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I am going to be building a computer in a few months and I'm trying to plan ahead for my back up strategy.
I see myself installing the operating system (Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit), Microsoft 2010 Home and Student, and any updates I would need for those programs or drivers. Once that is done i would like to make a system image and separate that for safe keeping. Backing up media and docs will be done on an external drive i will have and does not need to be a part of my original image
I know windows has the ability to create restore points for a quick fix and thats fine, but what i want is more of a last resort/guarantee if something goes wrong and cant be fixed by a restore point. Due to the possibility a virus could corrupt a local partition or a drive failure could render such a partition useless, i want something easily separated from my system.
The chassis i will be using has an available external dock that fits 2.5" drives. Until recently i only thought that i could use an ssd in there, but have since learned there may be more options. This would be a nice feature to utilize since it is easy to disconnect the backup from the system, but i am more interested in being able to accomplish what i want even if i have to go into my case.
I have poked around this question some in an unrelated thread, but didn't get a very clear answer. Is there anything fundamentally flawed with how i am viewing my solution in either method or being to far overkill? I would much rather be safe than sorry and if i can take a few extra steps now to save hours and headache later it is worth it to me. How much space should i allot for a partition or what capacity/type extra hard drive (minimum) should i shop? and How would i most conveniently isolate it from harm?
Any advice and tips are appreciated. Thanks
I see myself installing the operating system (Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit), Microsoft 2010 Home and Student, and any updates I would need for those programs or drivers. Once that is done i would like to make a system image and separate that for safe keeping. Backing up media and docs will be done on an external drive i will have and does not need to be a part of my original image
I know windows has the ability to create restore points for a quick fix and thats fine, but what i want is more of a last resort/guarantee if something goes wrong and cant be fixed by a restore point. Due to the possibility a virus could corrupt a local partition or a drive failure could render such a partition useless, i want something easily separated from my system.
The chassis i will be using has an available external dock that fits 2.5" drives. Until recently i only thought that i could use an ssd in there, but have since learned there may be more options. This would be a nice feature to utilize since it is easy to disconnect the backup from the system, but i am more interested in being able to accomplish what i want even if i have to go into my case.
I have poked around this question some in an unrelated thread, but didn't get a very clear answer. Is there anything fundamentally flawed with how i am viewing my solution in either method or being to far overkill? I would much rather be safe than sorry and if i can take a few extra steps now to save hours and headache later it is worth it to me. How much space should i allot for a partition or what capacity/type extra hard drive (minimum) should i shop? and How would i most conveniently isolate it from harm?
Any advice and tips are appreciated. Thanks