In message <20090726131700.129010@xxxxxxx> "Jochen Konietzko" <JochenKonietzko@xxxxxx> wrote: > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- >> 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 -- --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support