[iyonix-support] Re: Floppy drive

In message <20090726131700.129010@xxxxxxx>
          "Jochen Konietzko" <JochenKonietzko@xxxxxx> wrote:


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>> Datum: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:29:11 +0100
>> Von: Dr Alan Leighton <alan.leighton2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> An: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Betreff: [iyonix-support] Re: Floppy drive


>> 
>> My friend is going to put in another (back up) HD soon so I will get
>> him to check,
>> 
>> Thanks for your help
>> 
>> Alan
>> 

> Hmmm - backup?

Yes I already have one that goes into the second slot..

> Have you considered an external USB drive?

Yes as soon as I can afford one. I have all the details from CJE but I 
am strapped for cash at the moment. 8-(

> An internal HD will help if you accidentally delete a file that's
> already been backed up or if your main HD stops working.

> BUT if your Iyonix as a whole is destroyed (severe shock, water, fire)
> or if a burglar steals it, an internal backup will be no better than
> no backup at all.

> I speak from experience:

> I WAS burgled once, and, though the burglary as such was extremely
> distressing, thanks to an external  HD (which was hidden away in a
> different room!) there was only a day's worth of data loss.
> My Windoze PC once did the "next best thing" to physical destruction:
> XP became so corrupted that nothing worked; even access to the
> internal backup - made with the software that came with the PC - was
> blocked by a Blue Screen.
> Out came the Boot CD for the external backup, and an hour later I was
> back in business.
> (Actually two hours because I'd been lazy: I'd done daily backups only
> to the internal drive, externally it was a weekly cycle; so I restored
> a working configuration frome the external drive and then did a second
> Restore from the internal backup.
> Since then I've faithfully backed up externally every day.)

> Kind Regards,

Thanks Jochen. I shall keep this on file. I take on board all you say,

Alan


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