Eben King <e...@gmx.us> writes: > Normally I hibernate, and while it's hibernated, boot off a thumb drive > and back up (either by partition or the whole drive) to a dedicated > drive. The idea is if my main drive takes a dump, I could replace it > with the backup drive, boot, and be on my merry way. After the backup > has completed, I resume and it's right where I left off.
So you actually back up the hibernated / partition? Is that really a sound backup strategy? Seems risky to me but if it works I guess it's fine.
