Time to confess....Do You Use a Backup Program????

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Time to confess....Do You Use a Backup Program????

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<FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial" SIZE=2>Please list the "Operating System" and "Backup Program" you use.</FONT><FORM method=post action="http://pub70.ezboard.com/fk6plus67153fr ... ic"><table border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width="55%"><tbody><tr><td><input type="radio" name="choice" value="1"><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial" SIZE=2>Yes, I Backup everything on a regular basis.</FONT>
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The only backup program I use is e-Backup ($10) which backs up Outlook Express, Favorites, and the Windows Address Book. Other than that I do everything else by hand which isn't really a big deal. I'm using Windows 98 and I backup stuff maybe once a month on to Zip100 disks. <p><embed src=http://k6plus.50megs.com/NohrSig.swf width=400 height=200></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub70.ezboard.com/bk6plus67153.s ... hr>Nohr</A>  <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC=http://www.ezboard.com/ezgfx/gicons/black_thatch.gif BORDER=0> at: 8/16/01 6:36:46 am<br></i>
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My OS is WinME, I use Norton Ghost but don't really like it. I just ordered NovaBack today, we'll give that a try. I Backup everything on CDR (Image my System). That way, if my Hard Drive breaks, I buy a new Hard Drive, take 1 to 2 hrs to do a complete restore, and my system is back just like it was, simple, no muss no fuss. If I had to do a complete ReInstall of everything, then it would take me several days to bring my system back to the way it was. By the way, I backup every 2 weeks.<br><br>Also, this is kind of a "What works and what don't work Poll", so please let the rest of us know what you like to use. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub70.ezboard.com/uazk6er.showPu ... >AZK6er</A>  <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC=http://K6Plus.50megs.com/AZflagbtn.gif BORDER=0> at: 8/19/01 12:21:50 pm<br></i>
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I confess brother az, I confess all.<br><br>Got Win ME but restore is crap so removed it completely with a handy program along with other bloatware junk. In it's place I have the following backup system:<br><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> Partitions on Primary HD, 20.5G Quantum Fireball Plus AS:</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br><br>SYSTEM C: Contains operating system and programs. Found on the outer part of the HD for faster performance. <br><br>Size? ~ 4Gb<br><br>Method? Used Ghost on this partition straight after installing everything. Created a bootable CDRW containing the image so I can recover without using a floppy disk. <br><br>How often? Only once. Any changes after this I will have to add manually, but I find this is more time efficient since I have yet to use the recover disk.<br><br><br>TEMP E: Tmp Internet Files, Temp Folder, Permanent 150Mb Swap file. Found on the outside edge of the HD for fastest access of swap file and fragmented temp directories.<br><br>Size? ~ 0.5Gb<br><br>How often? Never, it's all junk.<br><br><br>STORAGE F: My Docs, Games, Downloaded software, pics, porn (hehe, only joking) - generally all my data files. Last partition on the disk as performance is not as important as the other two.<br><br>Size? ~ 15Gb<br><br>Method? Use a FREE program called TaskZip to back up any folders I choose off the storage partition onto a second hard drive (see below). I also include favourites and e-mail folders for back up.<br><br>How often? Manually, usually daily. Only updates files that have changed or been added, so takes a couple of seconds!<br><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> Partitions on Secondary HD, 6.4G Fujitsu:</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br><br>BACKUP D: One large partition for backing up my data using taskzip, like described above.<br><br>Method? Use CDRW's, which can be overwritten and updated, to backup folders on D:. Never use cdr's for data backup because I have enough beer mats already from them becoming obsolete.<br><br>How often? Whenever I can be bothered.<br><br><br>Once setup, the above method takes hardly anytime at all to implement, perhaps 15mins every couple of months if I need to update some important data on a CDRW. Using HD's for primary backup rocks n <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rollin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br> <p>Deanodarlo transformed into Spirits247. Come K6 brothers sing a k6 hymn from my book <a href=http://pub70.ezboard.com/fk6plus67153fr ... ic>Silicon Preacher</a><img src=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/deanodarlo ... ><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub70.ezboard.com/uspirits247.sh ... rits247</A> at: 8/16/01 11:49:56 am<br></i>
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Re: Time to confess....Do You Use a Backup Program????

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I backup fairly regularly to ZIP100. I don't use the Iomega program because it's designed to sell more zip disks by archiving everything. I use a simple batch program that I wrote myself (xcopy etc).<br><br>I backup all my data, email, faxes, favorites, address book<br>but not the programs and system files. I also backup the registry and a few *.ini files. Basically, I back up the stuff that would be gone forever if lost.<br><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>
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I have too much cr4p to be able to back it all up. Critical data goes to a CD, otherwise, it'll just be that big reinstall in the sky... <p></p><i></i>
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anthng that does not fit on a floopy I say the hell with it... <p><img src= "http://www.e-ventcentral.com/events/tec ... </p><i></i>
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RE: "anthng that does not fit on a floopy I say the hell with it... "<br><br>Well now, that just about rules out everything by my calculations, unless of course, you have one hell of a floppy. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br> <p><a href="http://home.att.net/~oren.b.thompson/" target="_blank"><img src="http://home.att.net/~oren.b.thompson/USAFlag.gif" border="0"></a> </p><i></i>
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well I can fit lots of drivers on disks. <br>and thats about all I back up, thank god.<br>who wants to keep all that crap when your computer goes down, not me, its like adding 4 months(give or take some) to a nice untouched windows install.<br>eeeewwwwwwwwwww <p><img src= "http://www.e-ventcentral.com/events/tec ... </p><i></i>
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My data deserves to die. <p></p><i></i>
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hell no. i just drag important sh*t over to a partition on a different hard drive once and a while. drives are so big these days and so cheap compared to any other backup solution (i.e., overpriced POS tape drives) that i don't see the point in doing it any other way. tape is unreliable as hell anyway <p></p><i></i>
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I bit the bullet and bought a 20 GB SCSI tape backup. Uses those Travan TR-5 cartridges. The tape drive is by Seagate. I mounted it in an external enclosure so I can use it on my 3 different computers (all have SCSI cards). I just hook it up, start the backup program, and go away for 45 minutes or so. When I come back, it's finished.<br><br> <p></p><i></i>
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that's very funny. my friend has the exact same tape backup setup. so far the count is two dead drives and three dead tapes. <p></p><i></i>
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I used to use tape but it was unreliable. I now use a seperate hdd just for ghosting. <p></p><i></i>
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