[mdlug] Backing up a Windows computer

[Robert Meier]

Ray,

> I want to burn occasional backup DVDs of the computer at the bakery.

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> I'm thinking I might hack together something with Cygwin,
> but if anyone has a suggestion for something cheap and effective,
> I'd be glad to hear about it...

Consider a dual-booter with http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/cprcdr/ .
It backs up a master or incremental image to dvd,
and leaves an online catalog.

Hopefully helpful,
-- 
Bob

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