I am working from PC,windows 2000 pro,Gerber omega 156. Would like info. on how to save or back up jobs on disk or whatever? My comp. is a Dell precision 330,with a built in CD burner. I am worried something could go bad w/ my comp. & all past jobs be lost.
Thank You...
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
I bought a 160 GB external drive yesterday just for that purpose. It uses USB or USB 2 and set me back $150.
Posted by Jerry VanHorn (Member # 4704) on :
I back up on an external USB harddrive. You can get a 300 gig HD for less than $150
Posted by John Milleker (Member # 4572) on :
Kent,
What are the normal sizes of your jobs? You mentioned a CD Burner, will your jobs fit on CD? Perhaps you can look into a DVD Burner. They are really cheap nowadays and the media is about $1-$2US a piece. Thats 4.3gb of storage space. Cheap enough to devote a DVD to each job. The burners come in internal and external USB1&2 and Firewire.
Beyond that, tape is still an alternative although slow, but storage space is greatly increased.
Important stuff I always make two copies of. One for my local storage and one to put away in a cool, dry place. In your situation you may find the need to store your second copy offsite.
quote:Originally posted by kent moss: Would like info. on how to save or back up jobs on disk or whatever? My comp. is a Dell precision 330,with a built in CD burner.
Posted by David Fisher (Member # 107) on :
Don't trust magnetic media - hard drives, floppy disks, flash drives, tape... Optical media (CD or DVD) is easily the most secure option. Assuming you have the software loaded for your burner IE: Nero/Adaptec etc, you simply put in a rewritable CD, fire up the software, add the directory that contains your job files, click on the burn button and remove the disk when completed. Then you can save the job as a template and use the template to re-backup to the same disk at a later date. Don't forget any other critical info that might be on the computer such as desktop folders, Outlook Express Identities/email, Outlook .pst files, My Docs, .wab (windows address book) file/s, bookkeeping data file/s... For the money a DVDRW is cheap insurance. HTH, David
Posted by Barry Jenicek (Member # 2281) on :
I use CD's and a Zip Drive. If you watch the sales at Best Buy, etc, you will be able to obtain CD's FREE...after a mail in rebate.
