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Best way to backup? | compact flash cards

Gillian Scheibelein — Tue, 22 Apr 2003 14:03:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: Gillian Scheibelein
Post title: compact flash cards

Compact flash cards are another possibility, they are similar to a pen drive. However, they need a card reader - either a PMCIA or a USB reader, both fairly inexpensive. In Germany, many new computers are being delivered with card readers instead of the old 3 1/2\" disk drive (A. Cards, like pens, come in different capacities. I spotted an advertisement for an up-and-coming CF card with 4 GB capacity the other day. I use 2 cards with 128 MB and alternate between the two. Daily back-ups go onto the card and every 10 days or so I back up everything onto a CD-RW (2 in alternation). Once every 3 months or so the whole lot goes onto a CD-R.

I find CF cards very useful for transferring data quickly between my desktop and my laptop instead of using the network connection. Another advantage of the CF card is that it can be used in my digital camera as well.

Best way to backup? | and CD-RW

DGK T-I — Fri, 04 Apr 2003 15:52:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: DGK T-I
Post title: and CD-RW

Adding to all the excellent methods already suggested, a CD-RW (re-writer) with \"click and move\" software coming with it, is convenient - files can be moved or copied to the rewritable CD just like another drive (with \"send to\" or by moving or copying in \"my computer\" or clicking on the icon)and updated, exported, or removed as necessary.

(Although not quite as small as a key ring

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Best way to backup? | Pen drives and else.

sylver — Fri, 04 Apr 2003 09:48:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: sylver
Post title: Pen drives and else.

Quote:

On 2003-04-02 07:53, smalich wrote:

How about just getting a pen drive and regularly putting your backups on that? They have from 16 MB to 1 GB of memory. More than that you don\'t need. Besides, you can get one these days from 49-69 euro and you don\'t have to install anything, just plug it in your USB port and transfer your data. Should there be a hard disk crash or virus attack, just take it to the next computer and plug it in.

Pen drive is small, but a great tool. It\'s great with small amount of data, like a couple current working files, a TM, a glossary, basic stuff you need, but it does not replace the need for regular complete back up, including all email communications (one of the most valuable things you have, IMO)

Actually, backing up work files doesn\'t require any special program, just a CD burner or a zip drive installed. You know the files concerned, it\'s just a matter of saving and \"burning\" your work at regular intervals.

Actually, it\'s probably better to save past translations (original and translation) on 1 or 2 CDs, have a separate CD with your terminology (TM, glos,...) and an other CD for contacts, emails, general admin,...

As for the system files, well, usually, if the computer crash, it\'s way better to make a fully clean new install (assuming you got your programs on CD).

Best way to backup? | Thanks

Joanne Parker — Thu, 03 Apr 2003 08:49:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: Joanne Parker
Post title: Thanks

thanks everyone for all your tips. I\'m now the proud owner of a 256 MB memory key, which is doing the job just fine.

For those of you who didn\'t know what these are (and this included me at the start of the week), it\'s a portable drive the size of a keyring. You just plug it into a USB port and you have a new drive on your PC where you can backup all your files. If your PC ever fails, you can just take the memory key (aka stick/pen etc) out of the PC and plug it into a new one.

Thanks again from a very relieved

Joanne

Best way to backup? | Thanks Sylvie

Daina Jauntirans — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 13:04:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: Daina Jauntirans
Post title: Thanks Sylvie

that sounds very practical. Alison, I also have a laptop that is up-to-date enough to function as a substitute desktop, so if anything goes, I can start up again immediately. Not very light, unfortunately!

Incidentally, speaking of redundant systems, another thing I have found useful is to have a dial-up connection set up on the laptop to back up my cable modem. The cable company reorganized a while back and was notoriously unreliable for a while. This way I have 2 e-mail addresses through 2 different connections, and both can be accessed through the Web.

Best way to backup? | Additional hard drives

Uldis Liepkalns — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 13:01:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: Uldis Liepkalns
Post title: Additional hard drives

Quote:

Os it hard to install additional hard drives? Sounds like that would be a good solution for me.

I use removable 20 Gb hard drive which is placed in the free slot between CD writer and reader. (I do not actually remove it every time, it can be turned on and off with a key- but you do it ONLY when computer is shut down). That means you have to restart computer before and after the backup.

Why removable- I have had nasty experience with backuping all on the second stationary hard disk, and when the FAT (file allocation table- file where disc content is listed, something like a library catalogue) went, it did so on BOTH hard discs simultaneously. The data was still there, but Windows didn\'t see it. It was restored manually via Linux, but it was no cheap venture, therefore I now turn the second disc on only during backup. I also make daily backups on CDRW, and so feel pretty safe.

