Phoenix86 said:HA! You assume people at home have backup device outside a CD/DVD-R. You also assume nightly/weekly incremental system backups, excuse me while I laugh again...
Phoenix, aren't you assuming the same thing? You and djnes keep saying it is not worth it to segregate data because it is so easy to just backup everything. It is only easy if you are using a storage medium that can handle all that data.
True, if you are backing up to HD or tape it is just a matter of time. However, assuming 40 GB of Windows, Apps and data, it is going to take over 8 separate DVD's to back all that up. Even at 8X, that is going to take 2+hours to burn. And the restore is going to be alot of fun too.
You don't think being able to backup Windows in 15 minutes versus 2+ hours is worth it?
rcolbert, there are definitely some poorly written apps and some old legacy apps that insist on being in the "Program files" folder. My solution is to install those apps where they want, every other app goes to my E drive.
Phoenix86, how exactly do you backup your system/data? To another HD, tape, DVD, what?