I guess one concern to use online backups is, "how secure is it?"
Since
you are borrowing someone's server space, it's possible they
access your
information without your knowledge.
While we'd like to believe server
maintainers don't intrude into
customers' data, there's always possibility
and capability for them to
do
so.
Regards,
intermilan04
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ps.com,
"Mark H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]..> wrote:
>
> Talking about "The
Big One", no one has mention online backup. These
days you can pay $5 a
month to get 30GB remote space to back up your
stuff online.
> I use
Mozy remote back service and it was very easy to set up. They
also provide
2GB space for free. If my city is nuked tomorrow and I
happen to be out of
town, I still have all my trading systems and
family photos, and can start
to make a living in no time, provided
that the markets are still open after
the nuke.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Yuki
Taga
> To: Herman
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:54
AM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] PC Utilities.
>
>
> Hi
Herman,
>
> It's a personal choice, but for me, given the size,
cheap cost, speed
> and convenience, I'd always have a multiple physical
drive system. My
> primary box has five hard drives -- three IDE and two
SCSI. I also
> have an external USB that is 99 percent off line, turned
on only for
> weekly imaging.
>
> Removable drives ...
sure.
>
> RAID or mirroring might be the safest, and of course if
you are
> *really* determined, an off-site backup. But my biggest worry
here
> is "The Big One", so I'd probably need foreign-country backup to
be
> really safe, or at least hundreds of kilometers away. I think,
even
> now, that is available -- I mean I am pretty sure that there
are
> services on line that will store your backups. Cost, diameter
of
> pipe, and trust, would be some issues that you'd need to
assess.
>
> Yuki
>
> Wednesday, October 25, 2006,
9:50:44 PM, you wrote:
>
> H> May I ask: What would be the
preferred backup media?
>
> H> TIA,
> H>
herman
>
> H> -----Original Message-----
> H> From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]ps.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]ps.com]On
>
H> Behalf Of Tomasz Janeczko
> H> Sent: October 25, 2006 5:06
AM
> H> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ps.com
>
H> Subject: Re: [amibroker] PC Utilities.
>
> H>
Ara,
>
> H> If you have such "weird" problems the best you can
do is the
following:
>
> H> 1. format drive / reinstall
everything fresh (make at least 2
partitions
> H> one for the
system and one for the rest. I personally have more
partitions
>
H> for various things)
>
> H> 2. buy Acronis True Image
Home ($49) - and make system
partition backup
> H> if you will do
disk images regularly you can turn off windows
"system
> H>
restore"
> H> feature because full disk images give you much better
protection.
>
> H> 3. backup your system partition before
installation of every
software that
> H> you don't know
>
H> so you can revert to pre-installation state in case somethign
goes
wrong.
> H> This will also ensure that registry does not get
cluttered with
stuff that
> H> did not get uninstalled
properly
>
> H> Make scheduled backups (Acronis allows to make
scheduled disk
images in the
> H> background
> H> while
you are working, you don't need to reboot nor anything
like with
some
> H> other tools)
> H> and in the future you will be
fully protected
> H> and will be able to restore your system in 10
minutes (that's
about the time
> H> it takes on my
computer).
>
> H> Recent story:
> H> I have dual boot
machine (allows to select whenever you want to
boot
> H> into Win
XP 32 bit PL or Win XP 64 bit EN)
> H> when I installed Windows Vista
RC1 (for testing) it destroyed
MBR (master
> H> boot record) on my
disk
> H> and I could not boot to anything but Vista. And as
always
Acronis True
> H> Image
> H> rescued me - I simply
restored the image, MBR was restored too and
> H> everything was back
to normal.
>
> H> And big thanks to Yuki who first mentioned
True Image on this list.
>
> H> Best regards,
> H>
Tomasz Janeczko
> H> amibroker.com
> H> ----- Original
Message -----
> H> From: "Ara Kaloustian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
H> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]ps.com>
>
H> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:13 AM
> H> Subject: Re:
[amibroker] PC Utilities.
>
> >> Yuki
>
>>
> >> My problems are "weird". ..
> >>
>
>> For example,
> >> 1. Some web sites I can not log in. (I
can log in with backup
computer).
> >> 2. Running Interactive
Brokers TWS, when I activate Book
Trader, data does
> >> not
come into Book Trader. I have to shut it off and
re-activate. This
>
>> actually happens with other programs also. Have not
established
patern.
> >> 3. On my Firewall / Antivirus / Spam
Blocker / Pest Controller,
Spam
> H> Blocker
> >> and
Pest Controller were not running. They were also missing
from the
>
H> start
> >> menu.
> >> 4. Have problems running
SecondCopy (my backup program).
Beleive this is
> >> related
the "read only" issue.