But the idea of backup on USB pen drive also seems not bad- if you have to backup not so much data. And it, probably, is the best solution for laptops.

[addsig]

Best way to backup? | Pen drive

sylvie malich (X) — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 07:53:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: sylvie malich (X)
Post title: Pen drive

How about just getting a pen drive and regularly putting your backups on that? They have from 16 MB to 1 GB of memory. More than that you don\'t need. Besides, you can get one these days from 49-69 euro and you don\'t have to install anything, just plug it in your USB port and transfer your data. Should there be a hard disk crash or virus attack, just take it to the next computer and plug it in.

Best way to backup? | My solution....

Alison Schwitzgebel — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 07:36:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: Alison Schwitzgebel
Post title: My solution....

I have three computers in a small ethernet network. I do EVERYTHING with Trados (I put the lot into one big memory and always use the project and filter settings to tell jobs apart), so I regularly export my Trados memory from my desktop (standard computer) to my laptop, together with all my admin and terminology files.

Alison

Best way to backup? | Great ideas

Daina Jauntirans — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 04:19:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: Daina Jauntirans
Post title: Great ideas

These sound like great ideas. However, I am not an advanced computer user. I would say I\'m intermediate - I know how to use applications, but operating system details and hardware are a mystery to me. Is it hard to install additional hard drives? Sounds like that would be a good solution for me.

Best way to backup? | Hard Drives, Backups & Norton Ghost

Boyan Kostadinov — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 03:45:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: Boyan Kostadinov
Post title: Hard Drives, Backups & Norton Ghost

Ghost can be used to completely restore your install but I don\'t recommend it for your purposes. Because of different hardware and other issues (such as the image Ghost would make of all your data will be too big to store anywhere) Ghost is best used for preserving a complete install of your operating system and all applications installed so next time you want to reinstall Windows you don\'t have to start from scratch but can just use the Ghost image (and it only takes 10 minutes to be back up and running with a fresh install of Windows)

If you like to save your files from a crashed motherboard, you can simply take the Hard Disk out and connect to the motherboard in your second PC. Backup on a daily basis won\'t hurt you but it\'s not really needed.

On somewhat related note, as a general rule, you want to keep your operating system files and your data (personal files) on separate Hard Disks or separate partitions of the Hard Disk.

Having beeing dealing with hardware for a few years now here is what I do so I don\'t loose data:

- Burn what\'s really important

- Keep multiple copies on different Hard Drives

Best way to backup? | email for backup

Wayne Sutton (X) — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 21:32:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: Wayne Sutton (X)
Post title: email for backup

If the files are not too long I generally send the file I\'m working from my laptop to my desktop by email at the end of each day. I have dedicated email addresses for this (laptop@etc and desktop@etc) but you can do it with just one address with a bit of care. i.e.

Use only the \"send\" message facility when you log on otherwise the machine you are sending from may try to download the message before you have a chance to get to the other machine.You can also setup the sending machine mail package to leave messages on the server, that way any mail you download can still be downloaded by the other machine next time you logon.

Best way to backup? | Powerquest

Williamson — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 21:20:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: Williamson
Post title: Powerquest

With Powerquest diskcopy you can make a clone of your hard-disk. Best to have one aside, so that when the HD crashes, you can quickly open up your pc and replace the HD with the clone. Otherwise tapes might be the solution (higher storage capacity).

Some basic knowledge of how a pc is built might come handy for everybody using that tool. It is a useful tool, but it does not last forever.

Best way to backup? | With Ntbackup...

gamingman (X) — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 20:01:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: gamingman (X)
Post title: With Ntbackup...

... you can backup your data either to a file, or to a tape device.

I do backup to file on one of several hard disks in my computer. It\'s fast, provides adequate protection against system failure, and you don\'t have to burn CD-s, although periodically it is desirable.

Quote:

On 2003-04-01 13:06, Daina wrote:

Quote:

If you use Windows 2000, or higher, you can make use of the built-in Ntbackup utility, which I use for daily backups, running them as scheduled tasks, when I\'m in bed.

How do you do this? I tried to run the built-in backup program on my machine running Win 2000 Pro and it would not let me back up to a CD. A check of the Microsoft knowledgebase confirmed that this does not work with my configuration. I have probably hundreds of MB of files, so burning a CD is the only feasible method to make backups; however, this is cumbersome on a daily basis.

Best way to backup? | I use a zip drive

Mónica Machado — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 15:36:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: Mónica Machado
Post title: I use a zip drive

Hello,

I know this might be an old fashioned process but so far I can\'t really complain.

I make a copy of the document I am currently working everyday before shuting down the machine.

