-=PCTechTalk=- Re: backing a system up
- From: "Cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:21:07 -0500
Thanks Don - yes this helps.
what does YMMV mean?
cris
----- Original Message -----
From: Don
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 10:42 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: backing a system up
> what all do you put on this unit? what all do you backup -
> and how do you do it?
Here are some thoughts that I perceive to be common amongst most back up
philosophies.....
1. Your priorities for backing stuff up will vary with the cost in time and
money to perform the back-up and/or replace the lost data.
2. Backups should include only the "stuff" that you do not have ready
access to in another format, such as the original install disk for programs.
Backups should ALWAYS include stuff that you can not replace at a cost or
inconvenience level that you decide. It is generally not practical to
backup installed programs unless you use a disk imaging utility.
3. A back up is a back up ONLY if you can use it to access the data. Use a
method, hardware, software that is reasonably popular and in widespread use.
A backup is of little value if you can't use it while your machine is broke.
4. A backup is no good if it is damaged by the same forces that necessitate
the use of the back up (e.g. your house burns down or gets blown away in a
tornado). Make two copies of your backup. One to keep near the computer
for those day to day needs (e.g. accidental deletion or modification) and
one to keep in a secure place (e.g. safe deposit box, mother's house,
office).
5. Frequency of full back-ups and sequential back-ups should be based on
the frequency that sufficient important data gets changed for the type of
backup being done. If sequential back-ups are done a full back up is not
needed as often as when sequential backups are not done.
An easy way to do a backup is to use a disk imaging software such as Ghost
from Norton/Symantec. This requires either a second hard drive or a second
partition on one hard drive, unless the program supports direct writing to a
DVD or CD drive.
HTH, YMMV
Don
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