So-called 'mirroring' or replicating your entire hard drive over the Internet isn't really practical yet, especially with hard drives that are growing beyond 100GB in size. Backup only those files you could not afford to lose, rather than your operating system or application files (i.e., Microsoft Word).

Most external drives you purchase are formatted for PCs. If you are only going to use it with your Mac then you should reformat the drive by using "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". If you are gong to use it with your Mac and a PC then use "MS-DOS file system" format. To format or reformat a drive you will have to erase it. So before you erase the drive, copy your files to another drive.

Regarding your particular question, basically we do not recommend to backup you're the entire drive using GrandBackup because it doesn't do sector copy of the disk, just data copy. In most cases the files that you need to back up are your data files. If you lose the hard disk, you can install the program files and other software from the original CDs or diskettes but your data files are the most valuable material and they need to be restored from your own backups.

Sure you can. Add the root directory to the backup list and add each directory direct connected to the root by clicking on button +Dir/+SubDir(s) With dfg BackUp XP (Vers.2.2.2 or higher) you can define a profile (file collection) containing all files of your drives. Note: If the number of files on the drive is very high, define limitations to the maximum number of files or size of ZIP archives.

Your best bet is to move the entire mirror to a larger hard drive or mount point. This can be accomplished by using "cp pr," so that the file modification dates remain the same. If you're going to cut the mirror into smaller pieces by symlinking some of the directories, you can use the mirror script follow_local_symlinks=(^directory) command to create symlinks that the mirror script will follow.

No. Essential Backup is designed to only backup user files and not system or program files. In the event of a computer crash, it is recommended that you reinstall the operating system and all programs from the original disks.

There is a list of files that are excluded by default with a full hard drive backup. These files are commonly temporary or unimportant files for which a backup is unnecessary. If you wish to include these files in your backup procedures, then follow these simple steps: In the upper left corner is the pull-down menu for View. Click on it and select Exclude file list....

No. Data Vault's Online Backup is designed to only backup user files and not system or program files. In the event of a computer crash, it is recommended that you reinstall the operating system and all programs from the original disks.

Yes and no. It was not designed for mirroring an entire drive. It was/is designed for simple backups, like important documents, pictures, etc. You can try to backup an entire drive, and although some users have reported that it works just fine, keep in mind that this is not the intended purpose.

For the security of your data Cryptainer does not allow you to encrypt an entire hard drive. You could create as many large volume files as you like and store your data in it. It is not recommended to create a volume file as large as your hard disk.

The removable hard drive can be set to record to or as a backup drive. There are three ways available to duplicate the recorded video from HD 1 (Fixed HD) to HD 2 (Mobile Rack HD). First, the FULL backup option, duplicates all the recorded video from HD1 to HD2 (given HD2 is equal to or larger than HD1). Second, the ALARM backup option, duplicates only the alarm-event recorded video from HD 1 to HD2. Third, the SELECT backup option, manually duplicates selected video clips from HD1 to HD2.

WinRescue will back up to an external harddrive as long as it is listed in Windows Explorer as a regular harddrive. WinRescue backs up files and not a harddrive image. So, the harddrive's boot information is not backed up. Making a Boot Disk in WinRescue (95/98/ME) will save the boot information on a diskette.

OBM has the ability to not only backup individual files or entire networks, but also provides the ability to quickly restore a single user's single email or the entire network.

Put a dollar sign ($) at the end of the share name. For example, if the D: drive is being shared on the Windows machine, the source path would be: //$machine/D$ Try searching the backup logs for lines starting with the word "cp:". The error message in these lines will give you some clues.

Windows: By default, the preferences are stored in HKCU/Software/BitWise Chat/BitWise. Optionally, you may store the preferences in BitWise.ini in your home folder by pressing "Setup" prior to logging in and specifying you wish to store your preferences in that file rather than the registry. Detached mode allows you to use basic client features even when your computer cannot maintain communication with the BitWise server.

