445137 | 2018-01-22 01:11:00 | Yes, Active no good for ext4. I have used Clonezilla, but really mostly I made a tar of /home/me and stored it on external. All you really need........but an image can be handy I guess. IMP the more the better. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1445138 | 2018-01-23 03:50:00 | I'm currently using Active@ to create that disk image. It was easy to get going- however, we'll see. I created a folder on my server using samba and that's the folder the image is being saved to. Thanks for all your helpful comments. |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 1445139 | 2018-01-23 04:33:00 | This is going to be so slow. 47gb out of 1131gb:sleep and it's been going quite a few minutes. But they do say "good things take time":rolleyes: | jcr1 (893) | ||
| 1445140 | 2018-01-23 05:01:00 | Re the time to image -----yeah over a TB via a LAN wont be fast. It will only be a fast as the slowest point is capable of giving (at best), be that a router, switch, or Ethernet connection. You have to remember its making a compressed copy of the whole PC (excluding empty space) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1445141 | 2018-01-23 05:37:00 | Thanks wainuitech. I've gotta be patient. Up to 85gb now:banana | jcr1 (893) | ||
| 1445142 | 2018-01-23 09:01:00 | What a lot of people suggest ( and they are right) is when you do a fresh install, say do all the updates ( maybe even programs) , then Image the system before you have a chance to add any rubbish. That way the actual OS /Programs dont take long to put back. Any other data can be saved in various ways. I have one image here from a customer. She often infects the computer with malware, illegal programs, cracks, you name it, then moans about destroying the system. Now while its nothing to do with me what programs she installs ( you can only warn and advise), but after reinstalling it twice in as many months, I decided to image it first before sending it back -- ;) Now saves a lot of time - when its needing major repairs (again) I simply save any data she has gathered, wipe the drive, drop the image back (10-15 minutes at most). She KNOWS whats causing the problems, but doesn't seem to care. She has Nod32 AV, BUT I discovered she turns it off when installing a lot of the "questionable software" as Nod stops it. :groan: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1445143 | 2018-01-23 18:50:00 | What a lot of people suggest ( and they are right) is when you do a fresh install, say do all the updates ( maybe even programs) , then Image the system before you have a chance to add any rubbish . That way the actual OS /Programs dont take long to put back . Any other data can be saved in various ways . I have one image here from a customer . She often infects the computer with malware, illegal programs, cracks, you name it, then moans about destroying the system . Now while its nothing to do with me what programs she installs ( you can only warn and advise), but after reinstalling it twice in as many months, I decided to image it first before sending it back -- ;) Now saves a lot of time - when its needing major repairs (again) I simply save any data she has gathered, wipe the drive, drop the image back (10-15 minutes at most) . She KNOWS whats causing the problems, but doesn't seem to care . She has Nod32 AV, BUT I discovered she turns it off when installing a lot of the "questionable software" as Nod stops it . :groan: That's an excellent idea, thanks for that:thumbs: That client of yours, even though it might be frustrating, at least she might be good for business? |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 1445144 | 2018-01-24 20:38:00 | Finally finished . The disk image is now on the drive on the linux server that I allocated . As can be seen, it's taken up a good chunk of a drive that normally I would've used for vm's - websites, photo galleries etc . . But never mind as this is a more practical use of that space . I did do a bit of a test on restoring a raw photo, and it worked perfectly:thumbs: . I think this is very good software and I just wonder why is it free? 8655 | jcr1 (893) | ||
| 1445145 | 2018-01-24 21:04:00 | Yes, Active no good for ext4. I have used Clonezilla, but really mostly I made a tar of /home/me and stored it on external. All you really need........but an image can be handy I guess. IMP the more the better. To back up Linux alone I do as you say, but my computers are multi-booting and Clonezilla does the whole drive image, including FatDog64, Mint, W7, W10pro, even Chrome OS which has up to 28 partitions. Never fails. |
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