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| From | "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage, comp.sys.laptops |
| Subject | Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? |
| Date | 2012-01-23 11:23 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <9o3nk5Fpi9U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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RnR wrote > Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote >> RnR wrote >>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote >>>> Krypsis wrote >>>>> AndyHancock wrote >>>>>> BillW50 <Bill...@aol.kom> wrote >>>>>>> GMAN wrote >>>>>>>> AndyHancock<andymhanc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> BillW50 <Bill...@aol.kom> wrote >>>>>>>>>> AndyHancock wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Replacing lost recovery discs cost in the >>>>>>>>>>> order of $66, and takes time for delivery. >>>>>>>>>> There are places that will sell you restore discs for about 25 bucks. I've used them before. >>>>>>>>> Acknowledged. >>>>>>>>> For something as foundational as virgin factory settings, >>>>>>>>> however, I would go for the assurance of original vendor >>>>>>>>> recovery discs, if only for the hope of getting drivers and >>>>>>>>> such that are tailored to the machine. >>>>>>>> What the other poster meant was that if the manufacturer of the >>>>>>>> PC like HP or gateway no longer sells or supplies the disk, you >>>>>>>> can sometimes get the exact same disks from a 3rd party. >>>>>>> Yes that is what I mean. I bought one set from: >>>>>>> http://www.restoredisks.com/ >>>>>>> And they restore your machine to exactly the same as factory >>>>>>> restore discs do. Same applications, drivers, etc. The only >>>>>>> thing that was different was it was Windows XP with a SATA >>>>>>> drive, the SATA driver wasn't slipstreamed on the XP install >>>>>>> disc. But it was included on the drivers disc. And if your machine >>>>>>> came with something like MS Office, they send you that too. >>>>>> Handy to know about such an alternative. Thanks. >>>>> I always clone my restore disks as well as creating ISO images >>>>> of them. I do this immediately I receive a new computer. >>>> Irrelevant to what can be justified rationally. >>>> Just because you do it that way, doesnt mean that everyone else should. >>>>> If the computer doesn't come with CD or DVD restore disks, >>>>> I create them. My ISO images are backed up to offsite >>>>> storage. Original and created disks go to a fireproof safe. >>>> Hell of a lot of farting around for very little useful result. >>>>> I see way too many people who don't take any care at all with >>>>> their media. Can't have a lot of sympathy for them when their >>>>> hard disk goes belly up! >>>> There are plenty of viable alternatives backup wise that are >>>> much more useful than your mindlessly anal approach. >>> Ok wise one, please give us your approaches.... >> Backup to other drives on other PCs than the one being backed >> up and the whole collection on an external drive to a physically >> separate location so you are covered if the house burns down, >> floats away, or the entire house is looted by some damned druggy. >> No point in being so obsessively anal with the restore disks, >> the full image of the hard drive is all you actually need. > Ok, your approach is fine IMO (others might consider yours extreme) Yes, particularly the offsite hard drive. But I do have a lot of code and databases what arent replaceable. They likely wouldnt have anything like that. > but you assume too much when you put someone else's down. Nope, not with that mindless anal approach with the physical recovery media. There is no point in even bothering if you have full images of the entire physical drive. > Not in terms of who has the better approach but rather that they may not > be able to do your approach ... ie: finances, transportation, health, etc.. . You dont need anything like that to image the physical drive so you dont need the physical recovery media so mindlessly anally archived. In fact my approach costs absolutely nothing given that you do need decent backups of you create much at all personally that cant be replaced. > I won't get into a pissing match with you over how many are > just plain stupid, lazy or forgetful vs. the reasons I stated above. > there are different degrees to accomplish this. And that obsessively anal approach to dozens of copys of the recovery media is just mindlessly silly and never makes sense at all. > Or to put it another way... different strokes for different folks. Wrong, as always with that mindlessly anal approach to the recovery media I commented on.
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What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-03 14:45 -0800
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-04 12:46 +1100
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-03 20:11 -0800
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-04 17:18 +1100
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-05 00:11 -0800
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-05 20:32 +1100
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-05 11:29 -0800
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-06 17:25 +1100
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-06 11:51 -0800
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-07 08:33 +1100
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2012-01-07 18:44 +0000
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-01-06 11:42 -0600
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-06 11:52 -0800
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? Winniethepooh@100acrewoods.net (GMAN) - 2012-01-06 20:28 +0000
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-01-06 14:55 -0600
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-06 22:50 -0800
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? Krypsis <krypsis@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-01-08 01:32 +1100
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-01-07 12:52 -0600
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-08 06:47 +1100
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "RnR" <rnrtexas@gmail.com> - 2012-01-22 08:28 -0600
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-23 05:58 +1100
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "RnR" <rnrtexas@gmail.com> - 2012-01-22 14:17 -0600
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-23 11:23 +1100
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2012-01-22 17:34 -0800
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "RnR" <rnrtexas@gmail.com> - 2012-01-22 22:09 -0600
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-01-23 04:26 +0000
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-24 05:28 +1100
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "RnR" <rnrtexas@gmail.com> - 2012-01-23 13:55 -0600
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2012-01-23 22:15 +0100
Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "RnR" <rnrtexas@gmail.com> - 2012-01-23 16:07 -0600
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