Jethro,
There are several issues here. As for the system files, I can assure you
that the ability to replace a messed up set of system files and the registry
with a functioning version can be very useful. One can certainly use a
rescue boot disk but it is rarely up to date. Without an up- to-date
registry one is asking for trouble. As for the every night part of it, this
is obviously a personal decision. As a tinkerer who can be guaranteed to
screw up his system now and then and who is a heavy user, the question
becomes just how many days of data one is prepared to lose, be it important
email correspondence, financial data, or edited videos (a very time-consuming
thing to re-do)? Given the large size of drives that one can buy these days
for a reasonable price and the software that automates the backup, it is a
no-brainer to do it every night in my case. I am thinking of buying a 1TB
drive for backup. Each to his own! I should add that I also continuously
back up designated folders to a web service. This program has saved my bacon
more than once. â™*As we used to say in the UK it is the belt and braces
approach. Here that would be belt and suspenders. :-) By the way, my
Program Files folder has 5.12 GB in it at the moment. It would be nice not
to be backing that up as those programs can always be reinstalled.
"JethroUK©" wrote:
Quote:
> i'm not sure you'll benefit as much as you expect - i read you backup each
> night but it's normal practice to backup personal 'data' (which could get
> lost forever) and not the system/programs (which can always be
> reinstalled) - i personally have C: for system files & programs & D: for
> data and since upgrading to Vista I have had to relocate all users (data
> folders) from C: to D:
>
> i think it's reasonable to make a ghost back of the system at certain points
> so it would be easier to reinstall - but every night?
>
>
>
> "Barrie" <Barrie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:97F1F1CC-53E3-469B-B4B1-794F197B4295@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Thank you, Ken. Yes, I know that I will probably have to uninstall and
> > then
> > reinstall everything (I have been there many times before - since Windows
> > 3.0
> > was it? I have upgraded my Windows OS at least four times as each new
> > version appears - and was using MS DOS before that.) My question was
> > stimulated more by the Program Data folder that is unique to Vista? I do
> > not
> > remember that before although it may have had another name.
> >
> > The problem is that I use Acronis True Image to back up every night but
> > the
> > image is getting too big. I need to separate out the program files, which
> > I
> > do not need to back up, from the boot information and the data files (the
> > latter are on another drive). The 'obvious' thing to do is to split my
> > 300GB
> > SATA c: drive into two partitions.
> >
> > Thank you again for your comments.
> >
> > "Ken Blake" wrote:
> > Quote:
> >> Barrie wrote:
> >>
> >> > I am going to repartition my C: drive and want to move my program
> >> > files to a new location. I know all about the path-related headache
> >> > that this will cause but want to know what problems may arise with
> >> > Vista Home Premium.
> >>
> >>
> >> It's got nothing to do with Vista Home Premium. It's the same with every
> >> version of Windows since Windows 95. The problems that *will* (not may)
> >> arise is that the programs will no longer run (except perhaps for a very
> >> occasional small self-contained program).
> >>
> >> There is software that purports to address this issue and fix the
> >> problems
> >> (such as COA2.exe), but my experience with these has been that they miss
> >> many things that need fixing.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> >> Please reply to the newsgroup
> >> I notice that it will not let me move the
> >> > Program Files and Program Data folders to a new partition. Can
> >> > someone please give me advice/information on this?
> >>
> >>
> >>
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