ZTree.com  | ZEN  | About...  

 Index   Back

Crashplan for real backup   [OT]

By: Laurent Duchastel     Montréal, Québec  
Date: Aug 04,2017 at 18:05
In Response to: Crashplan for real backup (Doug Borg)

> > Use Crashplan for data files, not system files. It's not partition
> > imaging. It's data backup.
>
> Thank you; that answers the big question I had which I could not get
> answered straightforwardly from the Crashplan website.
>
> Although it's not partition imaging, I must say I am still interested
> in the application. Thanks for bringing it up to everyone's attention.

There is a number of partition imaging solutions out there.

I quite like BootIt® Bare Metal (BIBM for shot) which a partition manipulation, partition imaging, and a boot manipulation software all-in-one that is very very small. It goes well along the philosophy of ZTree IMHO.
https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-bare-metal.htm

Unfortunately, my specially-crafted Surface Pro's UEFI BIOS doesn't have Legacy mode option, so BIBM is incompatible with that specific computer which is my main computer. Bummer Microsoft.

But I use the software regularly with all other machines, either for forensic, backup or testing purposes.

Typically, I can do any test I want, install software, etc. then roll-back in few minutes to previous state.

Once the image is done, you can save it to any cloud for an out-of-location backup.
BTW, partition images can be differential, so you can snapshot many times your partitions at different state of configuration without having huge image files each time.


Laurent Duchastel

934 views      
Thread locked
 

Messages in this Thread

 
96,631 Postings in 12,230 Threads, 350 registered users, 73 users online (0 registered, 73 guests)
Index | Admin contact |   Forum Time: Mar 19, 2024 - 3:46 am UTC  |  Hits:62,007,219  (4,500 Today )
RSS Feed