Topic: Data backup reminder (Read 1487 times)

Nemesis · « **on:** September 30, 2007, 09:39:58 am »

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Film director Francis Ford Coppola has appealed for the return of his computer backup device following a robbery at his house in Argentina on Wednesday.

He told Argentine broadcaster Todo Noticias he had lost 15 years' worth of data, including writing and photographs of his family.

A script for his latest film Tetro was on one of the computers taken, along with camera equipment.

Which is why a data back up that is physically separate from your computer is a good idea.

Sirgod · « **Reply #1 on:** September 30, 2007, 09:59:42 am »

You got that right. My problem is having too many cd's (dvd's) and not labeling them as I burn them. Pure laziness on my part.

Stephen

NJAntman · « **Reply #2 on:** October 01, 2007, 09:09:09 am »

I too have backup CDs & DVDs piling up but I've also got several old multi GB HDs that are collecting dust. Seen the kits that supposedly turn them into external HDs but don't have the funding too experiement.

So is anybody out there using those kits that make internal HDs into external HDs?

Panzergranate · « **Reply #3 on:** October 01, 2007, 02:44:37 pm »

You mean the old "Caddy Drive" units.

I use an old 486 running 4 x GB HDs as a slave unt hooked up through a parallel cable to one computer here via interlink. The slave drives appear as I:, J:, K: and L: on the main computer.

At one company I rigged a timed Archiver to back up all the ECAD work to a Caddy Drive and the boss would take it home and unpack the archive into his computer's Drive D:

All the computers in the facility had ECAD work from my department stored on them. When it comes to backup, paranoia rules!!

When I was a University, back in 1996 as a mature student, I hacked the engineering house network and backed up all my coursework as multiple password encrypted hidden archives on every server and 120 PCs on the electronics engineering floor. And all right under the noses of the IT guys, who I was on speaking terms with.

If you are going to hide data on someone else's system or computer, use an encrypted hidden archive and it will be totally invisible to IT folks.

If you want to back up key files from a network, or just want to hack certain files, use an archiver, write the "target list" to include all the desired files, set it to search all drives and servers recursively. It will copy locked, uncopyable and alarmed files. (I'm probally frightening IT security guys here!!)

The files structure is preserved and cloned when unpacked on another computer. Yes, it will even copy licences!!

I've found that using an archiver is the quickest and most secure way of backing up key files for a system. To set the back up sequence in motion, one just clicks on the ICON and just leave it to it.

Yes, I use old HDs for storage as well.

jualdeaux · « **Reply #4 on:** October 02, 2007, 05:56:05 pm »

I have a flash drive that I use for storage of sensitive files. i also have that set to backup to the hard driver every night just in case something happens to the flash drive ( I broke one a while ago and almost lost the data). I also have an external HD that I use for storage and backup as well.

Panzergranate · « **Reply #5 on:** October 02, 2007, 06:44:11 pm »

With the hours spent of ECAD designs, loosing it all would be just a nightmare!!

It is the same with embedded software, etc.

The dark forces of Sod' s law and Microsoft are always lurking in the shadows just waiting to flush hard work and data down the drain just when you least expect it!!

I know of some machines that run a "Sheep Dip" computer just to check all incoming CDs, DVDs and Floppies before they are actually allowed into work machines.

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