On Dec 8, 12:31 pm, Robert MacLeay <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Chris!
>
> You are *probably* OK leaving drives in an unheated environment.
> Seagate says its drives are OK down to -40, although they should be
> warmed up to freezing (32 F) before use.
>
> Out here in Colorado, I keep several drives in a small insulated ice
> chest in the trunk of my car, each drive in its own zip-lock freezer
> baggie. In four years, no problems.
Hello Robert!
after posting, I discovered on their website that the Guardian and OWC
units are safe to store well below 0°. Operation temps are a different
story however.
>
> As for your garage, is it detached from the house? If one burns down,
> will the other go with it?
yes - it is detached - thank god!
>
> Redundancy is always good. I back up with three hard disks for each
> computer. Two are CCC/SuperDuper images, which leapfrog each other on
> a weekly basis. The third is used with TIme Machine. Plus periodic
> DVDs of critical folders to an Undisclosed Location. In 24 years of
> computer use I have never lost a file, except for those I deliberately
> and foolishly threw away.
When you say "leapfrog", do you mean just swap them each week? How do
you go about using Time Machine in your backup regime; do you keep
that *third TM* attached to your main HD non stop? AND/OR *somehow*
backup your 2 externals to it or with TM - or??? If I make clone
backups on both external drives and then {with lots of outside
assistance!} determine the ideal method to update each of them on a
regular basis, what is the advantage of using TM - especially for a
moron like ME?
Any elaboration is appreciated!
Many thanks,
chris in ny
> On Dec 8, 4:51 am, darkey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > When swapping drives weekly, what is the procedure to update the
> > freshly swapped drive?
> > Can an external drive safely
> > be kept in a weathertight {detached!} garage during the week it's not
> > in use in the NY winter?
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