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Answer» Got my WD external harddrive today. It is the Elements model without WD's bothersome SmartWare back-up software. My computer recognizes it fine. Just downloaded Macrium Reflect. All SYSTEMS go for back-up, I think. Yepper... Thanks Patio. I already have the recovery CD's - they were made by Circuit City when I bought the computer. I was concerned that they may be corrupted because they are 5 years old plus I have never used them so I don't know if they were made ok to begin with. I was thinking that a back-up on my external harddrive would be good insurance.Several backups would be better. I image my system partitions once a week to external drives, keeping the two or three most recent versions. Also, be sure to enable verification of the image during creation.Quote from: Allan on April 02, 2011, 03:57:05 PM Several backups would be better. I image my system partitions once a week to external drives, keeping the two or three most recent versions. Also, be sure to enable verification of the image during creation. Allan, do you put each partition on a separate external harddrive? Do you put each of you 2 or 3 most recent images on separate harddrives?Actually I have several external drives. I create weekly images of my system partition and keep 2 or 3 on one external drive and then about once a month create images of the other partitions. Also, once a month or so I create images of all partitions and put them on a different external drive - overly cautious Quote from: Allan on April 02, 2011, 04:18:06 PM Actually I have several external drives. I create weekly images of my system partition and keep 2 or 3 on one external drive and then about once a month create images of the other partitions. Also, once a month or so I create images of all partitions and put them on a different external drive - overly cautious Thanks Allan. By "system" partition, you mean the drive that contains your OS?iGood Morning! I have created and verified a back-up image of my internal harddrive (system partition and recovery partition). Macrium asked me if I wanted to create bootable rescue CD's. I went thru the wizard but it kept going in a circle. Before I installed Macrium I tried to make recovery CD's (actually I was just exploring to see how you would do it) and I got a message saying that a set of recovery CD's had already been made and only set per computer is allowed. Is that why I could not make a set using Macrium? Are the Macrium bootable rescue CD's the same as recovery CD's? Should I now disconnect the external harddrive? I will probably update manually. Finally, how do I use my recovery CD's and back-up image in the EVENT of a catastrophic failure of my internal harddrive? If I wake up tomorrow and discover my internal HD is toast, what do I do? I am guessing that I would: 1. Remove BAD HD and install a new replacement. 2. Load my 3 recovery CD's. 3. Follow directions? Thanks. |
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