Sorry folks! I meant to at least type up step by step instructions of how I
created my Vinux Live CD with Image for Linux (IFL). I got distracted on
more interesting projects and I would like to finish all my Christmas
shopping by tomorrow while I can still get free shipping! I will attempt to
finish typing up the instructions and verify them by tomorrow as well. I do
not have a perfect solution yet, but it is worthwhile writing the current
process down so further improvements can be made over time.
Don Marang
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From: "David Griffith" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 3:10 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Disk imaging programs.
I agree Gerald but someone was talking about possibly using the Vinux
Live
CD to install the Linux version of the Image for windows program. So the
theory goes - save an image using the windows version of Image for Windows
and restore using the Linux version using the Live CD.
If someone could do a bit of path finding on this and post a set of clear
foolproof instructions I for one would move onto this system away from my
current reliance on Norton Ghost and sighted help. I guess it requires
someone who is pretty familiar with Vinux. I have got a bit bogged down
when
I tried it as windows and jaws key commands did not appear to work. For
example I could not enter anything in edit fields so there is obviously a
learning curve to Vinux.
Regards
David Griffith
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy
Sent: Tuesday, 15 December 2009 15:33
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Disk imaging programs.
Disk Image for Windows, a tutorial for which is available on the JAWS
Users
Audio page, is theoretically accessible as long as you create your backup
image on DVD. IN the tutorial, the backup image occupies only two DVDs.
However,if you have a lot of data to back up including MP3 and video
files,
using DVDs to hold it all is very impractical. That's because a
single-layer,single sided DVD,the most common type can store only 4.7gb of
data. A typical, real world backup might contain 30 to 40gb of data,
even
in compressed form, which means you would need a lot of DVDs to hold it
all.
This could get very messy and cumbersome. So the only practical
alternative
is to create the backup image on an external hard drive. But the problem
is
that restoring an image from an External drive requires sighted assistance
because you have to use a special boot CD which would not be accessible.
I
have successfully created backup images of my C drive using both Paragon
Drive Backup Express and Macrium Reflect, both of which are free, but I
would need sighted help to restore the images using the boot CDs I
created.
Needless to say, I have not attempted to reload my system this way yet,
but
at least I have the backups ready just in case. There's just no way
around
this dilemma.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Murphy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 9:23 AM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Disk imaging programs.
does anyone know of an accessible program for creating a disk image that
I
could store as a backup in the event I need to recover from a disaster?
I have heard the subject discussed before on here but never gave it a
thought until recently.
thanks.
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