how do I protect my valuable files?

Hard drives fail, CDR's become corrupted or unreadable, is there any
reliable way to make sure I don't loose my files? I'm mostly concerned with
my pictures and music files, some of which are irreplaceable. Any
suggestions?

Thanks, Don

 

You can put another harddrive on your computer and save all your files to
the that harddrive.

 

I realize that, but that can fail too. Maybe I'm asking for the impossible,
but is there a sure fire, file storage system?
-Don

 

If files are particuarly valuable then do multiple copies of them to various
media,
HDD, floppy, CD, web-page, friends-computer,
last two being interesting in that you'll have a copy if your home gets
blown up.

Or in a word; redundency

PS just for a larf, get a powerfull laser and carve your data onto the face
of the Moon, (incase the World blows up). Or....
Ho Ho Ho, I am so funny!

 

Works for me. I've got four computers on peer to peer. Each one has two hard
drives. I just copy and paste to one of the hard drives each night then go
to bed. I do put the information I copy on a different computer. Ala, Info
on computer 1 goes to computer 2 and info on computer 2 goes to computer 1.
What are the chances they both get hit by electricity?



CD's and Tapes suck. Put you are hitting the hard drive you are copying on
each time. You'll know if it is screwed up. Buy another hard drive, slave it
and start saving your data again. Best why I know of.

 

i put my data on multiple harddrives and burn several cd's
but ideally you should keep a copy away from your house...
such as a safety deposit box

 

agreed.

 

sounds like a make-work project to me.

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: Works for me. I've got four computers on peer to peer. Each one has two
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: drives. I just copy and paste to one of the hard drives each night then go
: to bed. I do put the information I copy on a different computer. Ala, Info
: on computer 1 goes to computer 2 and info on computer 2 goes to computer
1.
: What are the chances they both get hit by electricity?
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: CD's and Tapes suck. Put you are hitting the hard drive you are copying on
: each time. You'll know if it is screwed up. Buy another hard drive, slave
it
: and start saving your data again. Best why I know of.
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: > : > > You can put another harddrive on your computer and save all your files
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: > > the that harddrive.
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: > I realize that, but that can fail too. Maybe I'm asking for the
: impossible,
: > but is there a sure fire, file storage system?
: > -Don
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Thanks for the suggestions. I'm seriously considering the one about burning
my data on the face of the moon, but then again, we'll probably blow that up
too. I guess I'll have to try multiple planets.
-Don

 

I believe in data redundancy and I use a removable hard disk drive caddy.
Much less chance of something going wrong if the backup disk is not
connected to your computer 24/7. If you really want ease of use you can
always get one of those IDE to USB hard disk drive converters. Also for a
great way to backup all of the data I use Acronis True Image.

 

Multiple copies in different physical locations.

There is no such thing as absolute security. What if next month, out
of the sun's glare comes a 100 km asteroid which is destined to turn
where you are and the 1000 km radius around it into a lake of lava?

Have a nice day

jd