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

[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.

[meadandale]

[quote=capeman]Get a NAS.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822122021
[/quote]

+1

I use a buffalo linkstation. 300gb (it’s a few years old). You can attach with USB or just plug into your home network.

One caveat about these: they are not redundant (no RAID). If the drive in this fails, you’ll STILL lose everything that isn’t backed up somewhere else. Still, if you are using them to backup your laptop, it’s better than nothing.

I plan on getting a multidrive NAS RAID cabinet in the next few months to solve this issue.

[meadandale]

[quote=capeman]Get a NAS.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822122021
[/quote]

+1

I use a buffalo linkstation. 300gb (it’s a few years old). You can attach with USB or just plug into your home network.

One caveat about these: they are not redundant (no RAID). If the drive in this fails, you’ll STILL lose everything that isn’t backed up somewhere else. Still, if you are using them to backup your laptop, it’s better than nothing.

I plan on getting a multidrive NAS RAID cabinet in the next few months to solve this issue.

[meadandale]

[quote=capeman]Get a NAS.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822122021
[/quote]

+1

I use a buffalo linkstation. 300gb (it’s a few years old). You can attach with USB or just plug into your home network.

One caveat about these: they are not redundant (no RAID). If the drive in this fails, you’ll STILL lose everything that isn’t backed up somewhere else. Still, if you are using them to backup your laptop, it’s better than nothing.

I plan on getting a multidrive NAS RAID cabinet in the next few months to solve this issue.

[meadandale]

[quote=capeman]Get a NAS.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822122021
[/quote]

+1

I use a buffalo linkstation. 300gb (it’s a few years old). You can attach with USB or just plug into your home network.

One caveat about these: they are not redundant (no RAID). If the drive in this fails, you’ll STILL lose everything that isn’t backed up somewhere else. Still, if you are using them to backup your laptop, it’s better than nothing.

I plan on getting a multidrive NAS RAID cabinet in the next few months to solve this issue.

[meadandale]

[quote=capeman]Get a NAS.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822122021
[/quote]

+1

I use a buffalo linkstation. 300gb (it’s a few years old). You can attach with USB or just plug into your home network.

One caveat about these: they are not redundant (no RAID). If the drive in this fails, you’ll STILL lose everything that isn’t backed up somewhere else. Still, if you are using them to backup your laptop, it’s better than nothing.

I plan on getting a multidrive NAS RAID cabinet in the next few months to solve this issue.

[JPJones]

[quote=fat_lazy_union_worker]
4) Harddrive spare. I think that’s what I’ll do.

5) I’ll also continue to burn stuff onto DVD’s as a backup of backup. I use Nero backup, which writes the files in normal format to DVD’s. I’m leary of DVD’s or CD’s for the long term (+10 years). I’ve taken a few of my original CD’s out that I burned back in 1998.. I slightly flexed them a bit, and the metalic layer pealed off, rendering the disk completely useless (except for a drink coaster).
:)[/quote]
For 4), I use this: http://www.fileback-pc.com/. I’m sure there are others that automate file back-ups and/or synchronization just as well, but it works well enough that I haven’t had to shop.

I back up irreplaceable data to DVDs now and then and ship them off to a relative. A safe deposit box would work even better.

As a third measure, I also use a web hosting service (www.lunarpages.com) to dump data to. It’s cheap to begin with ($60-80 a year) and I have other uses for the service, anyhow, so having a 3rd back-up is just an added bonus.

[JPJones]

[quote=fat_lazy_union_worker]
4) Harddrive spare. I think that’s what I’ll do.

5) I’ll also continue to burn stuff onto DVD’s as a backup of backup. I use Nero backup, which writes the files in normal format to DVD’s. I’m leary of DVD’s or CD’s for the long term (+10 years). I’ve taken a few of my original CD’s out that I burned back in 1998.. I slightly flexed them a bit, and the metalic layer pealed off, rendering the disk completely useless (except for a drink coaster).
:)[/quote]
For 4), I use this: http://www.fileback-pc.com/. I’m sure there are others that automate file back-ups and/or synchronization just as well, but it works well enough that I haven’t had to shop.

I back up irreplaceable data to DVDs now and then and ship them off to a relative. A safe deposit box would work even better.

