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03-22-2010, 02:05 PM | #32 | |
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Of course, it doesn't solve the theft issue. BOb |
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03-22-2010, 04:49 PM | #33 |
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I've got a NAS RAID array on the home network that most of my PCs use as a backup. My wife and I each have our own "ebook archive" directory on it that we copy stuff to.
Other than that, just burn them to CD/DVD. If you're really paranoid, make a second copy on CD/DVD and store it at your parents house, etc. |
03-22-2010, 08:20 PM | #34 | |
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03-24-2010, 12:03 AM | #35 |
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Although I've got multiple locations for my ebook files (My Digital Editions, the DRM-stripping directories, the base library for editing (Three loud cheers for Sigil) and finally the Calibre directory) this can't be considered an adequate backup as it all resides on just two disk spindles - laptop hard-drive and and USB 1Tb drive - think what could possibly go wrong...
I'm on the cusp now between continuing with CD/DVD archiving or using memory sticks/SD cards - cheap convenience versus volatility. Having seen many instances of hardware failure (and experienced a couple myself) I completely agree with whoever said "Back it up, and test the backups". Oh, and how nice to know I'm not the only anal retentive here :-) |
03-24-2010, 01:41 AM | #36 |
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That's a good insight.
I think that it's really not the method itself that counts so much as matching the right one to the correct personality. If it floats your boat to have multiple solutions to cover every conceivable eventuality then there's doubtless a great deal of pleasure to be had with tinkering with your system, polishing and fine tuning it all. It's all good. But if that isn't your style, then it can be just a pain in the arse and an outlay of time, money and effort for not all that much return. If I lost every book on this computer right now I could get them all back from the Internet fairly quickly and easily. Some I wouldn't bother with (they can stay right there on someone else's server....) and if there were any actual losses, well "c'est la vie" - there's plenty more to buy and read. The extent to which I still do back stuff up probably just reflects my current rating on the Anal Retentive Scale. And the older I get the more my ARS slips. Chris |
03-24-2010, 01:55 AM | #37 |
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Here's a back-up story, provided by our local computer shop.
One of the nearby businesses called my friend at the shop to say they'd had a drive failure that needed sorting out. The techie went out and was assured that it should be easy to fix as they had religiously backed up every night (for over two years) and kept the disks in their safe. However, when he looked at the disks the file was surprisingly small. Tiny in fact. So he asked if they could give him a demo on their other computer, and show him exactly what they did. Sure enough, they were rigorously doing a backup at the end of every single day...... of all the icons on the desktop. Nothing else. : It cost them more than they had bargained for to retrieve the data, but if you want it back badly enough you can usually get most if not all of it back. |
03-24-2010, 02:42 AM | #38 | |
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03-24-2010, 08:27 AM | #39 |
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Well with the low cost of fairly hefty SD cards you can get a lot of storage for 8 - 10 $.
I don't know how well they stand up over time compared to say a DVD in a good case. But they do have the advantage of being small, and many devices use an SD slot so you can just drop it in and go. |
03-25-2010, 05:58 PM | #40 |
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Automatic weekly backups to home server
Automatic monthly back ups to back up server (stored in a different location) Important files (IE Military files) get backed up once again to a thumb or sd card and that gets store at my safety deposit box |
03-28-2010, 06:50 AM | #41 |
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I generally do a full backup about once week of complete system to 500g external drive.
All of my book files go onto three external harddrives as well as three usb drives, my internal lexar 8g drive, and onto a dvd disk. I will soon begin using dropbox and windows livedrive as well. |
03-28-2010, 07:21 AM | #42 |
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Me too; one of the most useful things I've ever bought. I also use mine as a media server for streaming video and music to a set-top box for my TV.
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03-28-2010, 07:52 AM | #44 |
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I do a general backup of my computer, regularly, and my books are included.
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03-28-2010, 11:25 AM | #45 |
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In re-reading this thread, I realized I hadn't done a good backup of my laptop in a while. (Sigh) I also noticed an empty 4 Gb thumb drive sitting next to the laptop, one of two I bought just because they were cheap, and my wife moves around a lot of photos that run 3-7 Mb each.
Hmmm. Suffice to say, after a little (Ha!) cleanup, like moving all ebook files to one folder, moving all zips to one folder, moving all photos to one folder, moving all music to one folder, etc. I fit everything on my User account in 3 Gb. Next step, hooking the external drive to my wife's laptop and saving all her photos. (Aaagh!) Busily, Jack Tingle |
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