If I have another machine ready to work with all programs there up and running and my main computer has a nervous breakdown I can simply connect the zip drive to the other computer and download my file onto that machine. Since I backup everyday (and keep uncleaned files on a zip disk too) I very rarely have any trouble for real...

Well, I got this system two years ago when I had 2 virus in 3 days and almost lost my mind all together

Now I am so much used to to that daily back up of current document that it is part of my routine.

You can also do it on a CD but it seems a zip disk is best for that daily process.

Well, if you have any different opinion, do share it.

Best regards,

Mnica

Best way to backup? | Backup under Windows 2000 Pro?

Daina Jauntirans — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 13:06:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: Daina Jauntirans
Post title: Backup under Windows 2000 Pro?

Quote:

If you use Windows 2000, or higher, you can make use of the built-in Ntbackup utility, which I use for daily backups, running them as scheduled tasks, when I\'m in bed.

How do you do this? I tried to run the built-in backup program on my machine running Win 2000 Pro and it would not let me back up to a CD. A check of the Microsoft knowledgebase confirmed that this does not work with my configuration. I have probably hundreds of MB of files, so burning a CD is the only feasible method to make backups; however, this is cumbersome on a daily basis.

Best way to backup? | What about for a Mac?

Sheila Hardie — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 13:05:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: Sheila Hardie
Post title: What about for a Mac?

Funnily enough, I was just going to ask about backup systems today - my laptop (a Mac PowerBook G4) was making weird noises yesterday and I am a bit concerned

What would the best and easiest way to backup a Mac - unfortunately, I haven\'t got another computer, so I can\'t transfer it to another machine very easily.

I\'d greatly appreciate any advice on this.

I hope you manage to retrieve any information you lost, Joanne

Sheila

Best way to backup? | Joanne,

Andrzej Lejman — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 12:57:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: Andrzej Lejman
Post title: Joanne,

a motherboard is only one part in a computer - it can be replaced. Since it isn\'t very old, there should be no problem to find a proper type for your CPU and main memory. You don\'t need to abandon other parts because of the motherboard.

Good luck!

Andrzej

Best way to backup? | Deinstall Hard Disk

Carsten Behrend — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 12:50:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: Carsten Behrend
Post title: Deinstall Hard Disk

Hallo Joanne!

Why don\'t you just deinstall (remove) the hard disk drive from the computer that crashed? Or am I getting you somehow wrong?

Take the deinstalled drive and insert it into the machine which is working properly. It requires some fine feeling when connecting power and board connectors. But it is feasible. Give it a try!

Carsten

Best way to backup? | With Ghost...

gamingman (X) — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 12:39:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: gamingman (X)
Post title: With Ghost...

...you cannot make a complete system restore on a different machine (unless you have the very same configuration) due to different hardware components.

Anyway, if you pull out your HDD (hard drive, and put it in the new one, plus install Ghost on the new one, as well, you will be able to make partial recovery (from under Windows!), I mean, you can select what files to restore.

If you use Windows 2000, or higher, you can make use of the built-in Ntbackup utility, which I use for daily backups, running them as scheduled tasks, when I\'m in bed.

Quote:

On 2003-04-01 12:30, parker wrote:

Hello,

Yesterday my motherboard died. One minute it was there and working, the next minute it was dead. I took it to the PC clinic and they told me there was nothing they could do with it - it was only a year and a half old.

Fortunately, it wasn\'t my usual PC that I use on a daily basis, so I can still work and I still have all my data on this PC. But I\'m now VERY aware of the need to backup on a daily basis.

I\'ve checked the Forum entries here and see that Jerzy recommends Norton Ghost. But this seems to be for using the same PC only. What happens if the motherboard on this machine goes and I need to access my data from a different machine, running a different operating system?

Any help you can give me would be gratefully received. But go easy on me - I\'m still in shock after the death of my old PC!

Thanks,

Joanne

Best way to backup?

Joanne Parker — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 12:30:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Best way to backup?
Poster: Joanne Parker

Hello,

Yesterday my motherboard died. One minute it was there and working, the next minute it was dead. I took it to the PC clinic and they told me there was nothing they could do with it - it was only a year and a half old.

Fortunately, it wasn\'t my usual PC that I use on a daily basis, so I can still work and I still have all my data on this PC. But I\'m now VERY aware of the need to backup on a daily basis.

I\'ve checked the Forum entries here and see that Jerzy recommends Norton Ghost. But this seems to be for using the same PC only. What happens if the motherboard on this machine goes and I need to access my data from a different machine, running a different operating system?

Any help you can give me would be gratefully received. But go easy on me - I\'m still in shock after the death of my old PC!

Thanks,

Joanne