Cyclone   10 #1 Posted May 25, 2016 This message is repeated so often, and so often ignored.  There's a thread in the computer section right now, laptop HDD is dead, irreplaceable photos on it...  So, if you have anything important, take a copy. On another computer, on an external drive, on a blueray, or just in the cloud on a free dropbox account. But don't put it off. Hard disks die, and they do it with little warning.  So TAKE A BACKUP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mr Miyagi   10 #2 Posted May 25, 2016 This message is repeated so often, and so often ignored. There's a thread in the computer section right now, laptop HDD is dead, irreplaceable photos on it...  So, if you have anything important, take a copy. On another computer, on an external drive, on a blueray, or just in the cloud on a free dropbox account. But don't put it off. Hard disks die, and they do it with little warning.  So TAKE A BACKUP.  I make backups often. Ive never taken one anywhere though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #3 Posted May 26, 2016 A joke I assume, but you should try taking one somewhere... What if your house burns down and you haven't taken one somewhere? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
runningman1 Â Â 12 #4 Posted May 26, 2016 I fear he was pointing out your poor grasp of the English language cyclone Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
rudds1   102 #5 Posted May 26, 2016 This message is repeated so often, and so often ignored. There's a thread in the computer section right now, laptop HDD is dead, irreplaceable photos on it...  So, if you have anything important, take a copy. On another computer, on an external drive, on a blueray, or just in the cloud on a free dropbox account. But don't put it off. Hard disks die, and they do it with little warning.  So TAKE A BACKUP.  I put My stuff on 2separate usb sticks and a external hard drive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Berberis   10 #6 Posted May 26, 2016 This message is repeated so often, and so often ignored. There's a thread in the computer section right now, laptop HDD is dead, irreplaceable photos on it...  So, if you have anything important, take a copy. On another computer, on an external drive, on a blueray, or just in the cloud on a free dropbox account. But don't put it off. Hard disks die, and they do it with little warning.  So TAKE A BACKUP.  I would advise people subscribe to an online backup service that takes away the need to perform backups yourself.  I pay for a iCloud: 200 GB Storage Plan that costs me £2.49 a month. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Obelix   11 #7 Posted May 26, 2016 I fear he was pointing out your poor grasp of the English language cyclone  Then he failed... there was nothing wrong with the exhortation to take a backup.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alchresearch   206 #8 Posted May 26, 2016 Belt and braces - do cloud storage and have a traditional backup to a USB hard drive or stick - preferably stored at someone else's house, just offsite away from your existing setup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Obelix   11 #9 Posted May 26, 2016 Belt and braces - do cloud storage and have a traditional backup to a USB hard drive or stick - preferably stored at someone else's house, just offsite away from your existing setup.  Three copy rule for me - working copies, backup at home, and a backup offsite at the office. They get rotated every week, more frequently if a lot of work gets done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
L00b   441 #10 Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) Wise words, and I'll add my tuppence: save your work-in-progress frequently, either with setting up a short autosave interval, or with ad hoc manual Crtl S.  Brownouts and outright power outages happen with no warning, and if you're working on a desktop without a UPC-like battery back-up, it can cost you.  Backup-wise, I follow Obelix' 3 rule (dual-HDD PC with mirroring drives, NAS (RAID'd), portable solid state USB drive), plus optical backups stored at M-I-L for the non-editable stuff (photos mostly). Edited May 26, 2016 by L00b Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #11 Posted May 26, 2016 I fear he was pointing out your poor grasp of the English language cyclone  And I used that to make a point, did you miss it?  ---------- Post added 26-05-2016 at 09:59 ----------  I would advise people subscribe to an online backup service that takes away the need to perform backups yourself.  I pay for a iCloud: 200 GB Storage Plan that costs me £2.49 a month.  Do you have this configured for immediate replication when you change a file, or do you still schedule a backup to it?  ---------- Post added 26-05-2016 at 10:01 ----------  Belt and braces - do cloud storage and have a traditional backup to a USB hard drive or stick - preferably stored at someone else's house, just offsite away from your existing setup.  USB sticks are not actually ideal, they have a limited lifespan whereafter the data may start to corrupt unless it's rewritten. A real disk or SSD is better.  And don't confuse real time replication (ie dropbox) with backup. Although they have a large overlap, there are differences. A weekly backup will allow you to get back the version of the file from last week, dropbox won't do that (although cloud services that keep version history do exist). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
milquetoast1   10 #12 Posted May 26, 2016 Insert floppy disk  Copy c:\*.* to a:\  Easy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...