back up software

[BlindBartimaeus]

Where can I get some software so I can use another internal drive like the external ones. Something real simple...like me.

 

[montag451]

What do you mean?

Do you just want to put in another hard drive, and get your data backed up automatically?

Have you tried RAID1?

 

[wseyller]

I've never felt raid1 as a backup solution but just as a means of keeping the system running when a drive fails. It would not help in the case of a virus attack or user screwups or accidental deletion.

If you want to backup the entire drive, Norton Ghost works like a champ.

 

[montag451]

True, but wouldn't hurt in addition to an extra drive just for data, but then that would protect against someones stealing the computer.

Best stick with an external drive, eh?

 

[loup garou]

start>run>ntbackup

 

[BlindBartimaeus]

ntbackup...does that work for XP pro or 2000 or both?

 

[wseyller]

its seems to work in xp pro, dunno about 2000

 

[sivart]

the reason I don't use RAID1 as a backup is because I am more worried about something that will take out the whole PC (lightning strike, house fire, etc) more than a drive dying. I keep an external drive in a fire safe when I am not physically doing the backup. (Nero's Back it Up works well to backup my data)

 

[BlindBartimaeus]

If I had Ghost or something like that. Could I in essence Re-Ghost every week or so?

 

[Mrpilot007]

Norton Ghost 2005 will can perform backups weekly and even do it while the pc is still running.