Copy all data, plus application data to DVD (basically - the "My Name" folder) periodically.
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Typo Boy - Jul 23, 2007 11:33:08 am PDT #2212 of 25496
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
NoiseDesign - Jul 23, 2007 11:43:36 am PDT #2213 of 25496
Our wings are not tired
Copy all data, plus application data to DVD (basically - the "My Name" folder) periodically.
I used to do that, but since I'm now sitting on close to 1 TB of local storage on my main machine I've switched over to hard drive archives and backups. Currently I connect a 500 GB hard drive to my router and as projects finish they get copied to that drive. When the drive is full, I clone it, label the contents, and drop both drives on a shelf. It's actually proved to be pretty economical as the last 500 GB drive I picked up was $119.
Typo Boy - Jul 23, 2007 11:47:04 am PDT #2214 of 25496
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah, but I don't have the level of data you do. Most of my work is text, with occasional still graphics. ita may need a setup closer to what you have.
§ ita § - Jul 23, 2007 12:01:05 pm PDT #2215 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I could possibly break mine into DVD sized chunks for now. I should probably do that while I waffle about how to get both machines totally backed up.
tommyrot - Jul 23, 2007 12:05:55 pm PDT #2216 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I wonder how well punch cards would work as a backup....
If ND wanted to back up 1 TB of storage, he'd need 13,743,895,347 cards. If it takes one second to punch each card, that'd take about 435 years to do a backup. Assuming 1000 cards per cubic foot, it would take 3436 rooms (10x20x20 ft) to store all the cards.
Ginger - Jul 23, 2007 2:02:47 pm PDT #2217 of 25496
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I wonder how much of the annoying punch card mini-confetti there would be.
NoiseDesign - Jul 23, 2007 2:11:40 pm PDT #2218 of 25496
Our wings are not tired
I'm actually considering going back through my current DVD archives and switching them over to hard drives. Right now it's a filing cabinet drawer that is pretty full of DVD's and CD backups. I need to go through at least a third of them because I used Retrospect as a backup program for a few years and I don't use it any longer and I'm paranoid about it going off the market at some point or losing compatibility.
omnis_audis - Jul 23, 2007 8:53:48 pm PDT #2219 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I wonder how much of the annoying punch card mini-confetti there would be.
What about the hanging chads?!?
meara - Jul 24, 2007 5:15:47 am PDT #2220 of 25496
Random question re: cellphone contracts. So, my contract is up on Thursday. If I try to port my number ON Thursday, is that too soon? Do I have to wait until Friday, so they don't claim I'm cancelling service early? (Can you tell I am desperate to get a new phone??)
le nubian - Jul 24, 2007 9:39:26 am PDT #2221 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Good question. I think you need to contact your new service place and ask how long it takes to port numbers.