computer back-up. nklr

[Jim Hyman]

Dual hard drive setup: quick & easy to use BUT ... Your backups are susceptible to a virus attack. You might accidently work on a backup copy instead of the original. There is no substitute to offsite storage of backups in case of fire, theft, etc. Other soulutions might include a dedicated 2nd "backup" computer, setup on a home network or using 1 gig removable media. My ideal setup would include mirrored hard drives AND removable media for local & offsite backups. Being a computer programmer forces you to always be on the lookout for things that can go wrong, especially the things that couldn't possibly ever happen (but occasionally do). Professor A9 Federal Way, Wa. [USA] --------------------------------------- --- "Walter Lesnowich" wrote:

> The duel hard drive method is the best approach. You can make > a fully functional 'mirror copy' clone from one to the other with > the proper instruction or software. If you set them up in > removable drawers making them both masters on separate channels > and mirror your working drive (C:) regularly then if and when you > have an unrecoverable crash it is as simple as reversing the drives > within the bays and you are back up and running. Just perform the > 'mirror' again at this time. If the drive itself is bad you will > need to replace it. >

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> > Are the ZIP drives not too small these days? I thought the ZIP > > disks were limited to somewhere in the neighborhood of 250 MB... > > which wouldn't be enough room for me. I'm thinking of just > > getting a second hard-drive to use for strictly back-up. They're > > getting pretty inexpensive these days... > > > > Arne - still searching...