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On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:53:40 -0000, "dennis@home"
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>"Bill Funk" <> wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:39:08 -0000, "dennis@home"
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>>>Thats why using hard drives for computer backup is not a good idea.
>>>Its less likely on a single purpose device like a camera though.
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>> Using hard drives for backup isn't a bad idea at all.
>> The bad part is not understanding the drawbacks and dangers.
>> External drives are an excellent way to do backups, especially if they
>> are stored in a secure place.
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>How many do you rotate through?
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Drives? Or generations?
I usually use two drives for backups; one for imnages, stored in a gun
safe, and an external for backups of certain folders.
Of the images, I do incrementals for about six months, then start
over. This system keeps at least duplicates of importand files, and
triplicates of most.

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