As a third measure, I also use a web hosting service (www.lunarpages.com) to dump data to. It’s cheap to begin with ($60-80 a year) and I have other uses for the service, anyhow, so having a 3rd back-up is just an added bonus.

[JPJones]

[quote=fat_lazy_union_worker]
4) Harddrive spare. I think that’s what I’ll do.

5) I’ll also continue to burn stuff onto DVD’s as a backup of backup. I use Nero backup, which writes the files in normal format to DVD’s. I’m leary of DVD’s or CD’s for the long term (+10 years). I’ve taken a few of my original CD’s out that I burned back in 1998.. I slightly flexed them a bit, and the metalic layer pealed off, rendering the disk completely useless (except for a drink coaster).
:)[/quote]
For 4), I use this: http://www.fileback-pc.com/. I’m sure there are others that automate file back-ups and/or synchronization just as well, but it works well enough that I haven’t had to shop.

I back up irreplaceable data to DVDs now and then and ship them off to a relative. A safe deposit box would work even better.

As a third measure, I also use a web hosting service (www.lunarpages.com) to dump data to. It’s cheap to begin with ($60-80 a year) and I have other uses for the service, anyhow, so having a 3rd back-up is just an added bonus.

[JPJones]

[quote=fat_lazy_union_worker]
4) Harddrive spare. I think that’s what I’ll do.

5) I’ll also continue to burn stuff onto DVD’s as a backup of backup. I use Nero backup, which writes the files in normal format to DVD’s. I’m leary of DVD’s or CD’s for the long term (+10 years). I’ve taken a few of my original CD’s out that I burned back in 1998.. I slightly flexed them a bit, and the metalic layer pealed off, rendering the disk completely useless (except for a drink coaster).
:)[/quote]
For 4), I use this: http://www.fileback-pc.com/. I’m sure there are others that automate file back-ups and/or synchronization just as well, but it works well enough that I haven’t had to shop.

I back up irreplaceable data to DVDs now and then and ship them off to a relative. A safe deposit box would work even better.

As a third measure, I also use a web hosting service (www.lunarpages.com) to dump data to. It’s cheap to begin with ($60-80 a year) and I have other uses for the service, anyhow, so having a 3rd back-up is just an added bonus.

[JPJones]

[quote=fat_lazy_union_worker]
4) Harddrive spare. I think that’s what I’ll do.

5) I’ll also continue to burn stuff onto DVD’s as a backup of backup. I use Nero backup, which writes the files in normal format to DVD’s. I’m leary of DVD’s or CD’s for the long term (+10 years). I’ve taken a few of my original CD’s out that I burned back in 1998.. I slightly flexed them a bit, and the metalic layer pealed off, rendering the disk completely useless (except for a drink coaster).
:)[/quote]
For 4), I use this: http://www.fileback-pc.com/. I’m sure there are others that automate file back-ups and/or synchronization just as well, but it works well enough that I haven’t had to shop.

I back up irreplaceable data to DVDs now and then and ship them off to a relative. A safe deposit box would work even better.

As a third measure, I also use a web hosting service (www.lunarpages.com) to dump data to. It’s cheap to begin with ($60-80 a year) and I have other uses for the service, anyhow, so having a 3rd back-up is just an added bonus.

[jficquette]

Nostradamus,

I bought my step daughter a 190 gb external drive to transfer files off of her Dell computer. I thought I could just drag the entire c drive to the new drive and it would copy but no dice. I had to copy various folders over.

How do I just copy the entire drive over? Its only 30 gb.

Thanks

John

[jficquette]

Nostradamus,

I bought my step daughter a 190 gb external drive to transfer files off of her Dell computer. I thought I could just drag the entire c drive to the new drive and it would copy but no dice. I had to copy various folders over.

How do I just copy the entire drive over? Its only 30 gb.

Thanks

John

[jficquette]

Nostradamus,

I bought my step daughter a 190 gb external drive to transfer files off of her Dell computer. I thought I could just drag the entire c drive to the new drive and it would copy but no dice. I had to copy various folders over.

How do I just copy the entire drive over? Its only 30 gb.

Thanks

John

[jficquette]

Nostradamus,

I bought my step daughter a 190 gb external drive to transfer files off of her Dell computer. I thought I could just drag the entire c drive to the new drive and it would copy but no dice. I had to copy various folders over.

How do I just copy the entire drive over? Its only 30 gb.

Thanks

John

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