[FRIAM] Backup solutions (was "stupidest question....")

[Russell Standish]

One problem with this notion, is that Linux does not support write
access to NTFS (used for WindowsXP), except as a
"take-you-life-into-your-own-hands-you-have-been-warned" option.

Restoration of data can therefore be difficult.

This is not Linux's fault - MS does not publish the details of NTFS,
so is free to change things under to hood, with potentially
disasterous consequence for anyone trying to write to NTFS without
going through the MS software stack.

Cheers

On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 10:44:26AM +0200, Bill Eldridge wrote:
> 
> One option is a Linux-on-CD distro that supports Windows file systems
> and has DVD & CD write tools. (I like k3b as a graphical interface for 
> backup,
> though if you're going to do this a lot, you probably want 
> boot-to-command-line,
> run script, shut down). Presuming you don't mind rebooting to file-sync.
> 
> There's something new for XP called SyncToy that may be useful,
> though it doesn't mention DVD/CD, probably same situation as old Backup.
> 
> 
> Backup4All standard edition has built-in CD/DVD drivers ($30)
> http://www.backup4all.com/buy_now.php
> 
> WinBackup for $50 supports DVD:
> http://www.liutilities.com/products/winbackup/
> Same with Nova:
> http://www.novastor.com/pcbackup/backup/n_backup.html
> 
> Of course a 5-Gig Seagate pocket USB drive goes for $80, but that doesn't
> give multiple backups.
> 
> If you install the Nero 7 CD-burner demo, 30-days, 130 Megs ;-( , it may 
> leave the driver
> that you need for drag-and-drop to CD-RW once it's expired. (I used to use a
> backup program for XP called Second Copy, and they have this to say:
> 
> Does Second Copy work with CD-R/CD-RW drives? Yes. Second Copy works 
> with CD Recordable/ReWritable drives (CD-R/CD-RW) if a proper device 
> driver is installed and configured with your drive. The driver should 
> make the CDRW behave like a large floppy disk.
> 
> Nero InCD (part of Nero 6 or later) and Roxio DirectCD (part of Easy 
> Media Creator) are two such products that work with various CD-R/CD-RW 
> drives and makes them look like large floppy disks. Check with your 
> CD-R/CD-RW documentation.
> 
> 
> 

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