Subj : Re: backup for windows pc?
To   : Arelor
From : Nick Andre
Date : Thu Sep 21 2023 16:04:18

On 21 Sep 23  09:07:34, Arelor said the following to Nick Andre:

A> How many people keeps identical laptops or desktops so they can take one and
A> pipe a backup image taken from an identical machine into a blank one? Not ma

I'm one of those people... the habit of having replacement parts, identical
things stuck with me a lonnnnnng time ago. Am using a laptop which is a
very common model; all the parts are cheap. If its totally destroyed or stolen
or whatever its really not a big deal... easily replaced, nothing fancy.

My images can be restored to different hardware. I tested this with a backed
up image of a desktop which got restored to Vsphere.

What happened were the typical Windows quirks like re-activating Windows etc
but all of the apps and profile settings were spot on. I do agree with you 
that disaster-recovery seems to be an afterthought in Windows.

A> In that regard Windows sucks harder than a weaning foal because you can do a
A> bit copy from a hard drive and transfer it to a newer machine, and it won't
A> work because "reasons" whereas most modern BSDs or Linuxes won't really noti

Agreed, I think UEFI complicates things on top of that.

Nick

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