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Robert,
Does dos do all the protected hidden or whatever windows file
perfectly. I don't see why not but I though I would ask an expert.
DOS was great. All versions from 1 to 6. Six was the last one I
used I think.
Jimmy
Friday, October 22, 2004, 6:03:22 PM, you wrote:
RS> Cameron,
RS> I have a USB 2.0 external drive and I have a Panasonic DOS/USB 2.0 driver
RS> and I backup from DOS to my external drive all of the time - at over 800
RS> MB/min. If you are interested, I will give you the details. I'm and old
RS> fella and old school so backing up from DOS is my preferred choice.
RS> ~Bob
RS> ----- Original Message -----
RS> From: "c" <camacazi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
RS> To: "Ivo Karindi" <ivo@xxxxxxxxx>; <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Michael Guess"
RS> <mguess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
RS> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 2:09 PM
RS> Subject: RE: Casper catastrophe
>> Id prefer a bootable floppy/cd but does anyone know how to backup a laptop
>> with only one harddrive slot to a another harddrive? problem is the
RS> bootable
>> stuff i have doesnt recognise the usb port ,so the software doesnt see my
>> USB harddrive. Looks like my only option is a windows based backup [unless
>> someone knows a workaround?]
>> All help appreciated
>>
>> Cheers
>> Cameron
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ivo Karindi [mailto:ivo@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Thursday, 21 October 2004 10:46 PM
>> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx; Michael Guess
>> Subject: Re: Casper catastrophe
>>
>>
>> I guess the moral of the story is the fact that although several of
>> those disk image creating programs allow you to do it straight from
>> Windows, it may not be a good idea because there are many processes
>> running and who knows what may happen. Doing the image from DOS,
>> bootable CD or even a bootable floppy would be probably the best,
>> whatever promises the software vendors give about the ability to run
>> this stuff straight in Windows.
>>
>> Ivo Karindi
>>
>>
>> MG> As you may recall, several weeks ago I had a disaster during a backup
>> that
>> MG> wiped out my backup and caused a registry problem that could only be
>> MG> resolved by reinstalling my Win2k OS. It's been plenty rough since
RS> then,
>> MG> but the other night I decided it was time to preserve my hard work, so
RS> I
>> MG> used Casper to back up.
>>
>> MG> At the very end of the backup I got a warning from Zone Alarm Pro that
>> it
>> MG> had defended against something (not an intrusion). I tried clicking on
>> the
>> MG> OK button to make it go away but it wouldn't budge. Things appeared
>> frozen.
>> MG> Suddenly I got the dreaded Blue Screen of Death, just as I did before.
>> MG> After a major hissy fit, I calmed down and tried rebooting my main
RS> disk.
>> No
>> MG> luck.
>>
>>
>> ---
>> ---
>>
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Best regards,
Jimmy mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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