[Hidden-tech] Back Up software?

[Tom at Reelife Productions]

for those apple users...i just started using apple's "Backup3" and it  
works easily & flawlessly... need a .mac account (upt to 2gb) and  
best with OS 10.4.x

Regards,


Tom Adams


Director/Owner
Reelife Documentary Productions
using today's technology to educate, entertain & enlighten
413.575.9707
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Williamsburg, MA, USA


On Mar 15, 2006, at 1:21 PM, Jonathan Dill wrote:

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> DAVID F. FARKAS wrote:
>> Just bought an external hard drive to back up data. Windows used  
>> to have a simple backup program included but XP does not.
> Windows XP Home Edition does not include the backup program.   
> Windows XP Professional Edition *should* include the backup  
> program, it's possible that the "Windows Component" for it is not  
> installed, or you have some OEM version of Windows XP Pro that does  
> not include it for some reason, call tech support for the vendor to  
> complain about it maybe they can help you.  You could buy the  
> upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro, but it's probably cheaper to just  
> buy Ghost.
>> Can anyone recommend a freeware or cheapware backup program. Bonus  
>> points if you know of a 'ghost' hard drive image freeware.
>
> Not for the technically faint of heart, but if you have any idea  
> how to use a Linux LiveCD I can give you some suggestions (such as  
> partimage from a KNOPPIX CD).  For the average user, however, I  
> would not trust such a solution 100%.  If you're not experienced  
> with Linux stuff and you end up needing to restore some day, you  
> may well end up paying double in lost time etc. fooling around  
> trying to get the restore to work than if you had just paid to buy  
> some backup software in the first place.
>
> If you have a network with a Linux computer on it, I recommend  
> BackupPC for convenient, web-based restore of files / folders, but  
> you still need something like ghost for complete disaster  
> recovery.  Also, you need a bit of Linux savvy to set it up.
>
> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
>
> If you are going to buy an external hard drive to do backups, you  
> might look into getting one that comes bundled with ghost type  
> software.  If you are backing up more than one computer, you might  
> look at some of the new, network-attached devices that are available.
>
> Jonathan
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