Both Netscape and Microsoft have measures in place that limit the number of cookies that will be saved on your hard drive at one time. Both Internet Explorer and Netscape conform to the RFC 2109 limitations on your total cookie count to 300 (this includes a limit of 20 cookies per individual domain). If you exceed this, the browser will discard your least-used cookies to make room for the new ones.

After a cookie is transmitted through an HTTP header, it is stored in the memory of your browser. This way the information is quickly and readily available without re-transmission. As we have seen, however, it is possible for the lifetime of a cookie to greatly exceed the amount of time the browser will be open. In such cases, the browser must have a way of saving the cookie when you are not browsing, or when your computer is shut off.

Check question number 6 about startup disks; most people need these because of hard disk problems. Apple provides an "erase disk" option on their main menu which will re-initialize some but not all hard drives. Apple also has a "disk test" utility to test formatted disks. There is also a popular control panel add on for "SCSI probe" which is helpful, check various Mac shareware sites for it.

Each person who has logged into the computer will have his or her files and settings stored in a folder named with his or her user name. Only the person who is logged in (or an Administrator) can access his or her personal folder. To find these user folders: The My Documents folder is located within this user folder (Note: The My Documents icon on your desktop is a shortcut to this folder). Files that were saved to the desktop are located in the Desktop folder.

Yes. By clicking on "Add all" in the "Read Track" window, you can select the entire track contents of an audio CD to be transferred to the hard drive. Please note that this process can take some time, even at faster read speeds.

Continuity of our clients' data is ensured by the use of RAID devices on the Remote Backup servers. Further, all the data is backed up and moved offsite.

TurboBackup offers pre-defined full drive backup templates for your convenience. It can be imported by using the Backup/Templates/More menu. Internet cache and temporary files are automatically excluded in these templates. This can be done in a few easy steps: Click on the Backup/Templates/More menu and select the drive you want to back up. (You may add additional drives on your own.) Click Next, and select any additional backup options by clicking the Configure button, then click Finish.

The backup drive is hidden within the iDoubleDrive box. There are actually two hard drives located in the box, and the backup drive keeps a real time copy of everything that is stored on the main hard drive.

If you still have your license code, you can download Telnet Magic from the web site. The license code is release dependent for the first two digits of the version level. For example, a license code for release 2.2.0 will work for releases 2.2.0-2.2.9 but it will not work with release 2.3.0, so you need to download the correct release. If you were running the current release, download and install the evaluation version from our Telnet Magic Evaluation Download page and enter your license code.

It is best to have your OS on a separate partition than the rest of your data. This results in less fragmentation and ensures speedy operation of your system. If your hard drive is large enough, then partitioning is probably a good idea for you. Common practice is to have at least three partitions: one ~8GB for the OS, one ~10GB for Documents and other personal files, and whatever is left for programs.

Although Kaleidescape uses high quality hard disk drives, drives do fail occasionally. On average, drives in Kaleidescape Systems fail at a rate of one or two percent per year. To prevent loss of information from a drive failure, every Kaleidescape Server uses RAID-K to store redundant information. The 3U Server also features a Hot Spare Disk Cartridge as an additional measure of data protection.

When a hard disk drive fails in a Kaleidescape System, you will still be able to enjoy all the Movies and Music in your library, but the System will not be able to import CDs or DVDs. Your Kaleidescape System will also be vulnerable to losing data from a second disk drive failure, until the first failed disk drive has been replaced and the data on it rebuilt. If you suspect that a disk drive has failed, then always call Kaleidescape Technical Support first.

You have likely created the image on the FAT32 file system which has a 4Gb file size limitation. Therefore larger files can not be created there. If this is the case, we would suggest that you either use NTFS (through network or attaching the drive to a Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 box if you are running Windows 9x/ME) or split your drive into regions each less than 4Gb, create their images and make virtual volume set afterwards if you need to recover files from there.