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**cyclo** · 01-11-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Submarine

I use the Vista backup for my files once a week and for the entire computer once a month. I have thought about Acronis or Norton ditto, but I am not sure of what benefits that would bring. You who use it could perhaps explain?

Other issue is malware. If you suddenly find you have a bad malware infection, your backup would certainly be affected too. It may be bad enough to make you format the HDD. What do you do then and how do you best protect yourself against that?

If you were creating incremental images, say on a monthly basis, you could just restore the image from an earlier date before you got infected by malware. If you also have backups of your files on a weekly basis, you could then restore the individual files/directories from the files backup.

The advantage of having image backups is that it also protects when your drive breaks down. You could easily restore the images to a new hard drive.

01-11-2009	#10 (permalink)
cyclo 24 posts	Re: For 2009, resolve to back up your computer files, and do it Quote: Originally Posted by Submarine I use the Vista backup for my files once a week and for the entire computer once a month. I have thought about Acronis or Norton ditto, but I am not sure of what benefits that would bring. You who use it could perhaps explain? Other issue is malware. If you suddenly find you have a bad malware infection, your backup would certainly be affected too. It may be bad enough to make you format the HDD. What do you do then and how do you best protect yourself against that? If you were creating incremental images, say on a monthly basis, you could just restore the image from an earlier date before you got infected by malware. If you also have backups of your files on a weekly basis, you could then restore the individual files/directories from the files backup. The advantage of having image backups is that it also protects when your drive breaks down. You could easily restore the images to a new hard drive.
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