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Originally posted by: tami
doe anyone use a backup program?

(i don't backup but i should... 680gb of mess needs to desperately be organized)
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I use Arcserve at home and also Second copy which is extremely easy to use.

 
Originally posted by: Kalvin00
I push the clutch all the way down, move the shifter into reverse, look in mirrors/over shoulder, proceed to back up.

Oh...um, I make occasional trueimage's, burn to DVD, and then burn all important files (videos, exe's, etc) onto separate DVDs.
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I put it in reverse, stick my head out the sun roof and scream as I back up blindly.
 
Domain Controller. Then I use DFS to throw everything to another computer so I always have two of everything. I'll probably have to take down one of the DCs though and move to using DVDs soon.
 
I used to back up to CD but had too many read problems on older CDs so now I use a separate HDD for important stuff and CDs for the unimportant stuff.
 
Originally posted by: tami
Originally posted by: nsafreak
680 gigabytes of data? Jeeez. I have some good guesses as to what's in those files too 😛
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1. i'm female.
2. i'm almost married. (in 5 weeks.)
3. i don't do porn.

think again!

(it's actually a lot of backed up harddrives when they were failing... i did a lot of copying over.. like i said, 680gb of mess... ugh i need to figure out how to find multiple directories and stuff among the various harddrives -- i have 6.)
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I use Clonespy. It finds duplicate files and deletes them. It's quick and works very well.
Odds are it won't delete your pron, either. 😉
 
I copy the stuff I want to backup to a different drive in my system. I am currently backing up my profiles for Firefox and Thunderbird and My Documents folder. I also have a few other misc program files that change on a daily basis. Those get backed up too.



Originally posted by: archcommus
...I also back up crucial .doc files and my MS Money file to a floppy.....
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You must be kidding right? Your trusting your most crucial files on a FLOPPY?!?!??
 
Originally posted by: mcvickj
I copy the stuff I want to backup to a different drive in my system. I am currently backing up my profiles for Firefox and Thunderbird and My Documents folder. I also have a few other misc program files that change on a daily basis. Those get backed up too.



Originally posted by: archcommus
...I also back up crucial .doc files and my MS Money file to a floppy.....
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You must be kidding right? Your trusting your most crucial files on a FLOPPY?!?!??
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Umm, yes. Why is that so hard to believe? That is not my only copy, everything is backed up to the HDD daily. That is a secondary copy. I would trust small files on a floppy more than on a CD.

I use ViceVersa Pro, it's great software for syncing one folder with another.

 
small files = copy to my seperate storage hd + email to my gmail account

large files = copy to seperate storage hd + DVD backup/CD backup/copy to other computer over LAN
 
Originally posted by: archcommus
I would trust small files on a floppy more than on a CD.
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Any particular reason why? I've had/seen way too many floppies fail to trust them anything other than a temporary boot disk.

 
I have 3 harddisks in my system. All are Seagate 160GB drives. One is my primary drive...I consider it 'expendable' in terms of resources as I do not save anything sensitive or important to it. The other two drives are in RAID1. I store things like MP3s, photos, documents, school stuff, etc to that array. If one drive dies, then I still have a second copy. It's on-the-fly backup as both drives write the data anytime I write to the 'single drive' in Windows.

I just don't trust floppies, DVDs, and other optical/magnetic for long-term backups. One drop of an optical disc and it could render it unretrievable. A floppy or zip...well...a floppy isn't so great as far as integrity goes. ZIPs are alright as long as you store them somewhere very safe and out of the way of any magnetic fields.
 
I don't backup anything unless I know I have to delete it. Really important stuff (documents) to me exist online and in hardcopy anyway.
 
Originally posted by: lnguyen
Originally posted by: archcommus
I would trust small files on a floppy more than on a CD.
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Any particular reason why? I've had/seen way too many floppies fail to trust them anything other than a temporary boot disk.
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I've never had a floppy fail on me and I used them for YEARS before I owned a CD burner. CDs and DVDs are what I really don't trust, have had too many issues with them.

But the external HDD is really the ulimate solution. It allows for very quick transfers with USB2 and it's very easy to get rid of stuff you don't want anymore (esp. with sync software). I think an external one is even better than an internal RAID array because anything actually HOOKED UP to your computer is susceptible to damage if a surge or something else ever occurs. I like my backups to be hooked up to nothing except when I'm actually transferring.

 
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