Guess I have just learned that sad fact the hard way- have never experienced a hard drive problem during nearly 30 years of working with computers. The hard drive was sent back for replacement- and the vendor wanted $600 to $800 to retrieve data.
I have a second internal HD which was a couple of years old, but had not gotten around to figuring out whether Rollback RX could back up to 2 different drives or not. The new computer's OS was also new to me, so was still trying to get everything installed and figure out what back-up option to use. I had used Image for Windows but thought that the shuffling of several disks was rather unwieldy; so was now trying out and getting used to Rollback RX and not getting very helpful responses back from their tech support. Cher -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of John M. Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 12:10 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS accessible system back up methods If your data is important to you, you must maintain at least three copies of your data on at least two different types of storage media and in at least two separate locations. For example, Let's assume that your data files located on your computers internal hard drive are one copy stored in one location. Next, you purchase an external hard drive, backup your data (or your entire computer) to the external drive and store the drive at a friend or family members home. Now you have two copies stored in two separate locations. Next, you setup a cloud storage account and store a copy of your data at the cloud service. You will now have three copies of your data, stored in three separate locations and on two separate types of storage media. If your data is important, this scenario is the minimum starting point. For my data, I use the above scenario, plus I alternate my data backups between two external hard drives. I also copy the latest backup to two separate flash drives and one of those flash drives is always with me. You never trust your data to a single hard drive, no matter how new or old it is. I have seen hard drives fail in one week and I have seen hard drives run continuously for more than 10 years. If the data on your failed drive is very important to you, email me off list and I will put you in touch with a data recovery service with very reasonable prices. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don & Cher Bosch" <oneagleswin...@bellsouth.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 10:51 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] JAWS accessible system back up methods > Dear List, > > > > Just lost all recent data due to the failure of a 4 month old hard drive. > Had Rollback RX installed (and thought my data was protected) but the > technician said he could not locate the files- and the hard drive was > turning extremely slowly. > > > > Needing advice on whether to get an external hard drive or to check out > cloud backup options. Some hard drives seem to have backup software built > into them, but I'm skeptical about the accessibility of such programs. I'm > also looking at what Seagate calls "expansion" hard drives- which may not > have the backup software built into them- am still trying to figure that > one > out. Would appreciate your experience and advice. > > > > Cher > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
