I haven't analyzed all of those, & at least one of the URLs doesn't even
work. I do believe BootIT NG will do what you want-- boot from a CD &
restore an Image, but, although I do own that one, I haven't gotten that
fancy yet with it. I merely make a copy (not an Image) of C: to D: on
another HDD every so often. But that HDD is permanently attached. Both
are fully available to Windows when I boot. It is possible to go to a
removable, but, sorry, that is also beyond my experience. The site has
plenty of info, though...
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/index.html


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"E_Net_Rider" wrote in message
...
| Thanks for the list.
| I have to ask if any are known to be able to make a solid back up to
medium
| that only requires putting in the medium and letting it run to get
back
| where one was? Supposedly GHOST will do that, but I haven't yet tried.
I had
| read in these ms groups where the tendency was to favor bootItNG
maybe, but
| there was a sale, but now I've missed the rebate date with all the
hassle.
| So unlikely near as good a bargain.
| Definitely humor in "should things get worse".
| Can't imagine how at this point, unless the drive up and totally dies
losing
| what data is available. Which is another subject. Which medium is
best?
| Norman
|
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| | Definitely need to Get Around to It, and make that bullet proof
back
| up that
| | will act as a recovery.
|
| Once you have a functioning system, especially one close to a clean
| install, do a full system backup. If you have multiple partitions, I
| guess a backup is a bit more complex. It depends upon the ties
between
| the Registry & the other partitions, as to whether they must be
backed
| up concurrently. Also, if you've changed the hardware since the
backup,
| you may need to change it back before a restore.
|
| http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/index.html Backup & partitioning
strategy
| http://home.wanadoo.nl/geurt/home.html Extended Operating System
Loader
| http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/ TrueImage
| http://www.arjsoftware.com ARJ Archiver
| http://www.betterbackup.com/ Retrospect CD Backup
| http://www.bootitng.com/ 's BootIt NG, has a variety of backup
| capabilities: Copy to HDD, or Image to HDD or to CD. (TBIView,
freely
| downloadable, can retrieve individual files from an Image.)
| Shrink/expand your partitions without data loss. Multi-boot, if you
| dare. Free, run from floppy, but pay up as I did if satisfied. To
| install & use beyond 30 days, $34.95.
| http://www.cdrfaq.org/ CD R/W Backup
| http://www.cyberiapc.com/backup.htm MyOwnBackup (MOB) (Free)
| http://www.han-soft.com/habt.php Auto Backup (30-day free trial)
|
|
http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/cposupport...&p=hpcdwriter2
| Simple Backup
| http://www.karenware.com/ PtReplicator (Free)
| http://www.lifesaverbackup.com/
| http://www.mvps.org/links.html Should have good info
| http://www.pcmag.com/ Lots & lots of sturdy downloads. There is a
$20
| yearly charge now.
| http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic Partition Magic
| http://www.ranish.com/part/ Ranish Partition Manager
| http://www.rescue-me.net/gold.html
| http://www.simtel.net/pub/dl/58307.shtml Backups
| http://www.stompinc.com/bump/bump_details.phtml?stp Backup MyPC
| http://www.thirdstar.net/thirdstar_datarecovery.htm Data recovery
| http://www.tomsterdam.com/ BU process, performance, etc.
| http://www.v-com.com/product/pc_ind.html Partition Commander
| http://www.veritas.com Backup apps
| http://www.xxcopy.com/ Detailed Procedure Copy (Free)
| http://www.zeleps.com/ Partition re-sizer (Free)
|
| All gathered at this site. Whichever you choose, approach it
carefully
| and verify all is well. After making a copy, run Scandisk/Defrag on
it.
| If it's an Image, use it's verify option; perhaps, restore it and do
a
| Scandisk/Defrag.
|
| http://www.pchelpandconsulting.com/links/windows.html WinDrvExpert
| http://www.jermar.com/wdrvbck.htm WinDrvBckup free version
|
| Those two supposedly back up all currently installed drivers, such
| that they can be reinstalled. I never tried it but have seen a
favorable
| report/three-- & one (by Glee) that was so-so (or worse). SO, BETTER
| make a full system backup, before wiping Windows.
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "E_Net_Rider" wrote in message
| ...
| | I would like to have some idea of what hit me.
| | A few mornings back, I find the computer with the vmm32.vxd
missing
| message.
| | Now that I think about it, something must have forced it to reboot
as
| well.
| | To complicate matters, this was an upgraded machine, and the
upgrade
| disk
| | going to SE is the one that only works on 98. That is the machine
has
| to be
| | up and running to install it. And the machine has no floppy and I
| never got
| | around to making a bootable CD. I manage to get into DOS and get
into
| the
| | windows directory. There are only three folders and most of the
files
| are
| | missing.
| |
| | Are the other partitions of the 80 GB HDD accessible in DOS? Maybe
it
| was
| | me?
| | And now the question of the updated files for the larger HDD come
to
| mind as
| | well. Because I decided to proceed with installing Gold and as
soon as
| | completed run the SE upgrade CD. But the scandisk reported
numerous
| errors
| | on C. Other partitions OK. It reported a folder named BAER which
| aroused my
| | curiosity as I have never had any program, etc. associated with
that
| name on
| | my machine, to the best of my knowledge of course.
| |
| | Any help is greatly appreciated because I really want to avoid
this
| mess
| | again. Current result is that everything will have to be
reinstalled.
| | Machine is currently running and everything remains on the other
| partitions,
| | so most of my data is obviously OK. But on the C drive I have a
ton of
| DIR
| | folders and almost 300 filexxxx.chk files. Registry was obviously
| lost,
| | hence the total reinstall. And after much sifting, I will likely
find
| most
| | of the other data in those DIR's.
| |
| | After too many failed tape recovery systems, I had decided to
dabble
| with
| | external USB HDD. Thoughts on this are welcome as well and BTW
this
| isn't
| | going to well either. Can't break 15MB/s on USB2. And it came with
| GHOST,
| | which I have yet installed. I had picked up a copy of Partition
Magic
| 8 at
| | the same time. At least one of these I tried to install and it
failed,
| | crashed. I thought I uninstalled, but later found folders/files,
| associated
| | with some security company that Norton may use as part of
antipiracy.
| I got
| | rid of what I was aware in that area, but now wonder if there was
some
| | remnant left that timed out at the 30 day not registered and could
| have went
| | haywire. What search I've done indicates dibeng.dll or was it
| dib32.dll need
| | replacing, causation for the vmm32.vxd error, but the files exist
in
| the
| | created DIR's, possibly indicating as well that everything just
got
| | scrambled.
| |
| | Definitely need to Get Around to It, and make that bullet proof
back
| up that
| | will act as a recovery.
| |
| | Norman
| |
| |
|
|
|
|