OT: what do you folks use to prevent losing your docs/pictures/videos on your computer?

[Coronita]

[quote=doofrat]Whatever you decide is best, remember to always have a copy off site! [/quote]

Thanks. I’m keeping 5 copies of my data right now.

1 at home,
1 at work,
1 at my relative’s home.
1, I will be sending to my inlaws in china when they go back
… and 1 that will be in a TBD home in Canada if I ever purchase a home there. 🙂

[stockstradr]

A lot of people back up to an extra hard drive, sitting inside or next to their home computers.

Then they think they are safe.

I have a friend whose home was burgled. They took all his home computers and backup drives. I have another friend whose home burned down while they were on vacation.

Both families lost EVERY digital image they had ever taken. We are talking tens of thousands of treasured family photos.

SOLUTION: buy TWO compact portable hard drives. Back up your important files on one then store it in a safety deposit box. Then use the second drive to do your next scheduled backup and in this way exchanging the newest backed up drive with the one in the safety deposit box. This way you don’t have to take two trips to the bank on each backup.

OR you can use web back up, if you trust some web site to handle your confidential data (I don’t)

[stockstradr]

A lot of people back up to an extra hard drive, sitting inside or next to their home computers.

Then they think they are safe.

I have a friend whose home was burgled. They took all his home computers and backup drives. I have another friend whose home burned down while they were on vacation.

Both families lost EVERY digital image they had ever taken. We are talking tens of thousands of treasured family photos.

SOLUTION: buy TWO compact portable hard drives. Back up your important files on one then store it in a safety deposit box. Then use the second drive to do your next scheduled backup and in this way exchanging the newest backed up drive with the one in the safety deposit box. This way you don’t have to take two trips to the bank on each backup.

OR you can use web back up, if you trust some web site to handle your confidential data (I don’t)

[stockstradr]

A lot of people back up to an extra hard drive, sitting inside or next to their home computers.

Then they think they are safe.

I have a friend whose home was burgled. They took all his home computers and backup drives. I have another friend whose home burned down while they were on vacation.

Both families lost EVERY digital image they had ever taken. We are talking tens of thousands of treasured family photos.

SOLUTION: buy TWO compact portable hard drives. Back up your important files on one then store it in a safety deposit box. Then use the second drive to do your next scheduled backup and in this way exchanging the newest backed up drive with the one in the safety deposit box. This way you don’t have to take two trips to the bank on each backup.

OR you can use web back up, if you trust some web site to handle your confidential data (I don’t)

[stockstradr]

A lot of people back up to an extra hard drive, sitting inside or next to their home computers.

Then they think they are safe.

I have a friend whose home was burgled. They took all his home computers and backup drives. I have another friend whose home burned down while they were on vacation.

Both families lost EVERY digital image they had ever taken. We are talking tens of thousands of treasured family photos.

SOLUTION: buy TWO compact portable hard drives. Back up your important files on one then store it in a safety deposit box. Then use the second drive to do your next scheduled backup and in this way exchanging the newest backed up drive with the one in the safety deposit box. This way you don’t have to take two trips to the bank on each backup.

OR you can use web back up, if you trust some web site to handle your confidential data (I don’t)

[stockstradr]

A lot of people back up to an extra hard drive, sitting inside or next to their home computers.

Then they think they are safe.

I have a friend whose home was burgled. They took all his home computers and backup drives. I have another friend whose home burned down while they were on vacation.

Both families lost EVERY digital image they had ever taken. We are talking tens of thousands of treasured family photos.

SOLUTION: buy TWO compact portable hard drives. Back up your important files on one then store it in a safety deposit box. Then use the second drive to do your next scheduled backup and in this way exchanging the newest backed up drive with the one in the safety deposit box. This way you don’t have to take two trips to the bank on each backup.

OR you can use web back up, if you trust some web site to handle your confidential data (I don’t)

[Coronita]

[quote=stockstradr]A lot of people back up to an extra hard drive, sitting inside or next to their home computers.

Then they think they are safe.

I have a friend whose home was burgled. They took all his home computers and backup drives. I have another friend whose home burned down while they were on vacation.

Both families lost EVERY digital image they had ever taken. We are talking tens of thousands of treasured family photos.

SOLUTION: buy TWO compact portable hard drives. Back up your important files on one then store it in a safety deposit box. Then use the second drive to do your next scheduled backup and in this way exchanging the newest backed up drive with the one in the safety deposit box. This way you don’t have to take two trips to the bank on each backup.

OR you can use web back up, if you trust some web site to handle your confidential data (I don’t)[/quote]

OT: Where are your trip pictures? I was trying to find you on the streets in China, but couldn’t, too many people 🙂

[Coronita]

[quote=stockstradr]A lot of people back up to an extra hard drive, sitting inside or next to their home computers.

Then they think they are safe.

