Regarding: Vista Ultimate 64.
I did a full backup onto a spare SATA drive. I assume now if my primary SATA fails, i can restore from Vista Ultimate 64 DVD + backup drive files. The backup operation itself gave me a choice where to store the backup file(s). This is well and good but the backup took ~200GB on my 600 GB spare drive. Eventually i will run out of space on this drive. Since i really only need two backups at a time with the idea of eliminating all but the last one at the time when i will make a new backup, how do i manage (delete) older backups without corrupting the backup system?
Then there is the question about restore points. Where are they kept? Are they incremental backups that could be applied once a restore from backup is performed? I suspect the answer is - "Restore points only go *back* from current state to a previous state" - but thought i would ask to be sure.
I did a full backup onto a spare SATA drive. I assume now if my primary SATA fails, i can restore from Vista Ultimate 64 DVD + backup drive files. The backup operation itself gave me a choice where to store the backup file(s). This is well and good but the backup took ~200GB on my 600 GB spare drive. Eventually i will run out of space on this drive. Since i really only need two backups at a time with the idea of eliminating all but the last one at the time when i will make a new backup, how do i manage (delete) older backups without corrupting the backup system?
Then there is the question about restore points. Where are they kept? Are they incremental backups that could be applied once a restore from backup is performed? I suspect the answer is - "Restore points only go *back* from current state to a previous state" - but thought i would ask to be sure.
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- MagicMicro 1255 Armada
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz, 1333FSB (Quad Core) 12000K
- Motherboard
- ECS NF650 iSLIT-A nForce 650i, SLI PCI Express, Sound,1GB LA
- Memory
- 8GB (4x2GB) PC5300 DDR2 667 Dual Channel
- Graphics card(s)
- A pair of GeForce 8400GS 512Mb PCI EXpress 16X dual head, tv
- Sound Card
- AC 97 3D Full Duplex sound card (onboard)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 4 Acer v193w
- Screen Resolution
- 4x1400x900
- Hard Drives
- 500.0GB Maxtor/ Seagate 7200rpm SATA2 UDMA 300 32m Cache
- PSU
- Okia 500W ATX Power Supply
- Case
- Antec Sonata III Black Ultra Quiet Case front USB & eSATA
- Cooling
- Cooler Master HyperTX Intel EXTRA QUIET Vertical HeatPipe Co
- Mouse
- Logitech MX-700
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Internet
- Internet Speed
- Down:15.389 kbit/s(1.924 kByte/s) Up:828 kbit/s(104 kByte/s)
