Did you back up your hard drive?

by lexilexi

Posted: 14 years ago 25 replies

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A friend of mine just lost their main drive. Nothing backed up. The awesome drivesavers were able to get 97% recovery - and were' talking several years professional work here... but at the cost of.... over $2500.

Most people only learn to back up, it seems, after the first major catastrophe. Trust me, hard drives can crap out any time.

Did you back up your hard drive?

#back #drive #hard

E-supreme 14 years ago

Yeah I agree it is so important to do this. I just backed mine up last week. Also cleared everything off my laptop and onto the external hard drive! The other problem is that eventually your external hard drive may need to be replaced...thats another problem in itself.
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Andyhenry 14 years ago

Yeah- we get these threads occasionally where people lose a lot of stuff and then post here to remind others to back up.

The problem is - so many new people join here that there are always people who didn't see the message and don't learn the lesson until they get the problem.

Thanks for the reminder.

I actually have several pcs, several external hard disks and several hosting providers, so I have lots of backups

Andy
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- dooster 14 years ago
  
  Definitely a great reminder. I just backed mine up last week due to having to do a reinstall. I just copied all my main files I needed including software install files. You can use some services that will keep a backup for you too, like Norton.
  
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  maxp76 14 years ago
  
  A good strategy can be:
  1) backup your main Hard disk to an external HD
  2) backup the most important files from the external HD to another HD
  3) last, to be sure backup the most most important files into a DVD (and move those dvds in another places!)
  But, it takes time...
  So I'm using only the action of first point..
  You can use also online storage system (like Amazon), but I've never used them.
  Massimo
  
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  Marian 14 years ago
  
  Yes, it's very important, I have 3 external hard drives almost 2 TB of valuable data.
  
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Fernando Veloso 14 years ago

I back up my PC's every week, sometimes more then once a week.

Just did yesterday

But last year had a major problem in one machine and lost very important material.

It can be tedious to do this 2 times per week BUT it has to be done, right?

Any software to help us here?
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TrafficMystic 14 years ago

I back up my pc's and laptop around 3 times a week.. Last time my HD went and I wasnt backing up at the time... I popped it into the freezer (all sealed of course) and managed to recover 95% of the data back off it

The old freezer trick does actually work...
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tommygadget 14 years ago

I do routine backups. My favorite tool by far is Acronis True Image. Scheduled backups to external devices or to the network are great. Get it, you won't be sorry.

TomG.
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Kevin-VirtualProfitCenter 14 years ago

I use Mozy and it backs up my HD several times a day (or at least the changed files.) I don't have to think about it and it's only $4.95 a month.
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- Marty S 14 years ago
  
  Yes! Every night. Mozy. Cheap. Inexpensive. Damned Cheap. Painless.
  
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  Shaun OReilly 14 years ago
  
  I use Vista Ultimate and it comes with the ability to back-up
  my entire hard drive as one image file.
  
  So if I do have a full HD failure, all I need to do is use Vista
  Ultimate to place the image file on the new HD - so no
  programs need to be re-installed, etc.
  
  Essentially, it places an exact copy of the working drive on
  the new HD.
  
  I back-up my hard drive every Sunday to an external HD.
  
  I also back-up more vital files onto a SanDisk thumb drive
  (e.g. Outlook, RoboForm, vital documents).
  
  And I have an online back-up with Carbonite that's very
  easy to use.
  
  So, I've got online and offline back-ups to protect my
  business.
  
  I'll probably add some DVD back-ups into the mix too just
  to be more bulletproof.
  
  Only the paranoid survive!
  
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  maxp76 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Marty S
  
  Yes! Every night. Mozy. Cheap. Inexpensive. Damned Cheap. Painless.
  
  Just checked Mozy, very intersting site!!
  Very cheap.... too much cheap ?? :confused:
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Mukul Verma 14 years ago

Yup, backing up is important. Keep a copy in the safety deposit box or keep it somewhere other then your home or office where the computer is.

Cheers,
Mukul
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binko 14 years ago

I'm using timemachine and timecapsule on my MAC so it automatically backs up my hard disk every hour or whatever i tell it to do. Works great.
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- Azfi 14 years ago
  
  Yes, I back up my hard drive. But I don't do it regularly. I just do it when formatting my computer
  
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scrofford 14 years ago

Thanks for the reminder! I try to do it weekly...just did it now
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Steven Downward 14 years ago

I do a full backup every 2 weeks which might be a bit too long but I have have a computer crash and I lost 2 months of stuff on it that I had to re-due. That sucked.

So I now have it on a couple of different HD's.

I like the program Exe files though. I never thought to grab those.
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garyv 14 years ago

This is a great reminder, especially for those of us that are keeping all of our memories (pictures, videos, etc.) on hard-drives. I have quite a few external hard-drives that I rotate out to different family members w/ the memories stuff on it. They appreciate receiving it, and it's a great way to back it all up.
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Nigel Greaves 14 years ago

Having found out the hard way the importance of regular back-ups, I now use a nifty piece of freeware from 2BrightSparks called Syncback.

Nigel
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James Campbell 14 years ago

I think I may have an external HD addiction.

1: 500 GB
1: 250 GB
1: 1 TB

Have been tempted by a 2 TB version I saw in an ad the other day lol

My addiction will save my a$$ in the future, I'm sure of it. (keep telling yourself that, you need that 2TB James, you need it.)

James
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Marhelper 14 years ago

I knew there was something I had to do ...

Unfortunately, I had to find out the hard way (no pun intended).
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poker princess 14 years ago

Yes I have back up in my laptop as well as I have kept a back up on a portable hard drive too. Just couple of months before one of my colleague lost all its hard drive and she did not had any back.
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JoeFox 14 years ago

Yes, I do but unfortunately my backup device busted. OH my... too bad! I will just buy again this weekend.
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EvanScott 14 years ago

I back up my hardrive once a week.
I have 2 - 1 terabyte drives.
One is for my biz stuff and the other is my personal stuff.

A year ago I had a hard drive crap out on me and lost photo and family vids I will never get back... I learned my lesson though
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Online Bliss 14 years ago

Like many of you I learned my lesson after a failure.
I hope more people read this thread and
learn from our mistakes.
That's one of the many lessons or reminders this forum
has to offer.
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