BA> W>>> JE>I was under the impression that backups had two
main purposes:
BA> W>>> JE>1. Give one the ability to recover grunged data
in case of a
BA> W>>> disastrous JE>failure. This would enable one to
recover and use his
BA> W>>> programs and data JE>if his HD totally failed - I
have had to do
BA> W>>> exactly that. My HD became JE>unusable  due to a
mechanical failure.
BA> W>>> I used True Image to restore ALL JE>to a new HD.

BA> TW>> True but somen programs make it very inconvinent to back
up just the
BA> TW>> data easily. Mostly by Thinking THEY know better where the Data
BA> TW>> should reside then you the Operator does. I being small potatoes
BA> TW>> don't have to much data to back up but I have a bat file that drops
BA> TW>> to DOS and uses XCOPY to copy my most important Data to a Removable
BA> TW>> drive.

BA> JE> Tom, it is a gross mistake to backup JUST the data. Logically, one
BA> JE> should back up the entire C: HD. That way, if the C: drive should
BA> JE> crater, using TI for the back up program one can restore programs AND
BA> JE> data to a new HD. If one only backs up the data and t he C: drives
BA> JE> craters then one would have to totally reload all the programs and
BA> JE> then install the data. Lots of time consuming work!

BA>Actually you only need to back up the programs if you change anything.  Data
BA>changes much more often than programs do.  On my machines at home I keep
BA>all the software on one physical HD and all the data on another; thus the C:
BA>drive gets backed up only occasionally while the D: drive gets backed up
BA>regularly.
BA>And if need be the whole system can be restored using both backups.

Actually it is just about impossible to keep separate data and program
on separate HDs when using Windows XP and even some earlier versions..
Some programs absolutely will not allow one to accomplish that.

Which is why I started keeping all - programs and data - on the C drive

Jay
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