Martin, Jeremy wrote:
I'm not using amanda to back up any Windows boxes, but on some of our
Windows boxes that do need backed up, using NovaNet Web Backup which
does not support backing up the Sytem State like Backup Exec does, I
just use the built in Backup tool to do this. Start / Programs /
Accessories / System Tools / Backup, tell it to back up the System
State only to a file like d:\systemstate\backup.btk, then schedule it
to do this once a day well in advance of when the backup job runs.
Then the backup client backs up that flat file just fine which
Windows could use to restore the registry etc if necessary.
Has anyone ever restored a windows pc from such a backup?
When I had a crashed PC, I just reinstall the pc with fresh programs,
restore the data (if useful), and try to set all the environment as
before (usually takes a few days! where are the favorites stored?
where is the setting to modify your default template in MS Word?
Where are all the plugins in the browsers? Where are the file
associations? Where is the serial number for this program stored? etc etc).
I once tried "restoring the complete registry". The result was
a pc where about half the programs did not work anymore.
It would be really nice if someone could explain how to make
this less painful. Like, boot from cd, partition your new harddisk,
restore everything from backup tape from last night, make harddisk
bootable, reboot, voila.
(I'm not a windows specialist, as you already guessed.)
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