d00d... backup.

[$cirisme]

Be sure to regularly backup.

Trust me.

[Piebald]

Wot u mean

[JCA]

lol.. nods Cir.. it sucks when you only remember this AFTER you need the backup.. :teeth:

[$cirisme]

That's true. I just narrowly avoided losing months of work, and thousands of lines of code for TWeb :shocked:

[markporter]

*has never done a backup in his life*

[JCA]

Today @ 04:29 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=257376#post257376)
markporter:

*has never done a backup in his life*

It's only a matter of time then.. after 20 odd years of doing this, I can safely say that there will be at least ONE time when you will kick yourself for not doing it..





:popcorn:

[luv1another]

uh how do you do back ups? and why do you need back ups?
hey you are talking to someone who has learnt 99% of what she knows about computers from playing around and trying things out :lol:

[Solly]

You too Luv? IT departments hate me: "Wonder what happens if I delete this file?"

anyways, i back up. Don't have a cd writer, so its onto floppies, but I do it regular like.

[markporter]

aha....a possible use for that DVD writer

[Solly]

yup. i keep copies of working and stored files. Fortunately it is not too muc - about 20 floppies with zipfiles on them. there are things I can't store, like pdf files cos they don't zip very well, but i can refind them on the internet.

[Em7add11]

Get one of these and it will make backups so much easier:

http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=34&scid=32&prid=447

[luv1another]

uh right em.... do they have a free one :teeth:

[Em7add11]

luv1another:

uh right em.... do they have a free one :teeth:

Hehe, all I know is that it's going on my Christmas list.

[luv1another]

LOL well I hope you get it I hear santa's not got as many elves this year :teeth:

[Em7add11]

luv1another:

LOL well I hope you get it I hear santa's not got as many elves this year :teeth:

How would he be losing elves....unless.......the reindeer population was down and he got tired of eating snow?

[luv1another]

no I think its all the politicians mistaking the elves for terrorists :teeth:

[$cirisme]

Em7add11:

Get one of these and it will make backups so much easier:

http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=34&scid=32&prid=447

I'm guessing it's quite a bit since they don't have the price in big bold letters at the top of the screen :shifty:

[Sheepdog]

heh. if you have a CD-RW drive, it is actually easy to back-up... inexpensive too.

what i do is this:
Locate all the stuff you want to save. E.g. document files, game saves, etc. Don't bother with applications, mp3's (that you have legally, hint hint), or anything else that would be easy to reinstall or copy or download after a critical crash. We are mainly concerned with stuff that would have to be rewritten or otherwise would be hard to replace.

Make a new folder (it can be named anything, but i named it "archive"). I recommend it be in C:, not in "My Documents"... in fact i wouldn't put anything private in My Documents, as it is a target for hackers and malicious viruses.

In the archive folder, put a copy of all the stuff you want to save. This can actually be helpful in case you mess something up, you'll have an older copy of the file handy.

If it excedes the amount of space you can save to a CD (i think it is 65MB to 80, depending on CD), use a data compressor like WinZIP or whatever, and make a copy of the whole archive folder in a .zip file. it matters little where you save the .zip, so long as you know where it is (i don't recommend puting it in the archive folder, unless you plan to delete it before next time you do a backup.

fire up you burning program, put in a blank CD (R or RW, i don't think it matters), and copy the archive file or the .zip file to the CD.

Bam! you have yourself a decent back up of sensitive files for a cheap price. just make sure you test the CD when your done to make sure it is readable.

[$cirisme]

i think it is 65MB to 80, depending on CD

What CD's are you using? :eh:

You're being ripped off :brow:

That makes a nice little tutorial... would you mind posting it in the "No need to be vulnerable" thread, so it doesn't get lost?

:smile:

[Em7add11]

cirisme:

I'm guessing it's quite a bit since they don't have the price in big bold letters at the top of the screen :shifty:

Either that, or you can't buy it direct from Linksys. Most likely they don't show a price because the companies that resell them don't have a fixed price they sell the drive for.

Pricegrabber (http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php?page_id=11&form_keyword=linksys+network+storage&ut=446672846a2fb715) shows that they are a tad pricey tho:

80gig - $450
120gig - $645

[yxboom]

You can buy a 120Gb HDD for a little over a 100 bills put it in a USB 2.0/IEEE 1394 external enclosure and just use a backup utility and save near $500

[Em7add11]

yxboom:

You can buy a 120Gb HDD for a little over a 100 bills put it in a USB 2.0/IEEE 1394 external enclosure and just use a backup utility and save near $500

And then you could buy a huge spoiler for it and a Type-R sticker for the trunk and, oh baby, that thing would fly! :chuckle:

[yxboom]

Em7add11:

And then you could buy a huge spoiler for it and a Type-R sticker for the trunk and, oh baby, that thing would fly! :chuckle:

Don't forget the Enkei wheels and the JLs in the back bumpin some Techmaster PEB and you are flyin in style!

