System Recovery methods
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:33 pm
I am running WXP with 4 partitions, and am looking for a backup solution chiefly for disaster recovery. (It is for use on a laptop which has a lot of installed programs, but very little data, and therefore my prime requirement is to be able to recovery quickly and easily from a total disk failure, without having to re-install and configure all the individuals programs.)
My objective is to find a backup solution which I can use to create a DVD back-up set from which I could boot, and from which I could then restore onto an empty hard drive the entire Windows system, partitions, programs and data.
I understand from Chapter 8 of the manual that I would be able to restore everything - although the process would not be as simple as my ideal of booting from backup DVDs and pressing a few buttons. But could you clarify whether the “Bart's PE for AISBackup” option is an alternative to the Chapter 8 procedure, or whether it serves an entirely different purpose? (I hope that this isn’t too naïve a question - I am reasonably proficient with PCs, but not an expert on backups!)
My objective is to find a backup solution which I can use to create a DVD back-up set from which I could boot, and from which I could then restore onto an empty hard drive the entire Windows system, partitions, programs and data.
I understand from Chapter 8 of the manual that I would be able to restore everything - although the process would not be as simple as my ideal of booting from backup DVDs and pressing a few buttons. But could you clarify whether the “Bart's PE for AISBackup” option is an alternative to the Chapter 8 procedure, or whether it serves an entirely different purpose? (I hope that this isn’t too naïve a question - I am reasonably proficient with PCs, but not an expert on backups!)