Be real careful in setting up a raid drive in terms of Windows XP. You are not supposed to have XP boot off of a raid drive so theoretically you should only store data on a raid setup. I have broken this rule and lost both disks in a raid 1 setup.
Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 242 0911 Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ DXBase bug reports: email to [email protected] Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Bill Parry <[email protected]> wrote: > My son tells me that there is a real nice way of keeping your computer > backed up. It is called RAID. He tells me that if you know how, you can > set > up a second drive and it will be a complete duplicate of your boot drive. > If the C drive goes down, then the Raid drive takes over and boots up. This > seems to me to be much better than a backup or mirror, because if you lose > your drive you are still in business. I saw a WD 500 Gig drive for about > $50...now I have got to get some smart guy to set up the RAID for me. > > Yes I understand if you get a lightning strike you may lose both drives but > there is always some risk in life isn't there. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] > On Behalf Of Peter Dougherty > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 6:56 PM > To: 'Neal Campbell'; 'FireBrick' > Cc: 'DXBase List' > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Backup backup backup > > Great minds, eh! I hadn't seen your reply when I posted my message with the > same information! > > ----------------------------------- > > Regards, > > Peter, > W2IRT > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] > On Behalf Of Neal Campbell > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 7:50 PM > To: FireBrick > Cc: DXBase List > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Backup backup backup > > I do not know how many of you are aware of a very nice program/service > called Dropbox. The software sets up a folder on your hard drive and > anything you put in it is file transferred to the Dropbox servers in the > background. Any computer you install the program on (and it can handle > Windows and Mac OS X systems) will get a copy of that folder. Its amazingly > quick. I can drop a file (or update a file in the dropbox folder), walk > downstairs and its already there on my computers downstairs. > > You get 2 GB of storage free (I believe) which is one humongous logfile! > > Give it a try, I use it to back up almost everything (including the source > code for DXBase!) > > > Neal Campbell > Abroham Neal Software > www.abrohamnealsoftware.com > (540) 242 0911 > > Amateur Radio: K3NC > Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ > DXBase bug reports: email to [email protected] > Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 6:07 PM, FireBrick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I know it's too late to help you...but the best thing you can ever do.... > > backup your .mdb files. > > > > And DXBase has a way to do it for you.... > > > > Got to the DXBase Program group > > Select the DXB Utility option > > Select File Backup from the left side choices. > > > > I use a stick drive J:\DXBASE > > You want to save all your .mdb files... > > > > It isn't hard, but you must do it manualy. > > I tried to have Windows Scheduler but didn't seem to work right. > > > > Now there are some cheap even free, automatic offsite backup systems. > > > > Trust me, I've lost my stuff, backups saved my ...butt! > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn > > down > > the volume on the radio? > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > TOWER/WEBCAMS and Weather Page > > @ http://hhweather.webhop.org > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Dxbase mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
