IFD/IFL File Compression

[mjnelson99]

On 9/17/2012 1:43 PM, Bob Coleman wrote:
> DrTeeth wrote:
>> On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:21:17 PDT, just as I was about to take a herb,
>> jack450 disturbed my reverie and wrote:
>>
>>> At any moment, a Windows system file or a device driver can become corrupt
>> making for undesirable computer behavior at best or making the computer
>> unuseable at worst.
>> ....which you could have backed up using IfD or IfL. NO OS is 110%
>> corruption-free, but that is no reason, IMHO natch, to avoid a backup
>> program that runs on it. You USB drive or CD containing IfD or IfL may
>> become corrupt. The logical conclusion of your argument is never to
>> back up as no OS can be 100% reliable - it is like not eating as there
>> is a chance that you will choke to death.
>> --
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> DrT
>> ______________________________
>> We may not be able to prevent the stormy times in
>> our lives; but we can always choose whether or not
>> to dance in the puddles (Jewish proverb).
>
> I think the original point, or maybe just my biased interpretation of the original point, is unease with a backup program that's backing up something that's active and therefore potentially changing during the backup. I'm also, perhaps unjustifiably, somewhat uncomfortable with this.
>
> Bob,
I understand your unease. It took me several years to start
using IFW almost exclusively.

The time I did have a bit of a problem restoring it was when
using IFL from a bootable disk and not IFW.
Mary