Replying to a message of JAY EMRIE to BOB ACKLEY:

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

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

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

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

It may well be so, but I don't use Windows.  My systems run OS/2 or Linux.

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