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Originally Posted by Inferno
My personal preference for backing up my library is to have multiple copies. I don't mind having a tb or two dedicated to my library and backups but that's me. I am a horder of the first degree of my ebooks. Thank goodness they don't take up the physical space my old paperback collection used to.
Having lost my electronic library in the past (back when it was text, html or pdb) due to drive failure and unreadable backup when my zip drives were not reliable and failed I became compulsive about backups. The problem with anything other than a full backup is the ability to restore quickly if there is a complete system failure and I like to rar it rather than just have a copy of the library because it is the library at that time so if a book turns up corrupted at a later date or if I somehow delete something in error I will be able to find it. It's purely a personal quirk.
For me it is a case of thanking the gods of technology for cheap usb drives  . |
Same here. Still remember the backups on 5 1/4 inch floppies. I need to have two complete backups to feel safe. Just bought a brand new 4TB WD My Book to have room for expansion.