Can U burn bootable CD from complete 98 backup files?

One final comment on all this. I find that backing up the entire os
to cd-r or cd-r/w is a pain in the butt when it comes to amount of
time it takes to do it with ghost and a backup device. If I use
an external ZIP or Superdisk (the zip 1gig would be ideal) in lieu
of cd's it really rips along on a 486 os. I assume the difference
in backup speeds might be the same even if your on a Pentium 1 2 or 3.
I/E the external drive bu is faster by far then burning to cd's
with Ghost 2002.
Kokomo Joe

Another solution is to add a second hard disk solely for backing up the
first disk. Nowadays the drive cost almost pays for the backup software.

You can also install linux as a backup system. It can back up anything in
FAT32, even compress it to save space, and store anywhere you want, such as
cd-r, network, what have you. Just make sure not to use NTFS if you want to
backup XP (yes, my laptop linux backs up XP, it's just in FAT32 though.)

I used to have linux installed in a very small partition of 120MB solely for
backing up and restoring win98. Now linux takes up 6GB since I use it
often, but it is still handy in backing up win98/XP which I still need,
especially now that win98/XP became very lean after removing all the
programs that I now have in linux.

Jack,
I agree with you mostly. Just wanted it known that with all the
new USB 1 and 2 features, speed i/o for images is not much of a
consideration anymore, but were I to buy a new system then I would
definitely get one of those 250gig (usb fed) type external HD's
and blaze away. Your right about CD/R/W's !!! very finicky
and iffy what takes place with those things! And yep cd-r's
at their present minimal cost beats even buying floppies in the older
days.
Kokomo Joe


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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Jack wrote:

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:04:07 -1000, Joseph Fenn
wrote:



One final comment on all this. I find that backing up the entire os
to cd-r or cd-r/w is a pain in the butt when it comes to amount of
time it takes to do it with ghost and a backup device. If I use
an external ZIP or Superdisk (the zip 1gig would be ideal) in lieu
of cd's it really rips along on a 486 os. I assume the difference
in backup speeds might be the same even if your on a Pentium 1 2 or 3.
I/E the external drive bu is faster by far then burning to cd's
with Ghost 2002.
Kokomo Joe



I don't mind. I'm constantly burning CD's and DVD's anyway, so 3 or 4
more every once in a while is no trouble. I only make a full set when
I build a new machine or make a major change in hardware or software -
perhaps 3-6 months (or longer). BTW, I will NOT use CDRW. The media
is just too damn finicky. Reliable CDR media can be had for a dime a
disc, so I can afford to back up to non-reusable media.

My machines are all Athlon and Duron CPU's running at 1 or 1.8GHZ.
(Windows 98SE and ME). The C: partitions I back up are 5GB, 7.5GB, or
10GB, but are only 25-35% full, so I'm only backing about 3GB of data
at most. I use PowerQuest DriveImage 5.0 and initially save to hard
drive in 650MB files. With the OS and my primary applications and
using compression, it generally runs 2-4 CD size files. I can burn
the CD's in 5 min each. Actually, I make 2 sets of CD's - I like to
keep a separate set, in case of accident. A set of CD's is more
compact and much less expensive than external drives. And accidently
dropping a CD is a lot less lethal to the data than dropping a hard
drive. g

Restore isn't any problem, either. I can generally do a full restore
from a CD set in under 20 minutes usually less.

73

Jack

P.S. Think if we had to do it onto 1541's! g

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