TI Home 2010, Rescue Media, Online Backup, Bare Metal restore
My nephew is off to college as a freshman in a few weeks. Like all 18 y.o. he thinks he and his laptop are indestructible. I am considering using TI 2010 Home do to an automated weekly backup. I definitely like the back to the cloud idea. I am just wondering, if I create him a rescue DVD, will I be able to do a bare metal restore from the cloud?
Thanks
Marc

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Colin:
Yes, the cloud is the Acronis online backup. As you suggest, I think I will be better off making a bootable CD/DVD image with an external drive. Plus making a complete bootable back to DVDs (for when he loses the boot CD or the external HD).
Now I just need to figure out if I should use the Acronis online backup , or some other cloud service like Mobile Me, Mozy, JungleDisk, etc.
Thanks for your input.
marc
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One word of warning, if the image doesn't fit on just one or two DVD's, then either your nephew will develop strong wrists or win a medal in headbutting due to frustration, as the amount of times the DVD's will need to be swapped will drive him crazy.
It isn't a 1-> .2 -> 3-> etc , but 3,1,2,3,1,3,2, or similar.
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