Quick Question- Backup OS ?

[lowspeed]

Can retrospect backup and entire OS (ie. os,data, user data etc,partition size boot loader) and restore it ?

 

Just like an Image software would do. ?

 

 

Thanks.

[SHnee]

Yes, Retrospect can back up and restore an entire system, but not like an image software. See following article for information on Retrospect's two main operations Backup and Duplicate:

http://kb.dantz.com/article.asp?article=1061&p=2

[lowspeed]

So it doesn't support Bare-metal restore ?

[SHnee]

 

http://www.emcinsignia.com/en/products/smb/retroforwin/addons/

 

The Disaster Recovery add-on enables a bare metal system recovery for any Windows computers that are being backed up, avoiding time-consuming software installation and reconfiguration. Retrospect gathers the data required for disaster recovery as a normal part of the back up process and stores the required information on the backup media. Retrospect is unique in its ability to create a disaster recovery (DR) CD for any point in time when an incremental backup was performed. If a disaster occurs, Retrospect can create a DR CD, even for a computer that is no longer working. When a computer boots from the DR CD, it loads the operating system, drivers, and the Retrospect application or client. Then all files, folder, applications, and settings can be restored from the backup media. Even systems with RAID controllers, which require low-level device drivers, are supported. A single Disaster Recovery add-on license protects the Retrospect backup server and all networked client computers.