Re: [OT] Backup windows 7 to Rescue the user!

On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 19:15 -0600, Craig Van Tassle wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:35:23 -0600
> "W. Scott Lockwood III" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 13:24 -0600, Craig Van Tassle wrote:
> > > 
> > > The assumption is that I have a 500GB drive laying around that I'm
> > > not using. 
> > 
> > Or that you're willing to buy one, yeah.
> > 
> 
> Also a good backup system does not need a total drive image. Just the
> files, layout and permissions. I think I will look at setting up
> Bacula.

So create the iso image as sparse first. Then dump the data in it. It
will appear to take up more space than it actually does, and will only
be the size of the files in the iso. Remember, one of your earlier
requirements was being able to restore it if necessary...


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