How come I'm so damn bad at backing up? Even though everyone tells me all the time to back things up? Well, now it jumps up and bites me in the ass. One of my HD's just died, and I'm losing a whole lot of stuff.
Fortunatly I'm not losing that much "important" stuff. All files for "Hell on Earth" will probably be lost though. Hopefully I have a back up of the XM somewhere...
At least this all scared me into planning a backup session next week when I get back from my easter trip.
So, ones more people: It's always a good time for some backing up.
Will I never learn?
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oj oscillation
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Yeah I know! It's easier said than done. I had (before my HD crashed) about 20 gig free of 160 gig. Burning all that out on my lazyass x4-burner is just not going to happen.Steve B wrote:its fine for people to say 'back up your stuff'.
but i have about 25 gig free out of 100 ..... how the hell do you back up 75 gig ???
A mate of mine bought a DVD-burner. I think I'm gonna ask him to come over with it so I can back things up a bit smoother.
In times of cheap HDs I found an excellent solution for the problem, and it doesn't take much time. I have two identical 80GB HDs, with identical foldeer/file structures. Everything that caused work for me (work projects, music stuff etc...) goes on that HD. With a proggie like Total Commander, it's quick and easy to keep both HDs in synch. So if one goes up in flames, there's still the other. It's a little like a manual RAID array 
In my case, it's even that the 2 HDs are in different computers and synched thru a LAN connection. Ultra-safe and ultra easy for lazy asses like us.
In my case, it's even that the 2 HDs are in different computers and synched thru a LAN connection. Ultra-safe and ultra easy for lazy asses like us.
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Vosla
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...i am used to put new stuff in a special folder. when it's at 700mb, it's time to burn another cd...
they are marked with a date and a proper (unique?) name like 'daily shit #2'.
i don't try anymore to collect stuff and sort it before burning a cd of it. i ended up with dozens of folders half-full. now i burn it right away and do later a search for a topic and then burn a cd out of what i found on my backups. it sounds really annoying but it isn't that much (yeah, i am lazy, too). a dvd burner would make that a bit more comfortable though...
they are marked with a date and a proper (unique?) name like 'daily shit #2'.
i don't try anymore to collect stuff and sort it before burning a cd of it. i ended up with dozens of folders half-full. now i burn it right away and do later a search for a topic and then burn a cd out of what i found on my backups. it sounds really annoying but it isn't that much (yeah, i am lazy, too). a dvd burner would make that a bit more comfortable though...
All is lost.
