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On a related but different tangent to Felix's post RE: UPS... Today I had to tell a customer that his hard drive had failed and that he had lost everthing prior to the backup I did for him about 3 months ago. Lucky circumstances for him but it would still suck to lose 3 months worth of work huh? Not to mention your financial files and email etc. What if your hard drive failed in the next few minutes? Don't scoff, it can happen no matter how old your drive is. Do you have a backup system that would get you out of the proverbial? In the perfect world you would have a backup system that covers: a)UPS, doesn't save you from everything but its a good start. b) Second hard drive mirroring of the working drive. Approximate hardware cost $150.00AUD which covers catastrophic failure of the working drive. Software cost between $0-$250.00+AUD c)Daily backup to external media, CD would be easiest. Approx hardware cost $80.00AUD software included
Lets face it, the only important stuff on your computer is the stuff you created. If your computer craps out its a damn sight easier to copy it back than to reproduce it from scratch. There are other options such as ghosting your drive/s, this is a VERY worthwhile option, look it up or contact your local guru as to the in's & outs. Just BACK-UP NOW. David
With todays hardware prices you should at the very least have a backup system that backs up your customer files and email/address book
-------------------- David Fisher D.A. & P.M. Fisher Services Brisbane Australia da_pmf@yahoo.com Trying out a new tag: "Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth Peter Ustinov Posts: 1450 | From: Brisbane Queensland Australia | Registered: Nov 1998
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The best backup I have other than a CD burner, is a spare computer. Whenever I have upgraded since the first WIN95, I found it made more sense just to bite the bullit for a new 'puter, and keep the old one for back-up. I now have 5 'puters, all networked, two of which have all my files "copied" from #1. If #1 goes down, NO PROBLEMO! I can slide over to #2 or 3 and keep printing, cutting, etc.
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We back-up daily, plus we do a full back-up weekly and take the disks (2 sets) off site in case of a catastrophic occurance. A competitor near the World Trade Center learned the hard way about not taking a set of disks off-site. I think we are setting up an offsite back-up plan, but considering the amount of files we produce daily, that might be hard. At the end of a job we burn 2 sets of CDs or DVDs of the project, one set is always at the bosses house. Back-up is worth the investment no matter how small you are.
-------------------- Rick Chavez Hemet, CA Posts: 1540 | From: Hemet,CA U.S.A. | Registered: Jun 2001
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Great off site back up system is a FTP. Schedule it to run at off peak times every day.
FTP it to another machine possibly at home... or something. FTP clent programs can be scheduled to run at a certain time, check files for accuracy etc. Very easy with cable and dsl type accesses. all u have to back up is your data fiels. and the few config files and the registry. Only takes a few minutes if u set it to back up the added or changeded files.
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