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  1. oppie007

    Backup and Restore on different Hardware Equipment

    Try reading this Microsoft article: How to Move a Windows 2000 Installation to Different Hardware http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;249694& It says, in part: "Windows Backup (Ntbackup.exe) can merge differences in hardware configuration information between a source...
  2. oppie007

    BACKUP TO IDE HD? COMMENTS....TIPS?

    See my discussion of this in the FAQs: How can I use an external USB hard drive to image a system? http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?spid=531&sfid=3134
  3. oppie007

    Backup over WAN

    Has anyone tried Dantz Retrospect® for this? (www.dantz.com). I have no experience with it, but they seem to have some cool ideas, like: Retrospect recognizes identical files on one or more computers and backs up just one copy. This could save a tone of traffic. Most of those servers probably...
  4. oppie007

    How can I use an external USB hard drive to image a system?

    I am experimenting with external USB to IDE boxes and using Ghost to image a system and using other software to make incremental copies. Here is what I am trying, you might find it helpful: 1) Buy Norton System Works Pro 2003 for about $18 (check Pricewatch). Be sure to get a 1 year...
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    Norton Ghost 2GB limit???

    Carefully read about using Ghost here: http://ghost.radified.com/ I think your problem is that you did not type in a new filename. However, that is a bad thing to do. As Ghost will not remember it. Instead, use the -auto switch which will tell Ghost to create the 2nd thru nth file names - which...
  6. oppie007

    Suggestions on types of backup

    Here is what I would do. Assuming that the machine to be backed up can be taken offline. (Backup should take less than an hour). 1) Buy Norton System Works Pro 2003 for about $18 (check Pricewatch). Be sure to get a 1 year license and not the 90 day version. Get the Pro version for the...

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