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Thanks for your reply
...sectors.... You're right. I'd bet that 99.97% of folks DONT think in sectors. I recognize some of the advantages of sector based, but hate the flexibility that it takes away.
I can probably make it work by rethinking and changing my folder/file strategy and moving 300 - 400gb around, but I really shouldn't have to do that.
Again, thanks for the reply.
Glenn
Currently using downloaded version...full version on order. Vista Ultimate.
I am a photographer and have 100's of gigabytes of photos. Once I finish an event (that may have 50+GB of photos), I burn it to DVD for storage, then move the event to a folder called ARCHIVED on my G: drive. This folder usually has 350+GB in it that has been burned to DVD and doesn't need to be backed up....ever. I keep it available for reference and if i need a photo from there, will copy it to a new location and work with it. I consider the ARCHIVE folder to be read only.
Can I do the following:
1. Back up full drives on an individual basis, but exclude certain folders...NOT certain file types. I would normally do full drive backup once per month. Not scheduled, i would run as necessary.
2. Perform an incremental on all drives, but exclude certain folders. This would normally be done daily, but would not be scheduled. I would run it as necessary.
Generally, the full backups would be done to a single external USB drive. That drive is then locked away. Incrementals would be done to a separate external USB drive.
This was fairly easy to do under XP and NTBACKUP...but vista's backup seems to have been 'dumbed down'. Can I do this with Ghost?
Thanks
Glenn
You are welcome! And yes, an exclude feature has been requested.
One tidbit that might help you since you have so much data to sling around. If you have place to store a temporary image of your G:drive, you could take an image of it, which I've found is far faster than copying all the files off a drive. Then after you have an image, restructure your partitions to have your photo archive where you can exclude it. And to bring the photos back, go into the Recovery Point Browser and have it restore just the Archive folder to its new location. For the other files, you can do the same thing but put them into their new location.
No, it cannot be done the same way as NTBackup. Ghost uses a fundamentally different technology than NTBackup. NTBackup is file based. Ghost is sector based. This give Ghost some real powerful advantages, but it is also a bit less intuitive to use as most people don't think in terms of sectors.
Ghost backs things up at the sector level. This is what allows us to restore your machine to the exact state it was in at the time of the backup. In Ghost, incremental backups only backup the sectors that have changed since the last backup. Because of this, the first backup (or the base, which is a full backup) must be available along with any previous incrementals when you take another backup or restore files from the backup. So, you can't split the base from the incremental which is why Ghost refers it to a Recovery Point Set. However, you could create additional full or base backups to a different drive and lock that way. These are referred to as Independent backups.
Because Ghost is sector based, it does not have a way of excluding files or folders from a backup. So, to do what you want with your archived photos, put them on a separate drive (partition with a drive letter associated with it), then tell Ghost through the Customize Status Reporting to not report any status on that drive where your archived photos are. Ghost will then ignore the drive, and your archived photos, completely.