Vista - Re: PC Complete Restore failed to restore

05-05-2009

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OdvLmWfzJHA.4412@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Although I trust TrueImage 100% to image/restore my system partition I
> refuse to allow it to touch my data.
>
> For data I want a 1-1 backup (a COPY) of the original file - without any
> compression. I will never again be encumbered with an inaccessible backup
> due to faulty proprietary software. I use to always use BackupExe. But
> then they came out with a new version that could not access the backups
> created by the prior version.
>
> Microsoft did much the same thing with the various backup programs that
> were included in Windows 3.11 to Windows 95 to Windows 98 to Windows 2000
> etc. What a mess! You would install a new operating system and, just when
> you needed the backups the most, you would find that the information was
> not attainable. You would have to mount the backup in a computer that
> still had the older version of the backup program and extract the files to
> a folder. Then you would COPY the folder to removable media and install
> the folder under the new operating system.
>
> A quality solution - NOT!
>
> --
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience

AMEN. Very well put Richard. I think John Barnes said much the same thing
a couple weeks ago and I couldn't agree more about the risks of compressing
data. I wish they didn't exist, but they do.

CH

05-05-2009	#1 (permalink)
Chad Harris n/a posts	Re: PC Complete Restore failed to restore "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OdvLmWfzJHA.4412@xxxxxx Quote: > Although I trust TrueImage 100% to image/restore my system partition I > refuse to allow it to touch my data. > > For data I want a 1-1 backup (a COPY) of the original file - without any > compression. I will never again be encumbered with an inaccessible backup > due to faulty proprietary software. I use to always use BackupExe. But > then they came out with a new version that could not access the backups > created by the prior version. > > Microsoft did much the same thing with the various backup programs that > were included in Windows 3.11 to Windows 95 to Windows 98 to Windows 2000 > etc. What a mess! You would install a new operating system and, just when > you needed the backups the most, you would find that the information was > not attainable. You would have to mount the backup in a computer that > still had the older version of the backup program and extract the files to > a folder. Then you would COPY the folder to removable media and install > the folder under the new operating system. > > A quality solution - NOT! > > -- > > Richard Urban > Microsoft MVP > Windows Desktop Experience AMEN. Very well put Richard. I think John Barnes said much the same thing a couple weeks ago and I couldn't agree more about the risks of compressing data. I wish they didn't exist, but they do. CH
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