Backup System

[DukeChestnut]

i have like 2 folders that is filled with alot of word and wordperfect docs. the thing is i need to back those up everyday. wut medium wood u guys use? and could u be kinda specific? thanx

 

[cholley]

cd-r or rw cheap and easy

 

[DukeChestnut]

actually i wanted an automatic system. something i could set & forget.

 

[btvillarin]

Set it and forget it, huh? Here's an idea I've just thought up (read the whole thing before actually doing this):

Buy Drive Image 5.0
Create a partition that's 1400MB (you'll see why).
Read about this program, then install it (Karen Kenworthy's Replicator)
Set up a QuickImage schedule for the partition you've created. In advanced options, choose high compression so that half of 1400MB is 700MB (the size of high capacity CDRs). If you want to be safe and make sure that this doesn't go over 700MB, create a smaller partition.
Set up a schedule for Replicator to copy whatever files you need to the partition you've just created.

Now, make sure you have a blank 700MB CD inside your CD writer before the schedule runs. Tell me what you think...

 

[WarCon]

If your only talking about adding a few hundred kb a day then you should just format a few CDRW's for packet writing (In-CD or DirectCD) and use a free file backup/copy utility from a batch file. Something like xxcopy (not the same as xcopy). Its freeware and a command like c:\xxcopy c:\mydocu~1\*.* g(cdrw drive letter):\mybackup\mydocu~1 /BU (kinda standard backup command) and put it in a batch file and call the batch file with task scheduler. This will take a while to fill one CDRW and your docs will be backed up however often you set task scheduler to do it.

Link to xxcopy

You could also use backup (windows tool) to do it. Not sure how castrated it really is though. I don't use it though.

One of my clients has used his CDburner twice to make music CD's and all the rest of the time he has a formatted CDRW in that is set as the place he backs up his Quickbooks too. Its really all its for and wasn't all that expensive as a data-loss prevention tool.