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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (49347)	1/31/2006 12:06:23 PM
From: fastcats	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110614

I have two external hard drives on fire wire, one for photos (need another soon) and one for everything else. It's the "everything else" one that has me stumped as to the best way to backup to it in a way that will allow restoration if the main drive fails. John

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (49347)	1/31/2006 2:23:21 PM
From: ILCUL8R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110614

I also prefer using a removable hard drive in a caddie. I use a file by file b/up software, XXCLONE.COM available free. This system has worked flawlessly for me. My BIOS allows selection of C: or D: as boot partition. I can b/up my entire system and important files (about 10GB) in about 4 minutes, then I can reboot and change to the fresh b/up to make sure it works OK. Also, XXLONE will b/up in real time with Windows running. No need to boot from DOS, etc. I worry about images. What happens if the process drops a bunch of bits or bytes and gets the entire image out of sync? Whereas, XXLONE's file by file system keeps any faults file related, an easier fix I believe. Also, having the extra drive in a swap rack caddie means I can easily use it to try out experimental software, etc., without the risk of messing up my main drive. I often boot from D: to try a new piece of software or utility, to make sure all works OK before doing it for "real" on C: drive. YMMV. My $0.02. . . . .