[Coco] Re: Backup Methods.

[John E. Malmberg]

Brian G wrote:
> Hello Everyone.
> So I what is is used here by everyone? I sure there is a variaty of
> media and methods used.
> What is a good/ proper way to backup on the CoCo, Amiga, Windows, Linux.
> Or are they done the same?

COCO:

I would archive everything on an ISO-9660 cd-rom.  I am working on ways 
of reading my floppy media now on a PC.

Then of course a program will be needed to get the COCO to read an ISO 
9660 cd-rom.


Windows:

Archive data files and downloaded service packs on CD-ROM.  Restoration 
of the system disk requires a reinstall of the operating system.

If you install a removable IDE bay, you can use a third party program to 
do drive images.

Be aware that most new installations of Microsoft Windows have a 
recovery partition that holds the operating system.  The "recovery" 
CD-ROM supplied just starts it off, but does not contain the data.

There should be procedure to generate real recovery CD-ROMs.


On OpenVMS, for personal use, I keep critical files on more than one 
computer.

I also have a removable IDE bay that I put a spare 40G or larger drive 
in and do BACKUP/IMAGE of my system disk, and then a backup of the 
important data on the data disk as another backup set.

-John
wb8tyw at qsl.net
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