Zero Touch Backups

Zero Touch Backups
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No routine user involvement required
Files backed up within seconds
OS Image daily or as desired
Unobtrusive, system always usable
Lines of Defense
1. Unreadable hard drive – requires media of
adequate size that is always on line.
2. Theft – requires media external to system
unit.
3. Disaster – requires offsite storage of
removable media
Backup Hardware
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External Hard Drive
USB – Firewire – WiFi - SATA
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Internal Hard Drive
First line only
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Flash Drive
Zip Drive
CD/DVD burners
Performance Anologies
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Firewire
DMA
Math Coprocessor
400 bps
800 bps coming soon
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USB
Com port
Library routines
480 bps max depending
on CPU availability
External HDD Assembly
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1916862,00.asp
ABSmini Automatic Backup
System
20/40/60GB USB powered
Shirt pocket sized aprox $200
Backup Types
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Image
Best for Operating System - backs up MBR, EMBR, Partition Table and
File System. System recovery or replacement hard drive.
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File
Best for your personal unique data.
What Why How
Operating System
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Huge fragile convoluted mess. Many
updates, patches, hardware drivers.
System restore very useful but doesn't
always work. Frequent images provide quick
& reliable repair.
What Why How
Program Files
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Reinstalling a long tedious chores. Product
keys, updates, customizations. May include
unique data (macros templates etc)
Either imaging or file backup will work.
Same or separate partition from OD?
Be aware of registry linkage.
What Why How
Your data – My Documents & elsewhere
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Difficult or impossible to rebuilt. Constantly
changing. Valuable precious.
File backup preferably instantaneous with
multi generations and retention of deletions.
Multiple jobs tuned to data characteristics.
Image Software
win --> windows remains usuable
Acronis True Image win scheduler self cleaning
Symantec Norton Ghost win scheduler self cleaning
TeraByte BootitNG nerdy or
True Image win cheap
Runtime Software Drive Image XML free win
Symantec Drive Image drops to DOS
File Software
File changed triggered
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File change triggers JOB which checks all file within scope
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Fileback PC
maxoutput.com $24 home
encryption is only in Enterprise version $55
Second Copy
secondcopy.com $30
FTP & encryption
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Only changed file is copied
AutoSave VCOM
v-com.com $50
InstaBack
pcmag.com $8
Partitions
CntrlPanel-AdminTools-CompMgmnt-DiskMgmnt
Moving My Documents Folder
R-Click My Documents, choose Properties
Acronis
Main
Window
Good move
Creating the Secure Zone
Select the location
Acronis Secure Zone
Set the size
Acronis Secure Zone
A good plan
Acronis Secure Zone
and just let it do its thing
Scheduling tasks
Choose the partition to image
Scheduling tasks
No naming required in secure zone
Scheduling tasks
Choose type
Scheduling tasks
Choose compression
Scheduling tasks
Start scheduling choice
Scheduling tasks
Finish scheduling details
Scheduling tasks
If you use passwords
Disk Labels & Time Zone
When you're not in XP it's not what is seems