[Eug-lug] good backup/restore software

Matt Jarvis mattj at bikefriday.com
Fri Jan 4 16:22:29 PST 2008


Ben Barrett wrote:
> Don't forget you can boot from a USB flash drive on most modern
> systems.  It might sound more expensive,
> but I think you'll find their shelf life to be superior to most [ie,
> non-archival] CD & DVD media.  They should not
> break down significantly due to mere oxidation, however they are more
> susceptible to EMF, as opposed to optical storage.
> I mention this in the context of booting utilities, such as imaging or
> recovery tools.  Good info Silver, thanks :)
> 
> ~ben
> 

I've had good success w/ CloneZilla....

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Matthew S. Jarvis
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