"Bill Ridgeway" <info@1001solutions.co.uk> wrote in
news:el756e$mt6$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk:


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> I would suggest having a spare hard drive in a removable caddy onto
> which an image is re-created every so often to refresh the spare
> 'system' hard drive. This could be used to backup user files every
> week This gives a basic system and user files. It's not going to be
> perfect (RAID is, perhaps, the nearest to perfection) but it should
> give a reasonable resiliance to fire, theft, viruses that have evaded
> detection and mechanical problems.
>
> Regards.
>
> Bill Ridgeway
> Computer Solutions
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Are you referring to Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image when you suggest a
"backup", or do you mean any backup program such as Nero backup.

Once again, how do these any of these programs manage to backup files that
may be locked (such as Zone Alarm or AV program files) or system files
currently in use?


Regarding the individual who posted the message about data files not being
included by the imaging programs - I would always backup the documents and
settings directory + any database files or any others updated since the
drive image was dones. It doesn't take much to just copy your system or
program files to a DVD-r or +R every so often.