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Yeh I know that it would be another safety measure, however, having a nice image of my OS and apps, that wouldnt be my main concern. The reason i called it a waste was merely because I am quite paranoia about losing my work again, and admit, another drive just for that is kinda overkill . I fully agree on the fact that it makes the system more stable/reliable though, so I am indeed thinking of a raid setup. (The cost of a harddrive seems to be less than the backup software anyway) I dont know... I am running Northon Ghost 14 at the moment (which is, as far as i know) the latest available in stores here, and my PC seems to have quite some hard times when it starts running. It has little issues when it simply has to back up for the first time, but when it comes to incremental backups (which I run every 6 hours on my documents folder), it starts to slow down quite a lot. Anyway, seeing I'd have to schedule Northon (or similar software) to run every hour or something like that, I guess you guys are right about the Raid 1 solution. Thanks for helping me making my mind up :) (Edit: spelling)

Hmm you might be right there, it just feels wrong to add another disc and waste 80 gb of storage, just because I need my documents backed up. It does seem to be cheaper though... Already have a controller (got some spare parts), so I'd just need to find me a disc that's suitable for running in a raid setup with my current one. Thanks for the advice :)

Yeah, the latter is what I am using now, this didn't save my files completely when my HDD corrupted though, as I had to fall back to the previous version of the file. Thanks for having a look anyway, guess I'll go buy Ultimate then.

Hmm that does look like a solid solution, however I forgot to mention the fact that im using Home Premium. So unless anyone has a better option, I'd have to upgrade to Ultimate or Business to make this work.

Hey everyone, I was looking into the possibilities of creating a reliable backup system for my documents, ie papers for school, work etcetera. Now I know there are programs and utilities like Northon Ghost, or even scripted events that you can use in Windows to copy all files from a folder to a different folder, however the flaw here is that the folders will not be backed up until like late at night or whenever you schedule it. This nearly got to me when my HDD got corrupted with some work not backed up yet. Luckily I hadn't made huge changes The other option would be running the discs where I save my files in Raid 1 (isnt that the mirrorring?), and then I'd have a backup of my files on the second disc, in case the first harddrive breaks. However, this is a highly inefficient choice for me, as I only need to backup my Documents folder this way (about 1gb max). So I'd basically waste a HDD and I'd have to completely reinstall for this minor tweak. Therefore I was wondering if it is at all possible to have Vista act like some sort of Raid 1 setup and save all files to 2 places by default. Example: if I hit the save button in word, and save my file to my "Documents" folder, would it be possible to have my OS write this file to both C:\Gebruikers\Bas\Documenten (=C:\Users\Bas\Documents on english OSes), AND to G:\Bas\Documents Backup at the same time? Ive already found a way to change the location of the Documents folder (rightclick on documents, select properties -> locations tab), however, this only accepts a single line as destination folder. Plus, I need windows to only open the c:\ files by default. So this didnt get me very far. Is there anyone with suggestions on this matter, or other ways of realtime backups? PS. sorry for the wall of text ;)

Hi there, First post for me, so I hope this one will be of any help. I had the same issue earlier this week, and the way I resolved is, was the following. The GRUB bootsystem has a file called menu.lst (/boot/grub/menu.lst), in which the bootorder is determined. You can simply edit this file by opening it in a text editor. To get the loader to boot windows by default, there are 2 options. You could either alter the default boot (the default is set to 0, which is Ubuntu in your case. Change the 0 to the position of Windows in the bootlist.) This will result in the list being in the same order, but the Windows option will be highlighted by default. If you wish to have Windows on top of the list of bootable OSes like me, you can just cut the bit of code at the bottom of the file (where the WinOS boot is listed) and move it above the lines where the LinuxOSes are. Note: As you stated yourself, some files are protected from access by normal users. This also goes for the menu.lst. Opening it in a normal way (navigating to it and rightclick 'open with text editor') would not allow you to save it. To allow write access to the file, you need to open it as an administrator. Open the terminal (ALT-F2 to open the run window, and type gnome-terminal. Launch the application). In the terminal, enter the following command: sudo gedit ../../boot/grub/menu.lst Then enter your admin password. The sudo (superuser do), will make sure that the file is opened with administrator rights. Now you have access to the file, simply make the changes i listed above and save and close. Another way to edit the GRUB would be using an application called QGRUBeditor, however I havent tested this application yet.