On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Erik te Groen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello group, > > I haven't mailed much in this group, lately. > However, I would like to share some info and advice with you. > > Over the last few years I have read several stories about people who lost > their > posessions and/or software due to a computer crash, fire, or otherwise. > I regularly store my drawings on DVD's. And always on TWO disks, never just > on > one...! > My collection of disks is something to behold..... And as it grows, old > files become > harder and harder to find. And CD's and DVD's have a reputation to go bad > after a > few years. It may take just 5 years and sometimes much longer than 10 years, > but > one day your PC just won't recognize the CD or the files. Even if you DO > store them > in a cool and dark place ! > > Personal experience has tought me that harddisks are a very good way to > store > information. Yes, they can crash too, but still I am convinced they are the > best way > (for me !) to store my 10 years of hard work. Not just for my drawings, but > for my vast > collection of pictures and drawings I found on the net, as well. > > I feel a lot better now that I have stored everything on an external > harddisk. It's a > Western Digital, about 450 Gb. My own harddisk is about 160 Gb, so this one > will > be more than enough. It "only" costs about 80 euro's / 100 dollars. Some > people may > think this is a lot of money, but the loss of all of your files will hurt a > LOT more than > spending 100 dollars on more security. > > So....be safe.....if you have a lot if info you would like to protect, > consider buying > an external - or internal - harddisk. > I always disconnect my external harddrive after use, so if anything should > happen to > my PC, all of my drawings will be safe. > > > Therefor my advice is, to consider trying to protect your precious files, if > you want to > keep them safe in the years to come...! I sleep a lot better knowing I > added another way > of storing my files. > > Cheers, > > Erik.
Erik, I've been doing this for a couple of years, and backing things up to TWO external drives (redundancy is your friend). :-) -- Mike Hungerford http://www.chthulhu.com/ {Insert witticism here.} -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en.
