Yes, Good strategy. Before making my images I dump as much as possible from recycle bin, to temp files to Disk cleanup etc. I defrag then unload whatever I can from system tray including antivirus. I make sure as little as possible is running in the background, and I have not had an image or restoration that has not restored successfully. Andre ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Robbins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 10:36 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] image for windows
I have too many programs on my system thus it goes to the third DVD for a complete backup. I keep one good image around on DVD but then all the rest is all on hard drives Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Andre Williams Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 1:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] image for windows Not true at all. In the past I would only need 2 DVD-r disks to backup my Windows XP computer. I would name my images after types of cars, types of fruit, and other categories. I would then label my disks Mustang1 and Mustang2. Now in the age of Windows7 I use dual layer DVDs and still use on the average 2 DVD-rs. Like I said before, I make an image on to DVD-r biweekly and in the interim I make images to external hard drives. With some creativity there is always a way around a problem. Andre ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 3:49 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] image for windows But the problem with optical media is that you may need a hell of a lot of disks to hold the drive image, which could get real messy. Gerald ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] image for windows > It isn't something that you have to do unless you're trying to recover > your > system from an external drive instead of optical media. The problem with > that method is that it is not blind friendly at all. I found out after > creating such a disk myself. > David Ferrin > [email protected] > I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I'll probably screw that one > up > too. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lenny McHugh" <[email protected]> > To: "blc" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 8:46 PM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] image for windows > > > I just downloaded the trial version. One of the default install options is > to create a dos recovery disc. Is this necessary? I am using windows 7 32 > bit. > --- > Please visit my home page, it is motivational, educational, inspirational > with a touch of humor. There is also a very extensive resource list for > the > blind. > http://www.LennyMcHugh.com > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
