I've ordered the ext. HDD, I hope it will work fine. I've been thinking - what about imaging software (like Norton Ghost), is anyone using something like this? So that when your hardware malfunctions (or you get a severe infection) you can just replace the damaged part (or properly format the internal HDD) and use the image you before saved on your external HDD. This way everything is exactly as it was before, right?
To help me understand this... This means that really >>everything<< is restored as it was, let's say, two weeks ago, the Avast will not have the latest update of course, but the system will work perfectly? Are all the system files, I mean, can they be properly restored like that, will there be no problems after restoring the whole system and all the data back to the internal HDD? What about if I restore it on a brand new HDD (if the old one got damaged for example), will it all work as it should then too, even if the new HDD is of another brand and/or size/speed etc.?
Anyone knows how that imaging backup system works? Do I have to do a new image of my whole system everytime I'm doing a backup on my ext. HDD? Or are there incremental updates? Is this a reliable method? Anyone has any experience with imaging backup?
Thank you!