[Box Backup] Backup/Restore Questions

[Larry Wimble]

Joe,

BoxBackup was not designed for what you're wanting to do.  You need a 
"bare metal" backup & restore solution.  Consider a product like Acronis 
True Image.

Larry

On 03/14/2014 01:19 PM, Full Name wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> A friend of mine suggested that "BoxBackup" might be able to help me with some backup concerns.
>
> In my language lab, I have 3 stand-alone Dell Optiplex 210L desktop computers all running WIndows XP SP3. Each computer has Internet Access / Norton Internet Security. As you know, MicroSoft will no longer support Windows XP after April 8, 2014 ... and I'm looking for a functional full system backup & restore solution for a post April 8th era.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1) Will "BoxBackup" give me the capability to backup my complete Hard Drive(including XP SP3 Operating System, all Windows & MicroSoft Office Updates) and at a later date do a full restore? Note: A clean re-install of the OS from my Dell provided Recovery CD's won't work because MS will no longer provide the necessary & important "Updates")
>
> 2) Can the backups be made to DVD-CD media?
>
> 3) Can the backup's be made to/or restored from my online DropBox Account?
>
> 4) In the event of a hard drive crash or drive replacement ... are these DVD-CD's bootable?
>
> 5) Does "BoxBackup" need to be installed and running on the target drive for a restore?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Joe
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