I have 10 external hard drives. I triple-back up crutial files and photos. Some people use online back up systems. I am suspicious of those. One crashed a while back and lost virtually all the files of its customers.
roy From: Scott <[email protected]> Reply-To: S-Scale <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:17:27 +0000 To: S-Scale <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Off topic posts Sometimes off-topic is dead on. Last spring I lost hundreds of hours in research and design work for model railroad buildings due to my complete ignorance of knowing how to back up files or otherwise protect them. I doubt I am the only one who has lost info this way. Would it be possible for a file to be made explaining in laymens terms how to prevent this. In all honesty I just haven't had the heart to try and redo all that info for fear of losing it again. Also if it is in a file we can keep going back to it rather then tying up posts rehashing it every-time those of us less computer savvy need to reread how to do it. Just an idea for what it is worth... Thanks for your time, Scott Huston Las Vegas Nevada --- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> , "cnr3304" <andym@...> wrote: > > Here is an off-topic warning. > > I purchased the update to Windows 8 without thinking, actually because it was cheap. I installed it from XP and it wiped out all my programs including my design software I use for producing etchings, pattern making and layout design. (model RR content). I brought it back and got a refund where I learned I should not have tried to update from XP. Nice after the fact. Unfortunately, Windows 8 will not save your programs if you upgrade from anything other than Windows 7. It will save your photos though so my Railway pics were okay except my snowplow photos. All my data files (except my #$#X$!%# showplow photos) are on a different drive so that was fine. > > However, no one warned me about this and it could have been worse. It has taken me the better part of 2 days to restore my computer to XP with SP2 because XP is not really supported that much any more. > > So if you wish to upgrade to the latest and greatest from Microsoft, back everything up, especially any of your Train files. > > cheers, > > Andy Malette >