> >>
> >> I was hacked last
week through Skype!. An "Unknown" user was
registered
> H>
in
> >> my PC, which I removed.
> >>
> >>
Virus scans show no virus.
> >>
> >> The computer is
new, so I do not do much HD maintenance. Occasional
> >>
Defragment.
> >>
> >> Unfortunatly have not got around
to do a system backup!!!
> >>
> >> Where is the system
log. Never looked at one.
> >>
> >> Tx
>
>> Ara
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message
-----
> >> From: "Yuki Taga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED].>
>
>> To: "Ara Kaloustian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]ps.com>
>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:39 AM
> >> Subject:
Re: [amibroker] PC Utilities.
> >>
> >>
>
>>> Hi Ara,
> >>>
> >>> Wednesday,
October 25, 2006, 3:31:19 PM, you wrote:
> >>>
>
>>> AK> I regularly run Registry Machanic to keep PC running
properly.
> >>>
> >>> AK> Today I ran a trial
version of "PC MightyMax, right after
I ran
> >>> AK>
Registry Mechanic. MightyMax found 241 Invalid Registry
Paths and
74
> >>> Invalid Shortcuts.
> >>>
>
>>> AK> Anyone experienced with this program??? The price tag
also
seems
> >>> AK> unreasonably high ($120 / year
licence)
> >>>
> >>> Ara ... generally speaking,
these programs are all worthless, and
> >>> have the potential
to do much more harm than good. Running such a
> >>> program --
regularly -- is a prescription for trouble, IMNSHO.
These
>
>>> programs all follow different algorithms, and some are
very
> >>> "thorough" (to the point that they wreck your system
by deleting
> >>> things they shouldn't touch), and some are
very lax (meaning they
> >>> don't really do anything).
>
>>>
> >>> Generally speaking, the registry (especially
on a 2K or XP system)
> >>> does not need "fixing". The only
exception to that would be if you
> >>> *knew* exactly what
needed fixing. The registry is a huge
database,
> >>> and it
does get cluttered with the remains of programs
uninstalled,
>
>>> and other useless data. It also only grows in size, unless it
is
> >>> weeded and then compressed. But, again generally
speaking, the
amount
> >>> of clutter is almost always
minuscule compared to the size of the
> >>> registry in the
first place. Cutting the registry even by 5
percent
> >>> (a
tough job, usually) is not going to improve your
performance very
>
>>> much. I doubt if you would even be aware of it.
>
>>>
> >>> But because these registry "fixer" companies
can scare or convince
> >>> you into running a trial version,
which they *know* will turn up
> >>> something (unimportant,
but probably a "large number" of
unimportants
> >>> -- i.e.
seems large to you, but it's really *nothing*), they
can make
>
>>> a lot of money touting their useless products. You could run 10
of
> >>> these programs. None would agree with each other
regarding either
> >>> number or specifics. They are a waste of
money.
> >>>
> >>> If invalid shortcuts or
invalid registry paths are the only things
> >>> you have to
worry about, you probably have nothing to worry about,
> >>>
and definitely should not go to the trouble of reinstalling.
What I
>
>>> am more concerned about, if I'm you, is "Am I compromised"?
If
your
> >>> machine is "owned", to use the phrase, *then*
it's time for a
> >>> reformat and reinstall, maybe on a
completely new drive.
> >>>
> >>> What problems
are you having other than the read-only
situation you
> >>>
mentioned in another thread?
> >>>
> >>> Do you
have a known-good backup?
> >>>
> >>> Do you
have an anti-virus program, and/or an anti-spyware program?
>
>>>
> >>> Do you run them once in a while?
>
>>>
> >>> Do you defragment your drives once in a
while (every 48 hours
here on
> >>> a rotating
basis)?
> >>>
> >>> Do you have a firewall?
Which one? Is it running?
> >>>
> >>> Have you
run any hard drive analysis software on your machine? Why
> >>>
not?
> >>>
> >>> Memory check software? Why
not?
> >>>
> >>> What ... do your system logs
tell you? Do you read them daily?
> >>> (There should hardly
ever be either a yellow or a red flag;
basically
> >>> they
should be clean almost all the time.)
> >>>
>
>>> The only way to clear DRAM that I know of is power off. That
means
> >>> computer, and modem, and monitor (if it's flat
panel). Have
you shut
> >>> *everything* down completely,
and waited five minutes
(shouldn't take
> >>> that long; but
that should do it for sure), and tried again?
> >>>
>
>>> Best,
> >>>
> >>> Yuki
>
>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
Please note that this group is for discussion between users only.
>
>>>
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>
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>
>>>
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>
>>>
> >>>
> >>>
>
>>
> >>
> >>
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