imported_Arden
Junior Member
Well, due to the fact that i want to get a very user friendly backup, and after all my surfing and reading at various forums I have zeroed in on the Western Digital 160 gigs USB external hard drive.
I spoke to Western Digital and they advise that the back up will do what I want it to do, that is back up the entire C drive of my notebook and that there is an incremenal option as well in the backup. Also Dantz that makes the Retrospect Express 6.0 that comes with the drive also confirmed that the program does all of this and also has password protection which I had posted earlier in a query.
I was clear to them that I always understood that Back up programs only did datat files, and they said not so with this One Touch; that the entire drive including, programs, emails, settings e.g. I have numerous ISP provider phone numbers due to the nature of my work when I am out in the field and WD assured me that these settings would be included as well, similar to the Ghost Image program. (Everything on my C drive)
The problem I had with the Ghost Image program is that it was not user friendly for me and thus I had to get a Tech to do it to make sure in the event of a crash that it indeed included my entire drive including emails, settings, programs; however the cost was $$$$ every 2 - 3 months to the Tech to do the Ghost; I did not trust my computer expertise to competently Image the Drive with all my work on it. $100 every couple of months was getting outrageous.
Thus I read about the One Touch Back Up feature in the Maxtor and WD and decided that was the route to go since I don't have a Hard Drive anyway.
I was using my old Ghost program from 2003 Norton Professional Systemworks that was updated via subscription renewal and this version of Ghost required a Boot Disk. Depending on where your Image was; a Bootable disk for your C drive on the notebook or one for your External Drive; if that was where your Image was in the event of a crash.
The new version 9.0 of Ghost now does not require this Boot Disk.
What I am asking now is that in a couple of forums that discuss the Retrospect Express 6.0 software by Dantz that is used for this One Touch feature by both WD and Maxtor that members have indicated that the Boot Disk that they created does not work and so if your system Crashes you can't Reboot.
I have a Toshiba Notebook with the Windows Program all scrambled up in the Restore Disk and thus a Reboot Disk is important to me in order that I enjoy the One Touch Feature.
First I was wondering if any member has either the Maxtor or WD with the One Touch and if they have created and used a Boot Disk successfully?
And second, being new to all of this about Boot Disks, I was wondering if my Boot Disk that I created for Ghost just for the heck of it would work on the Hard Drive as it does recognize the hard drive that I borrowed from my neighbor.
But I did not know if a Ghost Reboot Disk would work for the Program Retrospect Express that is the Software for both of these One Touch Drives that I am looking at.
And finally if I bought the WD which I am tending toward, is there a way of testing a Boot Disk that one has created without messing up a notebook that is operating fine?
Sorry if these questions sound silly, however since my work would be in the Back up of the Hard Drive that I want to buy I certainly want to be able to access it in the event of a Crash with a functioning Boot Disk.
If there is a way of testing a created boot disk for the hard drive I would appreciate it if a member could explain how this is done, and also a comment on the Boot Disk that I have just created for my Ghost program that recognizes a hard drive.
Thankyou for your time,
Respectful regards,
I spoke to Western Digital and they advise that the back up will do what I want it to do, that is back up the entire C drive of my notebook and that there is an incremenal option as well in the backup. Also Dantz that makes the Retrospect Express 6.0 that comes with the drive also confirmed that the program does all of this and also has password protection which I had posted earlier in a query.
I was clear to them that I always understood that Back up programs only did datat files, and they said not so with this One Touch; that the entire drive including, programs, emails, settings e.g. I have numerous ISP provider phone numbers due to the nature of my work when I am out in the field and WD assured me that these settings would be included as well, similar to the Ghost Image program. (Everything on my C drive)
The problem I had with the Ghost Image program is that it was not user friendly for me and thus I had to get a Tech to do it to make sure in the event of a crash that it indeed included my entire drive including emails, settings, programs; however the cost was $$$$ every 2 - 3 months to the Tech to do the Ghost; I did not trust my computer expertise to competently Image the Drive with all my work on it. $100 every couple of months was getting outrageous.
Thus I read about the One Touch Back Up feature in the Maxtor and WD and decided that was the route to go since I don't have a Hard Drive anyway.
I was using my old Ghost program from 2003 Norton Professional Systemworks that was updated via subscription renewal and this version of Ghost required a Boot Disk. Depending on where your Image was; a Bootable disk for your C drive on the notebook or one for your External Drive; if that was where your Image was in the event of a crash.
The new version 9.0 of Ghost now does not require this Boot Disk.
What I am asking now is that in a couple of forums that discuss the Retrospect Express 6.0 software by Dantz that is used for this One Touch feature by both WD and Maxtor that members have indicated that the Boot Disk that they created does not work and so if your system Crashes you can't Reboot.
I have a Toshiba Notebook with the Windows Program all scrambled up in the Restore Disk and thus a Reboot Disk is important to me in order that I enjoy the One Touch Feature.
First I was wondering if any member has either the Maxtor or WD with the One Touch and if they have created and used a Boot Disk successfully?
And second, being new to all of this about Boot Disks, I was wondering if my Boot Disk that I created for Ghost just for the heck of it would work on the Hard Drive as it does recognize the hard drive that I borrowed from my neighbor.
But I did not know if a Ghost Reboot Disk would work for the Program Retrospect Express that is the Software for both of these One Touch Drives that I am looking at.
And finally if I bought the WD which I am tending toward, is there a way of testing a Boot Disk that one has created without messing up a notebook that is operating fine?
Sorry if these questions sound silly, however since my work would be in the Back up of the Hard Drive that I want to buy I certainly want to be able to access it in the event of a Crash with a functioning Boot Disk.
If there is a way of testing a created boot disk for the hard drive I would appreciate it if a member could explain how this is done, and also a comment on the Boot Disk that I have just created for my Ghost program that recognizes a hard drive.
Thankyou for your time,
Respectful regards,
