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Geek Sheet: Bare-Metal Backup and Recovery

"Tired of the same old punditry and OS wars? Want to read something practical you can actually use and apply to your real job? Or perhaps you need some light reading material to help you get some sleep on the plane between consulting engagements--either way, welcome to the first in what I hope will be a series of technical HOWTO articles, entitled 'Geek Sheets.'

Free Download: DriveImage XML

DriveImage XML is a program that will backup your entire drive or partition to a file for backup and recovery purposes. As opposed to data backup software, which backups copies of only your data based on changes made, DriveImage XML backs up the entire drive and thus can perform a "bare-metal recovery" including the operating system and installed applications. At the same time, it has the functionality to browse the image file to selectively restore files, like a backup archive.

How To Perform a Bare-Metal Backup On Linux LVM

perlow writes "Using the free System Rescue CD you can perform bare-metal backups and restores of many types of computer systems. In this article, ZDNet columnist Jason Perlow explains the multi-step procedure in detail on an LVM-based system."

A Walk Through the Hard Drive Recovery Process

Fields writes "It's well known that failed hard drives can be recovered, but few people actually use a recovery service because they're expensive and not always successful. Even fewer people ever get any insights into the process, as recovery companies are secretive about their methods and rarely reveal any more information that is necessary for billing. Geek.com has an article walking through a drive recovery handled by DriveSavers. The recovery team did not give away many secrets, but they did reveal a number of insights into the process. From the article, "'[M]y drive failed in about every way you can imagine. It had electro-mechanical failure resulting in severe media damage. Seagate considered it dead, but I didn't give up. It's actually pretty amazing that they were able to recover nearly all of the data.

Metal Gear Solid 4 Not the End

1up gaming is reporting that while Metal Gear Solid 4 may be the end of the road for Solid Snake, the series will live on. "The Metal Gear series is one of the most successful (and profitable) in modern gaming. Would it surprise you, then, to learn that Metal Gear Solid 4 might not be the end of the franchise after all, despite recent comments from series creator Hideo Kojima that led some to speculate MGS4 would be the series' last? Speaking to MTV Multiplayer, MGS4 producer Ryan Peyton confirmed that the series will live on after Guns of the Patriots. But while we may see more games with 'Metal Gear' in the title, we may not see 'Solid' in there as well."

Metal Gear Solid 4 Review

mikesd81 brings us a detailed IGN review of the recently released Metal Gear Solid 4, which notes: "Fans familiar with previous Metal Gear Solid games are aware that each title has introduced new gameplay mechanics for Snake to take advantage of. The incredible part about Metal Gear Solid 4 is there are tons of additional features added to this title, and even when you run into a system or mechanic that you wouldn't think would fit in the Metal Gear Universe, Kojima and his team have figured out a way to make it blend seamlessly with the gameplay, which easily allays any fears or concerns you have.""

Fingerprints Recoverable From Cleaned Metal

dstates points out a recent article from guardian.co.uk which discusses a new method by which to recover fingerprints from metal. The method relies on corrosion caused by sweat and other biological residues on the metal's surface. Quoting: "The patterns of corrosion remain even after the surface has been cleaned, heated to 600C or even painted over. This means that traces of fingerprints stay on the metal long after the residue from a person's finger has gone. The chemical basis of the change is not yet clear, but [Dr. John Bond] believes it is corrosion by chloride ions from the salt in sweat. These produce lines of corrosion along the ridges of the fingerprint residue. When the metal is heated, for example in a bomb blast or when a gun is fired, the chemical reaction actually speeds up and makes the corrosion more pronounced.

Metal masterpieces: Downtown business blending technology with design to fashion metal into works of art

Metal masterpieces: Downtown business blending technology with design to fashion metal into works of art

Metal Gear Online Stand-Alone Cover Art Revealed (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)

During MGS4 signing event held in Tokyo recently, Konami has confirmed that Metal Gear Online component of MGS4 will soon be available separately in Japan for 1800 Yen (about $17 USD). No word on pricing and dates for the standalone version of Metal Gear Online in other territories.

New Sheet Metal Commands in Inventor 2008 (Avatech Tricks Tutorial)

The Flange tool's new Loop option and the Annotation Panel's Bend Notes are great ways to work effectively with sheet metal.

Special Perl Variables

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Linux server provisioning aided by LinMin Bare Metal

"Brian McArthur, the director of technology at Advantage Professionals, a managed services provider in Charlotte, N.C., wanted a better way to perform bare-metal installations on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Servehttp://www.redhat.com/rhel/r. He and his engineering staff used a pre-boot execution environment or PXE Boot server and the kick-start process for automating Linux installations. While the approach is fairly common, McArthur said, "It was a bit cumbersome and never really worked exactly as we needed." For one thing, the process was not automated, requiring staff to manually assign roles to servers--a time-consuming and inefficient process.

