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    Looking for backup suggestions and ideas

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by MDDZ, Nov 25, 2010.

  1. MDDZ

    MDDZ Notebook Deity

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    I am a software programmer. Just got a new T510 with 64-bit Windows 7 Professional.

    All my applications (photoshop, MS Office, etc.,etc.) are installed on my SSD (120GB G.Skill. C drive). All data (my own programs, data, pictures, etc) on a 500GB HDD (E drive) placed in the ultrabay position (I took out the CD/DVDRW).

    I hope to do constant system AND data backup and so in case of disaster (lost or broke), I will be able to have my data back AND my system running again as quickly as possible.

    1. To be ready for disasters, what backup hardware/software/workflow do you recommend I need to use for my 120GB SSD to get system back WITHOUT re-installing a lot of software (there could be a lot work or personal stuff to install)

    2. To be ready for disasters, what backup hardware/software/workflow to you recommend I need to use for my data disc (500GB HDD).

    I am planning to do backup every two or three days and I hope that each backup will not take very long time (say, 3 hours max). I hope to do incremental backups to avoid complete backups that may take a lot of time.

    My T510 is a new system (ThinkVantage + Win 7) and I just installed Roxio Creator. This is all I have now.

    Thanks for any input.

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    All the best.
     
    MDDZ, Nov 25, 2010
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  2. Renee

    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    I have a t61p and I used to be an OS developer.

    Windows (Vista and 7) has a fine backup system. There are backups and system images which are bootable.

    The windows system has incremental backups although I have never used them.

    So many of the problems I see here could be taken care of by a good backup plan.

    Renee
     
    Renee, Nov 25, 2010
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