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From: dorayme on 21 Apr 2010 02:06
In article <200420102053187827%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>,
nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <dorayme-2560F1.13444221042010(a)news.albasani.net>, dorayme
> <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > But we are not talking partitions? After the OP said "If you
> > don't partition" the scene is no partitions.
>
> i misread it since the first reply was to partition it. if it's not
> partitioned, the guest os is just a file and copied like any other
> file. it's also a good idea to take at least one snapshot (at least in
> vmware, but i would assume parallels is the same) to minimize the
> impact on backups.

So, to the OP, in case he is confused, if you do not partition
into plural volumes, your backup will generally safeguard your
windows stuff. At least that is what I understand and if this is
not the case, I am sure someone will correct it.

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From: Jolly Roger on 21 Apr 2010 23:17
In article
<nospam.m-m-0AEEAA.19364821042010(a)cpe-76-190-186-198.neo.res.rr.com>,
M-M <nospam.m-m(a)ny.more> wrote:

> In article <dorayme-CCC52E.02080022042010(a)news.albasani.net>,
> dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Why is this, you mentioned 20GB being too small for your win
> > needs. OK, let's double it. Why would 40 make such a big
> > difference that the TM disk fills up "very quickly"?
>
>
> First, I use a separate partition for my Win disk so TM has nothing to
> do with it.
>
> TM comes into play only if you don't partition.
>
> Since the win volume changes each time you open it, TM will recopy the
> entire 20 or 40 GB to each consecutive backup. That would fill almost
> any TM disk quickly.

I'm pretty sure Parallels Desktop has a feature like VMware Fusion,
where the actual virtual disk image can be (or maybe is by default)
split into small, manageable 2 GB chunks.

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From: Jolly Roger on 21 Apr 2010 23:18
In article
<nospam.m-m-A8C4FE.21145221042010(a)cpe-76-190-186-198.neo.res.rr.com>,
M-M <nospam.m-m(a)ny.more> wrote:

> In article <210420101733067681%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>,
> nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In article
> > <nospam.m-m-52E455.20264421042010(a)cpe-76-190-186-198.neo.res.rr.com>,
> > M-M <nospam.m-m(a)ny.more> wrote:
> >
> > > > > Since the win volume changes each time you open it, TM will recopy
> > > > > the
> > > > > entire 20 or 40 GB to each consecutive backup. That would fill almost
> > > > > any TM disk quickly.
> > > >
> > > > that's why it's a really good idea to make a snapshot.
> > >
> > > What good is a snapshot if your hard disk crashes?
> >
> > how did you read that from what i said?
> >
> > by taking a snapshot, the entire 20 gig or whatever won't be backed up,
> > only the changed parts after the snapshot, and that's going to be
> > significantly smaller.
>
>
> Maybe I don't understand. Isn't a snapshot something you do in Windows?
>
> If so, wouldn't TM read your virtual win disk as being changed?

It's a feature of Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion.

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From: Warren Oates on 22 Apr 2010 07:18
In article <jollyroger-ED4297.22180221042010(a)news.individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:

> It's a feature of Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion.

And it's a well-known backup strategy. I make rotating monthly
"snapshots" of the oul' Woman's stuff with rsync.
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From: Jolly Roger on 22 Apr 2010 22:07
In article
<nospam.m-m-666411.13312922042010(a)cpe-76-190-186-198.neo.res.rr.com>,
M-M <nospam.m-m(a)ny.more> wrote:

> In article <4bd0306a$0$14673$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>,
> Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <jollyroger-ED4297.22180221042010(a)news.individual.net>,
> > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > > It's a feature of Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion.
> >
> > And it's a well-known backup strategy. I make rotating monthly
> > "snapshots" of the oul' Woman's stuff with rsync.
>
> Can you keep a snapshot on an external disk and use it to restore a
> crashed disk? (like winclone?)

I don't see why not. They are just files.

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