atw: Re: File paths
- From: "Kathy Bowman" <Kathy.Bowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:19:31 +0930
I have backups and backups. I backup to alternating external drives,
which I rotate regularly. One drive is always off site. In addition,
when I am working at home, I email the day's work to myself at work, and
for good measure put important bits on a thumb drive. So far so good.
:-)
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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Brice
Sent: Monday, 22 September 2008 5:09 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: File paths
You should never save anything to a local hard drive - not if you value
it at all. Most workplaces provide network storage and with external
hard drives of gargantuan capacity costing microscopic dollars, there's
no reason to entrust anything to a local drive.
Anyone who's suffered a Windows breakage or complete hard drive failure
will know what a drama data loss can be. At the very least you should
back up to an external source.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Kathy Bowman
<Kathy.Bowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I must have been dreaming I was at home...
I use My Documents on my home PC, but at work I always use
folders on a network drive, because they are backed up and secure.
Kath
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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Trussler
Sent: Monday, 22 September 2008 2:49 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: File paths
Dear Dinosaur,
I too, am finding the new world order a bit strange at times.
In the Government workplaces, My Documents is frowned upon.
This is because it is on the C drive and therefore
* not backed up,
* if the PC crashes all is lost.
* it is not considered secure.
Users there must store their documents in the network on either
a personal drive or in the shared drive for their project or team.
Do your baby dinos realise that they can make (or create if they
are gods) lots of sub-folders under My Documents, so that they have more
than just My Music and My Pictures.
Bob Trusslersaur
2008/9/22 Christine Kent <christine_kent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Guys
Another seemingly odd question relating to the new world
order of Microsoft as it relates to base entry level computer users and
how they work with files.
This time, file structure.
As old timers, we create our own files structures under
c:\ - or at least I do.
As corporate workers, we create files structures
according to some corporate specification on some network drive or
other, or in some DMS.
But for the computer sub-literate, the Windows XP world
of folders starts with Documents and Settings, My Documents, and the
Vista world of folders starts with Users, Documents etc. They happily
access these from the Start Menu, ever using a window called Windows
Explorer.
The real world - that is, users of home computers and
people training in or being trained by our low level education system -
only understand/s My Documents or Users. They have no idea they can
pick a location on C:\ drive, or that these mythical User or Documents
structures are actually on C:\ drive somewhere. They feel clever if
they learn to put a folder under My Documents.
My overlapping questions.
Are techos in corporate starting to use the Microsoft
system to define user profiles?
Is the world generally adapting to the Microsoft virtual
view of their virtual universe?
Are you using Documents on your home computer?
Are your kids using Documents on their home or school
computers?
Up until now I have always taught people to use C:\
drive. Am I being a dinosaur?
Christine
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Bob Trussler
Phone 0418 661 462
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