Web Hosting : Windows Server 2008 Backups

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This web hosting thread started by scribble on 04 October 2008

I have 1 HDD with the windows installation files and php/mysql etc stored on the disc.

Due to power consumption I can only afford to have 2 HDD on the server (both 80GB).

All of the content is static (i.e php files that do not change) the SQL files are the ones I am looking to backup with new data each day.

Firstly is there an easy method in windows to back everything up? so that if there is a HDD failure on drive 1, I can insert a new HDD with a fresh copy of server 2008 and then “update” it with all the backup info?

If not is there a good way to backup SQL files? are the .MYI/.MYD etc files the actual structure of the db? (i.e if I back them up and then put them in MySQL folder will it work? (I have previously just been using mysql dump and using ftp to backup to another server)

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