[Em7add11]

yxboom:

Don't forget the Enkei wheels and the JLs in the back bumpin some Techmaster PEB and you are flyin in style!

What about ground effects? Blue or purple?

[yxboom]

Purple Razzi GEs with a front combat grill and to compliment the 17s, some drop springs :thumb:

[Em7add11]

Sounds like you've thought this out. :lol:

[yxboom]

Yea I'm saving up for a Precision Power amp with some MB quart seperates and a 15" L7 Solobaric to go with the 2 10" JLs in the back off the hard drive enclosure with neon kit for the upgraded spark plug wires.

[JCA]

Today @ 03:05 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=258986#post258986)
yxboom:

You can buy a 120Gb HDD for a little over a 100 bills put it in a USB 2.0/IEEE 1394 external enclosure and just use a backup utility and save near $500


This is probably the best way to go for most people now days.. it's relatively inexpensive, and rarely fails. Also, with MB's doing the RAID thing nowdays, you can even opt to make the system pretty redundant withn itself, without even having to worry about backups that much.

Still, it's always a good idea to have an off-site backup if you do things that are really important, but even then, buying a new IDE drive (can get a 40 gig for $60) and doing an image to keep at yer moms or something, isn't out of the question.


And anyway, purple or blue are bad colors for HD's.. Forest Green is much healthier, and can get you 4 or 5 more revolutions per disk cross country :teeth:


L&P

JCA

[markporter]

Make a new folder (it can be named anything, but i named it "archive"). I recommend it be in C:, not in "My Documents"... in fact i wouldn't put anything private in My Documents, as it is a target for hackers and malicious viruses.

Well, I personally would recommend that it was in Macintosh HD and not c:

:tongue: even less of a target then.

[Em7add11]

Make a new folder (it can be named anything, but i named it "archive"). I recommend it be in C:, not in "My Documents"... in fact i wouldn't put anything private in My Documents, as it is a target for hackers and malicious viruses.

Even with all my files that would need to be backed up all in one folder, I still have a ton of backup work to do. Last time I checked it had 5gigs of files sitting in it.

[markporter]

Today @ 08:35 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=259071#post259071)
Em7add11:



Even with all my files that would need to be backed up all in one folder, I still have a ton of backup work to do. Last time I checked it had 5gigs of files sitting in it.

sigh, well my mac has a DVD writer and so I can get 4.7 gigs on one write :tongue:

[yxboom]

i just use an external HDD for backups which with a flip of the switch shuts it off and hackers can do very little even if they manage to break past my hardware and software firewalls.

With the speed of USB 2.0 it takes on time at all.

Plus if you are stuck having to reformat due to virus or owning a Windows OS it don't matter what folder you have it in, in C:/ it is all going bye-bye.

[Em7add11]

markporter:

sigh, well my mac has a DVD writer and so I can get 4.7 gigs on one write :tongue:

*pangs of jealousy*

[Sheepdog]

Today @ 02:23 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=258898#post258898)
cirisme:



What CD's are you using? :eh:

You're being ripped off :brow:

err... am i missing a zero in there?


That makes a nice little tutorial... would you mind posting it in the "No need to be vulnerable" thread, so it doesn't get lost?

:smile:

sure! :hi:

[Sheepdog]

Today @ 03:39 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=259079#post259079)
yxboom:


Plus if you are stuck having to reformat due to virus or owning a Windows OS it don't matter what folder you have it in, in C:/ it is all going bye-bye.

true dat.

[Stephen]

I've never had a backup of anything in my life, but I"ve got a network of computers and I'd just copy anything important, move it to a computer with a big hard drive, and you've got yourself a backup.

Don't have a free harddrive? Just go out and get one of those 120 gig fire-wire HD's from FRY's or some other cheap electronic store.

Don't have multiple computers? :haha:

[yxboom]

I got a WD 7200 RPM 200Gb drive at Outpost.com for $80 after rebates.

[$cirisme]

Stephen:

I've never had a backup of anything in my life, but I"ve got a network of computers and I'd just copy anything important, move it to a computer with a big hard drive, and you've got yourself a backup.

Don't have a free harddrive? Just go out and get one of those 120 gig fire-wire HD's from FRY's or some other cheap electronic store.

Don't have multiple computers? :haha:

I have a bunch of computers on my HAN... each drive has an "AJ's stuff" folder. Since I have 3 harddrives in my 2k box, 2 in my Linux box, and a ton of scuzzi drives in my XP + 3 or 4 partitions on each... it makes things complex :noid:

I really need to get a program to sync all these folders together :huh:

[Sheepdog]

rebates are God's gift to electronics shoppers. i got a 50 pack of CD-R's for $5 after rebate. Also a CD-RW drive for $25 after rebate. I saw a nice 80Gig HD that had a nice rebate, but i had to resist the temptation.

[yxboom]

:bow: pricewatch e-deals and slickdeals.com