[Leaplist] backup application

[Jason Boxman]

On Thursday 28 May 2009 20:03:37 Kevin Korb wrote:
> I think I might actually prefer the loss of data files to the loss of a
> Windows system.  There is nothing worse that having to
> install/configure/patch a Windows system.  Even people who know Windows
> can blow an entire day doing that.

I agree.

For three systems, it just hasn't been worth the effort.  I have a BartPE CD 
with a preconfigured XP install along with some typical software available as 
PE plugins that I can load when a system finally goes down.

I had come across a CD/USB based package that would backup a Windows system 
via FTP or Samba, but I now forget what it was.  Only downside seemed to be 
that you had to reboot, since it was a bootable CD/USB.

Probably a bit easier when then hardware involved is all identical, at least 
when dealing with Microsoft Windows.  Mine are an assortment of random junk.  
(BartPE was happy to include various drivers for it all anyway.)

Backula seems to offer bare-metal recovery for Windows XP and beyond, though 
I'd have to test it myself to see...


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