{"id":314,"date":"2012-04-28T19:46:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T00:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testmigration9367.live-website.com\/2012\/04\/computer-backup-recommendations\/"},"modified":"2012-04-28T19:46:32","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T00:46:32","slug":"computer-backup-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testmigration9367.live-website.com\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"Computer Backup Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:104,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.newegg.com\\\/Product\\\/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817173042&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190515104637\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.newegg.com\\\/Product\\\/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817173042&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-08 16:31:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-03 17:54:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-03 17:54:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:105,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.acronis.com\\\/homecomputing\\\/products\\\/trueimage&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20230403184551\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.acronis.com\\\/homecomputing\\\/products\\\/trueimage\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-08 16:31:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-03 17:54:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-03 17:54:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:106,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.newegg.com\\\/Product\\\/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832200030&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.newegg.com\\\/Product\\\/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832200030&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>This is the first in a series of reference articles that answer frequently asked questions from friends, family, and clients.&nbsp; I will update these articles as required.&nbsp; <br \/>Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or recommendations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Required hardware and software<br \/><\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Software &#8211; Acronis TrueImage 2012<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hardware &#8211; external hard drive &#8211; USB, eSATA, Firewire<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><br \/>I recommend imaging all PC systems.&nbsp; Imaging the system is easy, and fast (1GB\/min typically).&nbsp; Imaging software takes a &#8216;snapshot&#8217; of your computer.&nbsp; This snapshot can be used to restore your system automatically.&nbsp; By restore, I mean if your hard drive dies, you can install a new drive (same size or larger), and restore *everything* in one operation &#8211; Operating System (Windows), applications, and data.&nbsp; After the restore, your system will be *exactly* where it was when you performed the backup.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the image can be used to restore individual files and folders, but more importantly, if your system is compromised due to a virus or system problem, you can restore the entire system back to a known, good state.<\/p>\n<p>Acronis (and other imaging software) can be configured to image your system on a schedule (Friday nights for example).&nbsp; You can also setup the software to automatically shut down your computer after the backup is completed.&nbsp; I typically do this monthly on all our computers, setting up the jobs before I got to bed and having the system shut down.<\/p>\n<p>We have three external USB drives &#8211; one reserved for my business systems, and two for home systems.&nbsp; All my backup drives are encrypted (I use Bitlocker).&nbsp; I recommend selecting a hard drive with enough capacity to hold at least two backup images for all your systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Reference links<br \/><\/u><\/strong>Rosewill RX-358 V2 BLK (Black) 3.5&#8243; SATA to USB &amp; eSATA Enclosure w\/Int.80mm fan <br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newegg.com\/Product\/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817173042\">http:\/\/www.newegg.com\/Product\/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817173042<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Acronis True Image Home 2012 \u2013 upgrade and special offers often available from Acronis<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acronis.com\/homecomputing\/products\/trueimage\/\">http:\/\/www.acronis.com\/homecomputing\/products\/trueimage\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Acronis TrueImage Home 2012 from Newegg<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newegg.com\/Product\/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832200030\">http:\/\/www.newegg.com\/Product\/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832200030<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first in a series of reference articles that answer frequently asked questions from friends, family, and clients.&nbsp; I will update these articles as required.&nbsp; Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or recommendations. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/testmigration9367.live-website.com\/?p=314\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,11,16,17],"tags":[22,26,43,62],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","category-microsoft","category-security","category-software","tag-acronis","tag-backup","tag-hardware","tag-software-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgXVG5-54","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testmigration9367.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testmigration9367.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testmigration9367.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testmigration9367.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testmigration9367.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testmigration9367.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testmigration9367.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testmigration9367.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testmigration9367.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}