Accessible image backup and restore program?

[Kirk Reiser]

I can't answer your question about recovery images for Windows, but
grml is a good general purpose rescue image. It will handle either
software synths such as espeakup which is part of the system or serial
synths.

Check it out at www.grml.org.

On Sun, 26 May 2013, Jayson Smith wrote:

> A bit off-topic here, but somewhat related to Linux.
>
> For several years, I've been using Image for Windows/Linux as my Windows 
> backup/restore solution. I liked it because, in case of total boot drive 
> failure where the system was completely unbootable, I could boot up Image for 
> Linux which includes Speakup, use my DECtalk Express, and restore. Now, 
> though, I've upgraded to Windows 7, and my computer has exactly zero serial 
> ports. So I can't use my old boot CD any more, unless it would work with a 
> USB to serial convertor.
>
> What do you recommend for a bootable, accessible backup and restore solution? 
> Does whatever you recommend use software speech? I don't assume anyone's come 
> up with an accessible bootable Windows CD? Does such a bootable CD work with 
> USB sound devices? Also, in all our computers, there's an internal sound card 
> we're not actively using in Windows. Would any Linux CD try to use that 
> first?
> Thanks for any thoughts!
> Jayson
>
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