In regard to the below info, I downloaded xxclone and it does appear to be the type of backup program that I have been looking for, BUT I can not get my C: drive to come up in the source or the target window. I am running XP on a COMPAQ Presario if that helps. Could anyone tell me why I can not see my C: drive. It has my start up info and WINDOWS on it. Bruce
---- Original Message ----- From: "Neon John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] While we're discussing backups... > On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:47:12 -0500, Robert Vassar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >>I backup to a USB hard disk. I plug it in, backup, unplug it, de- >>cable and park it in a filing cabinet. The disk spends 99.99% of >>it's life powered off. It should last a decade or more like this, >>but I buy a new disk to replace it every 5 years, regardless if it >>needs it or not. Really critical stuff goes on a CD-R, stored flat >>in a jewel case, and goes in the safe deposit box. > > My laptop is may main computer. My "backup" procedure consists of cloning > the > C: drive using a freebie utility called "xxclone" > (http://www.xxclone.com). > This one is one of the best cloning programs that I've tried and being > free is > a double bonus. > > The target drives are the same brand and size as what is installed in my > laptop. The bare target drive is connected via a USB-to-EDIE interface > cable > that I picked up somewhere on the net for about $20. I use 3 drives in > rotation so that I have 3 generations of drive snapshots at any given > time. > That has saved my cookies more than once when I realized after the last > clone > that I'd deleted something vital. The three "backup" drives stay in my > fireproof safe inside zip-lock bags. The zip-lock bags are vital. I > learned > the hard way during a house fire that even though the fireproof safe > protects > the media from heat, it doesn't protect it from the acidic smoke and steam > that are drawn into the cool interior. > > If the drive in my laptop fails, I don't have to do a restore. I simply > get > the latest clone drive out of the safe and install it in my computer and > I'm > instantly back up and running with the machine state being that of the > last > snapshot. > > I do a weekly clone and a daily differential backup to my linux file > server > running SAMBA using another freebie utility called SyncBack. A flash drive > is > another option for those non-networked computer users. > http://www.2brightsparks.com/. Even when I've been very active, a week's > worth of changes easily fits on a 4 gig flash drive. > > I still have the occasional nightmare when I think about tape backup. > More > accurately, the time wasted verifying each tape and even then, having the > tape > not read about half the time when it was needed. Never again! > > John > -- > John De Armond > See my website for my current email address > http://www.neon-john.com > http://www.johndearmond.com <-- best little blog on the net! > Tellico Plains, Occupied TN > What do you call a blonde's cranial cavity? Vacuum chamber? > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1629 - Release Date: 8/23/2008 > 1:16 PM > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
