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Confused · 12-24-2003, 02:51 PM

Maybe my reasoning is wrong and someone will point out the error of my ways.

But here goes. I have never seen the logic in making a image of a drive or backing up a entire drive in the event my HD fails. I mean that is all very well and good if the backup is only, say a day or two old, but the way I use my PC that would require that I ghost the drive every day.

I just backup data on a regular basis. If something goes wrong I reload the OS, application programs and restore the data. Granted it will take longer than just swapping out a ghosted drive, but if that ghost is very old I will spend a lot of time figuring out which application and its data need updating. With data backups I know from creation date what may require updating in the event of a restore.
Chas

12-24-2003, 02:51 PM	#8
Confused Member (13 bit) Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Mt Washington, KY Posts: 4,927	Maybe my reasoning is wrong and someone will point out the error of my ways. But here goes. I have never seen the logic in making a image of a drive or backing up a entire drive in the event my HD fails. I mean that is all very well and good if the backup is only, say a day or two old, but the way I use my PC that would require that I ghost the drive every day. I just backup data on a regular basis. If something goes wrong I reload the OS, application programs and restore the data. Granted it will take longer than just swapping out a ghosted drive, but if that ghost is very old I will spend a lot of time figuring out which application and its data need updating. With data backups I know from creation date what may require updating in the event of a restore. Chas __________________ I may not be much, but I'm all I think about.