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From: "Gerhard Fiedler" <lists@CONNECTIONBRAZIL.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT:] Backup Software - Your favorites?


> You need to add at least the OS to the list of requirements :)

You got that right!

For WinXP I use Norton Ghost ... neither automatic nor free, but I have
spent enough time recovering from crashed Windoze systems to know that a
partial backup just doesn't cut it.  Yes, it can save you from loosing data,
but rebuilding a Windoze system can take weeks.  I write the Ghost savesets
to a DVD because XP is fat enough that CD's are a pain.  I do copy active
projects off to a file share using Briefcase any time I do significant work,
so the full backup is only about once a month.

For Linux, I simply tar the directories into savesets of CD size and write
them to another partition.  A little later I write them to CD.  Linux is
slim enough that CDs are feasible, even though I use one of my Linux systems
as a file server for the Windoze systems.

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