On Feb 21, 10:58 am, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote:
> brett <acco...@cygen.com> wrote:
> >> You cant do that, you need to have the replacement in the closet too.
> > So basically I'll need to purchase a backup internal HD and put it up
> > in the closet. When the primary crashes, I get the backup HD out, put
> > it in the USB cradle and copy the image from the 2nd PC onto the
> > backup HD. Then put the backup HD into the laptop. That sound right?
>
> Yes.
>
> > The only problem now is that HP requires you to send in the
> > laptop for HD replacement (under warranty). There's about
> > a 4 or 5 day turn around time. So the backup HD really won't
> > come into play while the laptop is under warrenty.
>
> Yes, you basically have to give up on the warranty if
> you need to have a working laptop quicker than that.
>
> > I guess in this scenario, I can keep doing the images and also backup
> > certain data files. While the laptop is away getting fixed, I can access
> > the data files (MS Money, Outlook) on the 2nd PC.
>
> Yes, that will work fine.
>
> > Once the laptop arrives, I copy the image onto it
> > and restore the modified data files from PC2.
>
> Yep.
>
> > In regards to incremental imaging (Acronis TrueImage), if I'm doing incrementals
> > every night and on Tuesday I copy a 4GB file onto the HD, then on Wednesday
> > delete it and then do an image restore on Thursday, is the 4GB file restored?
> > I imagine it isn't since the last incremental doesn't have it.
>
> Correct. But if you do want it, you can restore the second to last incremental image.
>
> You cant if you use differential images instead of incremental images.

Thanks again Rob. Very good thread.