Sounds like you've had your hands full!
The bootable disks are for the situations when you can't boot the machine. The addition of the BartPE component is somewhat detailed and multi-step and is confusing at points. I got frustrated and quit a couple of times. Not only were the instructions vague in some places, I couldn't figure out why I would want another disk when I had Hiren's boot cd.
With respect to your comments about Windows backup, I think for me it's like sticking with software that consistently works.
--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Aycock" <billaycock@...> wrote:
>
> during boot-up)Vincent, Roger, Bob Austino, and other backup Buffs--
> This week I had a painful example of the need for backup, and related
> insurance. After recovering, I reviewed some recent posts here. Some
> comments about Bootable discs puzzled me.-- About that, later.
> My other machine (desktop, Win7 home Prem(64), adequate Ram and an internal,
> 500Gb HDD backup) didn't exactly die, but became unusable. Symptoms were
> extremely slow operation, during which it would have a flurry of Disk read
> sounds lasting about 1-2 seconds, followed by 36-38 seconds of silence,
> repeated. At this speed, any scan is either frustratingly slow, or
> impossible. Malwarebytes and Security Essentials were impossible. The Disc
> activity light was constantly on. Boot took over 30 Min. My first thought
> was Virus!!, but some of the symptoms were more hardware. I couldn't get to
> the back-up. after over a day of frustration and two restore attempts, I
> started getting a series of "File Corrupted" error signals. I finally found
> a bootable disc that let me get to the Windows back-up files. The first step
> back was no good (Remember how long this took to determine) but the second
> worked.
> Checking after recovery showed that the bulk of my data (Mail, technical
> calculations, etc) were OK. some recently installed Apps were gone, and the
> layout of my desktop was changed.
> One of the tests I did was a "Drive Fitness" test from Hitachi I was aimed
> at by one of you. This test took over 9 hours, but reported the C: Drive (1
> Tb, Hitachi) to be OK. Waiting for that took a gross amount of patience,
> and some faith. My thanks.
> I still don't know what happened. After apparent recovery, I ran a COMPLETE
> scan for malware, viruses, etc, using a fresh install of MS Security
> Essentials. That took a LOT of time, even at normal speed.
> Back to the recovery disc. I don't understand some comments Bob made about
> difficulty in making one. It is a normal step in setting up the Windows
> back-up system. I have just made a new one, for redundancy.
> Also- most of the back-up talk is about Acronis and similar programs, and
> the Widows set-up seems to be passed over. Why is that? It worked for me. I
> have Acronyms on this machine, but haven't needed it-----Yet.
> Thanks to all-- Bill--W4BSG
>
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