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I had enough!!!Need to back up :(

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SertTurk

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Hi guys,
I am guessing my problem will sound stupid to most of you but I have to figure this out so please help me out.
Ok,I have never backed up my computer before.I never needed to.Every time I had a problem all I had to do was format and start over.But from now on I would like to keep everything in order and never want to lose any of my personal files,emails,some programs,settings and website favorites links,etc..
So I need to back up everything regularly.Even if I change computers or buy new equipment I would like to keep everything I had and be able to transfer them on the new machine.
I bought a Zip100 drive for this and also have a CD-writer.
I am using XP Pro.
So what I need from you experts is show me a way to do this backing up thing the right way with the equipment I have.I have a RAID setup with 4 hard drives.
1x40gig and 3x60gig hard drives.
Please show me the way to do this right!
Thanks🙂
 
Norton Ghost or Power Quest Drive Image. I use Ghost, but many like Drive Image also. Ghost can write directly to a CDRW depending on the model. I think Drive Image can also. Ghost uses PC-DOS, while Drive Image can perform the imaging while in Windows.


Also, depending on how you have your RAID setup you might already be backing up, in a way. IE RAID 0+1, or 1.
 
Yes ,I have 0+1 RAID but I don't know what you mean whe you say I am already backing up.So if I change computers and plug in my hard drives ,would that work?
What I really would like to know is ,let's say I just did a fresh install and started using my computer.I would like to do daily back ups and when one day something goes wrong and computer blows up.I should be able to set up the new computer as the way it was the day before with all my programs.settings and files.And the back up copy of my system have to be somewhere else other then the main hard drives I am using.
What would be the way to do this?I have ghost but I don't think I can copy the hard drive on a CD since the hard drive is 80Gb and CD only holds 700MB.
Do I have to get an external HD?
 
this thread will get real long real fast-everyone seems to have their favorite way. cdrw is too slow for me
I keep a promise ata100 controller installed- I plug in a IDE drive boot to dos and ghost an image -
shut down and unplug and remove drive to another location.
I have hardware diversity, (promise vs onbboard) media diversity (drives) and geographic diversity
sure you will hear many other approaches
had to redo 2 yrs of taxes b4 I learned that lesson
🙁
 
Daveaudio is right, everyone here preferrs different ways to back up. If you want daily back ups, get a tape back up drive and several tapes. Preform a full back up then just do daily incremental back ups using XPs back up software that is built in already. Make sure you rotate tapes and then store them offsite so a fire/flood/ etc. happens, your data is safe.

I think daily back ups are kinda a waste, but your situation is probably different then mine. Ghost and Drive image compress the data, so does a tape back up. I have 8 gigs of data on 6 CDs.

RAID 0+1 mirrors a hard drive so if 1 fails you can put a new 1 in and copy the data over and you are back up. Here is a good site for understanding RAID levels and what they do--->RAID Levels
 
You know how I back up?😉 I just copy my root user folder in XP. You know the folder with all your documents, pictures, and favorites are in. I don't copy my music folder, cuz its too big. I just put those files in a separate hard drive. And try not to screw that up. But just to be safe. I do archive all my Music files into 700mb CDRs, all dated to when I first started ripping my own songs. When a new batch of songs reach 700mbs, I archive again.

Oh about programs? I don't worry about that, I got the installtion disk. Not too hard to install again.

Good luck.
 
Thanks for the replies guys!
I think tape drive is the way to go.I am not very paitent.Can you store a copy of your hard drive on a tape?
I mean my HD is like 80GB,so are the tapes big enogh for that?
Also what is a good Tape Drive?And how much would it cost me?
 
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