My Reply follows quote. On 09/11/2002 08:51 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Greenidge) >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Greetings: > > Hope I'm explaining this lucently. > I'm on the verge of buying a 20 gig TravelStar HD for my PB >190. I'll be loading it with the 1.2 gigs of (finally) unStuffed >files currently on my 6320 as well as its backup. > Since I'll have all that virgin space, I'm thinking of >duplicating all those primary files again in a "backup folder" on the >HD. My question is this: If my "backup folder" is located on a >separate platter of its own within the hard drive, is my date safe in >the event of a bad crash? In other words, does a hard disk crash >affect ALL the platters in a hard drive, and if not, then it's safe >to use a hard drive as its own backup to forgo buying a separate CD >or Zip drive? > > Thanks! > JimWG -------------------- Don't know how you would be sure that your data was "on a separate platter of its own within the hard drive" but even if you could, I don't believe it would be much of a "guarantee" of its safety. If you experience a "bad" crash, you may have to reformat the drive (as long as the crash was due to "software." If the crash was due to hardware, the trash heap may be your only recourse.
The platters on a hard drive are of no real meaning to the normal user. The formatting done at the factory and by whatever drive setup program you use establishes the useable portions of the platters. Any "virtual" partitions you may establish and driven primarily by your formating program and may or may not coincide with the hardware platter layout. It may be convenient to use a "partition" of a hard drive to back up files located on another partition, but that would only protect you (at least in my conservative opinion - belt and suspenders type) from a "gentle" software crash on one of the partitions. If you want to be safe, do frequent backups to CDs and store them in safe places. Scuttlebut says that Zip disks are convenient for moving data around, but not particularly "safe." (Though in 7 years of using them in 4 different drives I personally have had no proplems.) Ken Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:powerbooks@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:powerbooks-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:powerbooks-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
