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| From | Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: Another dumb question? Re Macrium |
| Date | 2025-02-17 12:38 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vovakh$1558f$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 2025-02-17 05:36, Char Jackson wrote: > > Having said all of that, I think the consensus is that you should use an > image, rather than a clone, to preserve your files. That's what I would > do. > >> If that is the case then using the Macrium method which keeps the files >> current (incremental?), would be better/easier than me just backing-up >> 'Documents', 'Images' and the like when I remember to do so? > > I refer you to the advice from VanguardLH, where he says that regularly > scheduled (automated) backups are usually preferred because humans can't > be relied upon to perform backups on a regular basis, even with the best > of intentions. My preferred method is this. The general principle is that I keep all my data on a different partition dedicated to data, there is NO data, that I care about, on the same partition as any OS. This means I can launch any of up to 4 OSs on the same computer - Win7, Win7 32-Bit, Win10, and Ubuntu 22 - and still access the same, common data from each of them. Periodically, every month or two, or before I make any significant changes to one of them, I back up the OSs to an image on the data partition. I run an incremental backup on the data partition to a NAS last thing at night before I go to bed, which also backs up the OS images there. It's simple, and it works. If I get a virus, I simply restore the OS partition from an image, takes about 15-30, perhaps occasionally 45, minutes, depending on the size of the original OS partition. If a disk goes down completely, I can build a replacement in up to about 2-3 hours, depending on which disk from which PC. -- Fake news kills! I may be contacted via the contact address given on my website: www.macfh.co.uk
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