Novastor Adds Amazon S3 Support

Simi Valley-based NovaStor, a developer of data storage management software, said today that it has released the latest version of the firm's NovaBACKUP data protection and disaster recovery software. The firm said that the upgraded software--NovaBACKUP 10--adds ability to back up data to online storage accounts, and full disk image recovery. The software, which previously only supported local backup to hard drive, tape, NAS, or CD/DVD, now supports backup of data to online data storage services such as Amazon S3, storage acconuts from NovaStor, or other online backup services. The firm said the software is available for Windows-based PCs and servers, and includes one year of free online storage.

Metal Gear Series Won't End with MGS4

The Metal Gear series is one of the most successful (and profitable) in modern gaming. Would it surprise you, then, to learn that Metal Gear Solid 4 might not be the end of the franchise after all, despite recent comments from series creator Hideo Kojima that led some to speculate MGS4 would be the series' last? Speaking to MTV Multiplayer, MGS4 producer Ryan Peyton confirmed that the series will live on after Guns of the Patriots. But while we may see more games with "Metal Gear" in the title, we may not see "Solid" in there as well.

Oracle Offers Encryption with Backup

Oracle Secure Backup 10.2 aims to provide data protection at low cost. The new version of Oracle's tape backup solution allows multiple levels of encryption and automates key management functions. Oracle's flat $3,000 price is competitive and Oracle Secure Backup Express is offered free to protect a single database server.

Specifications for backup software-based encryption

Software-based encryption is becoming a popular feature in backup software, allowing users to encrypt any portion of a backup job and deliver the data to virtually any disk or tape storage system, even to write-once media. This flexible approach to encryption fits seamlessly into most existing backup processes.

Discover How To Backup XBox 360 Games the easy way

This article will show you all the secrets about Xbox 360 download and backup, learn how to backup your Xbox 360 Games. Every technique and Xbox 360 Dvd drive model covered in step by step video tutorial. Dont spend money on a mod chip when you dont need one. Learn how to backup xbox 360 games, how to download xbox 360 games and how to copy xbox 360 games.

Atempo Adds Mac, Linux Support to Live Backup

Do you rely on your road warriors to backup their laptops? Is that working out for you or are you just blaming the victim when they're machines are lost, stolen or just break down after being sent through the airport X-ray machine one time too many? Once you accept the fact that users, especially Sr. executives won't take any action at all to backup their data on a regular basis you'll start looking for an automated solution. Atempo's Live Backup has been that automated solution for Windows for years. With Version 3.2 Atempo is expanding client support to the fast growing Mac and Linux platforms.

EXPERT Webmasters Introduces New One-Of-A-Kind, All-In-One SEO Cheat Sheet

EXPERT Webmasters Introduces New One-Of-A-Kind, All-In-One SEO Cheat Sheet - EXPERT Webmasters today announced a new cheat sheet that explains the complete process of search engine optimization in a concise and easy-to-follow cheat sheet that both beginners and SEO Consultants can use. Search Engine Optimization or SEO is the process of improving a website and its presence on the internet to gain more targeted visitors from the organic (non-paid) listings in search engines like Google, Yahoo! and MSN. SEO focuses not only on modifying a website but on acquiring quality links from others and monitoring website traffic to find ways to further optimize a website for higher search engine rankings for targeted keyword phrases. "Even if you know absolutely nothing about search engine optimization and you have someone in your company or an SEO C

Metal Gear Solid 4: The first review is out! (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)

Metal Gear Solid 4. Looks like it's going to be good, doesn't it? But just how good, exactly? Just "Hmmm, this is fun, I'm glad I did buy a PS3 now" good? Or perhaps "There you go Hideo. My first-born child in recompense for this audio-visual wonder you have kindly bestowed upon my life" good?

Win an invite to Metal Gear Online! (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)

The release of Metal Gear Solid 4 is still several long and torturous months away, but fear not - we've got something that will make the wait much easier.

MGS4 isn't the last Metal Gear, says Konami (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)

Here we go again; despite images of Snake shooting himself in the face, and Kojima publicly hanging up his bandana more than once, MGS4 is not the last Metal Gear, Konami insists.

Metal Gear Solid 4's Creation">

Q&A: Konami's Payton, Imaizumi Look Back On Metal Gear Solid 4's Creation [06.03.08] On the eve of Metal Gear Solid's release, Gamasutra sits down with producer Ken Imaizumi and AP Ryan Payton to look back on the game's creation, its eschewing of vertical slice development, and the reality that Grand Theft Auto IV is a "hard act to follow".

New Metal Gear games planned

While Metal Gear Solid 4 sees us bidding farewell to long-time series star Solid Snake, new Metal Gear titles will be released in the future - with new heroes stepping into the limelight.

Hetman Photo Recovery Software

Lost and found - Hetman release Photo Recovery for the fast and simple recovery of corrupt, damaged and lost files.

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