System restore OR?

[Yezinki]

Hi Tech,

1. Do you keep System Restore CHECKED on your machines?

2. If yes, do you find restoring to an earlier point as good as imaging?

3. You do make daily backups of system registry & if you do create images of your OS, how frequent is it & at what stages do you image normally after a fresh clean install?

Thanks.

[Lisandro]

1. Do you keep System Restore CHECKED on your machines?

Yes. Why not? It does not substitute the backups (full partition/disk backup specially), but it can restore your system.

2. If yes, do you find restoring to an earlier point as good as imaging?

For sure not. It's a very limited restoration (system files, executables, etc.).

3. You do make daily backups of system registry & if you do create images of your OS, how frequent is it & at what stages do you image normally after a fresh clean install?

I made registry backups automatically daily. Of course, I do not restore them that frequently...

[Yezinki]

How often & at what stages after a fresh install, do you create Images of your OS/Computer using any imaging software like True Image, N Ghost?

[Lisandro]

How often & at what stages after a fresh install, do you create Images of your OS/Computer using any imaging software like True Image, N Ghost?

I make a full partition copy (I have 7 partitions) with Acronis Disk Director (the same manufactures of True Image) monthly.

[Yezinki]

Smart indeed.......do you use the Boot Rescue CD to create partitions & create/restore images...because that is based on Linux kernels?

[Lisandro]

Smart indeed.......do you use the Boot Rescue CD to create partitions & create/restore images...because that is based on Linux kernels?

No, I use Disk Director as well. I used gparted from Linux some time ago.

[Yezinki]

Disk Director 10 for creating partitions & True image 11 for creating back up images.

[Lisandro]

Disk Director 10 for creating partitions & make its backups & restore them if necessary.