Hi All.
I did a search and found a good archived post that I wanted to resurrect but you can't reply to archived posts.
I need to backup at least 3 systems. They're all on my home network. I once bought a Maxtor One Touch system but they failed to tell me that "One Touch" also meant only "one computer" so back it went.
So I was thinking a 500gb "make my own external" would be a good start but what software would give me the ability to walk up to each machine, plug it in and "go?" When it was done I would hope to have an image file that would be just as easy to shift into reverse. Perhaps I could do this on the network? I'd be okay with that.
I've read a little about NAS systems and file servers but what I read didn't talk much about what type of backup I was getting. I have lots of installed software on each machine and would like to just be able and zap it all back in one shot. So I definitely prefer to restore from an image so it would be back as it was before the HD failure.
I have Drive Image 7 and have made images before but only on my "main" machine. But now the only place the image fits is on the same drive as that "main" machine . . . not a great backup solution.
Any thoughts/suggestions/ideas?
Thanks!
I did a search and found a good archived post that I wanted to resurrect but you can't reply to archived posts.
I need to backup at least 3 systems. They're all on my home network. I once bought a Maxtor One Touch system but they failed to tell me that "One Touch" also meant only "one computer" so back it went.
So I was thinking a 500gb "make my own external" would be a good start but what software would give me the ability to walk up to each machine, plug it in and "go?" When it was done I would hope to have an image file that would be just as easy to shift into reverse. Perhaps I could do this on the network? I'd be okay with that.
I've read a little about NAS systems and file servers but what I read didn't talk much about what type of backup I was getting. I have lots of installed software on each machine and would like to just be able and zap it all back in one shot. So I definitely prefer to restore from an image so it would be back as it was before the HD failure.
I have Drive Image 7 and have made images before but only on my "main" machine. But now the only place the image fits is on the same drive as that "main" machine . . . not a great backup solution.
Any thoughts/suggestions/ideas?
Thanks!