[Discuss] Knoppix to the rescue

[Murray Strome]

pw wrote:
> John Blomfield wrote:
>>
>> Another thought, why not use rsync for you backups instead of dd, it 
>> allows you to do incrementally backups, synchronize your files and 
>> back up over your network (assuming you have your laptop and desktop 
>> on a home network). I think it could be a little safer and more 
>> secure than dd.
>
> I think Murray is also using dd to backup his windows partition.
> It's an elegant solution to a cross operating system problem
> so long as your able to retain 2 or 3 historical drive images
> just in case you happen to dd a bad one.
>
> Peter
> _______________________________________________
That is correct -- I am only using dd to backup the Windows C drives and 
the peculiar (LINUX says it is type 27) little first partition on the 
Windows system.  For other drives and LINUX, I can just copy the files 
to another hard drive or to DVDs. For LINUX, I have been able to recover 
from the rare disaster with just my home directory and /etc copied. 
However, for a Windows C drive, the disk geometry must be preserved in 
order for the OS to boot and run properly.  So far, I have not saved any 
historical drive images -- I wanted to make sure what I had done worked 
properly.  Now, I will start to keep a separate copy on a different hard 
drive so that if something goes wrong with the latest one, I will have 
at least one earlier one.  Maybe I will even go for three different 
copies!  Thanks for the suggestion.

Murray