cherryade<@blossom.com>, wrote in MiD:
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>On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:08:08 +1000, hopper
><Troll5layer@acting.invalid> wrote:
>
>>sewsandy <sewsandy@here.com>, wrote
>>>Sorry I vanished without warning , had major computer problems and am
>>>now back up and running with many lessons learnt! lol.
>>
>>Positives in all of it, eh ? :)
>>
>>>will be sending
>>>a photo asap of the bsa logo , the gentleman loved it !
>>>
>>I do hope it wears well :-)
>>
>>As you can see I am no sewer and thus my 'engineering' is
>>largely based on what others (who do know) produce and
>>recommend. There is then always the risk of something
>>"undoing". It is only my mistakes that will assist me in
>>growing. As devout are my efforts I am aware they
>>are not like the rest of me... perfect :-^
>>
>>>Anyway will be back in full swing as soon as my computer has
>>>everything back on it (took me ages to get this sorted). PC
>>>housekeeping is going to be top priority now!lol
>>>Have consumed much tea the last 2 weeks.
>>>
>>.. and no doubt broken many a matchstick in maintaining
>>an open eye..???? :-)
>>
>>For future thought?
>>
>>I have done this before, not with a lot of success in ABCP I will admit..
>>but it may be worth another run as the noise has abated some these days.
>>It is this...
>>For XP users/devotees (only) I have a "method" for archiving and restoring
>>a new computer that does away with "reformat and reinstall", as such.. and
>>greatly simplifies the restoration of a box as the user has set it up.
>>We all know it can take days.. weeks even, to get a new install back
>>to that same configuration used when the whole thing went BANG!.
>>Today.. with Microshaft having largely left XP users behind
>>(as they do with all their GUIs) there is no chance XP is going beyond
>>XP-SP3 as an "upgrade on line".
>>For the majority of users SP3 will fulfill all functions well into the future
>>and MS is unlikely to place restrictions on hardware that will outdate that
>>version of the XP GUI ... in the foreseeable future.
>>I can see people looking to using a stable system well beyond
>>Windows 7 (another social experiment of MS doing) and therefore
>>quietly offer an upload with directions that will allow the astute user
>>to maintain control of their box in a 32bit environment AND restore
>>the whole thing to "as I had it" in just a <1 hour timeframe.
>>This method is what I use on the Windows boxes I control and have
>>done since XP-SP1 "hit the streets".
>>IF that "speil" promotes any interest, merely tag the post for
>>directions to an upload.
>
>Would like to have some tute on restoring a PC using xp.xp3 is on this
>comp. I crashed awhile back and had to do everything took weeks. Now I
>backup every week. Learned my lesson?
/nods
Restoring weeks/months of work is always a daunting task and
relies heavily on human memory. IF my experience is any measure
one finds one forgets things and discovers weeks after a
"manual" restore something crucial has been forgotten.
Finding and putting that bit back is often a trial, particularly when
done in a rush... as is often the case due to the necessity that
pinged the memory in the first place.
The method I use is fast and complete. It does though only cover the
computer c:/drive, restoring the working bits of the computer to the
exact state the box was in when the "backup" was done.
The same process can be used on any other drive/partition on
a single machine simply by changing the target destinations.
However as efficient as this is I still recommend always using
a "write to disk" method for storing single files and complete
archives (folders) of work done.
And as you (CA) are doing.. every week is good practice :-)
As an introduction..?.. might I ask which method you (CA) are using
to partition a hard drive or are you using the "mount two physical
hard drives to my box thank you" method when buying the machine??
.. thanks for your question (?) question, CA :-)
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