jaylach wrote:
While I have done it, and it is obviously MUCH faster, I don't really like the idea of doing images to an internal drive. While I have never (knock on wood) had an infection more serious than a PUP there are other factors to consider. One such consideration would be a power surge.
Jay you raise some good points that people "should" consider but don't often do.
All my main images are to internal drives, but monthly I do a set to external USB drives.
As to power surges, both my desktops are on UPS systems that supply pure sine wave power. My external drives also plug into them. I have two types of USB drives. 1) Those that are permanently plugged in, and they all of on off switches. The others are powered by plugging them in, which I only do when using.
As to infections, also covered. All my browers are run under Sandboxie, which blocks access to My Documents and my other internal drives.
I also run Appguard, which prevents all guarded applications(browers,pdf applications, office applications) from writing to the system area, and when selected also block the other internal drives. So worries about internal drives is minimal to non existent.