I have a friend whose home was burgled. They took all his home computers and backup drives. I have another friend whose home burned down while they were on vacation.

Both families lost EVERY digital image they had ever taken. We are talking tens of thousands of treasured family photos.

SOLUTION: buy TWO compact portable hard drives. Back up your important files on one then store it in a safety deposit box. Then use the second drive to do your next scheduled backup and in this way exchanging the newest backed up drive with the one in the safety deposit box. This way you don’t have to take two trips to the bank on each backup.

OR you can use web back up, if you trust some web site to handle your confidential data (I don’t)[/quote]

OT: Where are your trip pictures? I was trying to find you on the streets in China, but couldn’t, too many people 🙂

[Coronita]

[quote=stockstradr]A lot of people back up to an extra hard drive, sitting inside or next to their home computers.

Then they think they are safe.

I have a friend whose home was burgled. They took all his home computers and backup drives. I have another friend whose home burned down while they were on vacation.

Both families lost EVERY digital image they had ever taken. We are talking tens of thousands of treasured family photos.

SOLUTION: buy TWO compact portable hard drives. Back up your important files on one then store it in a safety deposit box. Then use the second drive to do your next scheduled backup and in this way exchanging the newest backed up drive with the one in the safety deposit box. This way you don’t have to take two trips to the bank on each backup.

OR you can use web back up, if you trust some web site to handle your confidential data (I don’t)[/quote]

OT: Where are your trip pictures? I was trying to find you on the streets in China, but couldn’t, too many people 🙂

[Coronita]

[quote=stockstradr]A lot of people back up to an extra hard drive, sitting inside or next to their home computers.

Then they think they are safe.

I have a friend whose home was burgled. They took all his home computers and backup drives. I have another friend whose home burned down while they were on vacation.

Both families lost EVERY digital image they had ever taken. We are talking tens of thousands of treasured family photos.

SOLUTION: buy TWO compact portable hard drives. Back up your important files on one then store it in a safety deposit box. Then use the second drive to do your next scheduled backup and in this way exchanging the newest backed up drive with the one in the safety deposit box. This way you don’t have to take two trips to the bank on each backup.

OR you can use web back up, if you trust some web site to handle your confidential data (I don’t)[/quote]

OT: Where are your trip pictures? I was trying to find you on the streets in China, but couldn’t, too many people 🙂

[Coronita]

[quote=stockstradr]A lot of people back up to an extra hard drive, sitting inside or next to their home computers.

Then they think they are safe.

I have a friend whose home was burgled. They took all his home computers and backup drives. I have another friend whose home burned down while they were on vacation.

Both families lost EVERY digital image they had ever taken. We are talking tens of thousands of treasured family photos.

SOLUTION: buy TWO compact portable hard drives. Back up your important files on one then store it in a safety deposit box. Then use the second drive to do your next scheduled backup and in this way exchanging the newest backed up drive with the one in the safety deposit box. This way you don’t have to take two trips to the bank on each backup.

OR you can use web back up, if you trust some web site to handle your confidential data (I don’t)[/quote]

OT: Where are your trip pictures? I was trying to find you on the streets in China, but couldn’t, too many people 🙂

[lonestar2000]

I use a Windows Home Server (WHS) to back up all my PCs (it finally supports Vista 64-bit machines), share videos/pictures/music to Media Center machines, and for remote access. No matter what you use, your disk space requirements will be based on the amount of data you need to back up and store. WHS makes this easy as you can easily add additional capacity as your needs grow.

However, if you need to also back up Macs/Linux boxes, you’re going to need to find another solution, or augment it with something else.

[lonestar2000]

I use a Windows Home Server (WHS) to back up all my PCs (it finally supports Vista 64-bit machines), share videos/pictures/music to Media Center machines, and for remote access. No matter what you use, your disk space requirements will be based on the amount of data you need to back up and store. WHS makes this easy as you can easily add additional capacity as your needs grow.

However, if you need to also back up Macs/Linux boxes, you’re going to need to find another solution, or augment it with something else.

[lonestar2000]

I use a Windows Home Server (WHS) to back up all my PCs (it finally supports Vista 64-bit machines), share videos/pictures/music to Media Center machines, and for remote access. No matter what you use, your disk space requirements will be based on the amount of data you need to back up and store. WHS makes this easy as you can easily add additional capacity as your needs grow.

However, if you need to also back up Macs/Linux boxes, you’re going to need to find another solution, or augment it with something else.

[lonestar2000]

I use a Windows Home Server (WHS) to back up all my PCs (it finally supports Vista 64-bit machines), share videos/pictures/music to Media Center machines, and for remote access. No matter what you use, your disk space requirements will be based on the amount of data you need to back up and store. WHS makes this easy as you can easily add additional capacity as your needs grow.

However, if you need to also back up Macs/Linux boxes, you’re going to need to find another solution, or augment it with something else.

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