jac asked: ...if you've got a minute can you recommend a method of backing up files.
Erich suggested: Do you have a CD or DVD burner? I was backing up my home machine on CD's with no problem. If you don't have a burner consider that a great investment and write it off. CD burners are now getting very reasonable... And Mark added: Second Hard Drive. Copy. Paste. Or Second Computer on Network. Copy. Paste. Tim sez: I use both methods. The midrange hard drives are getting cheap (I can pick up a new Western Digital 40GB drive for about US$60). CD burners are very dependable now and the blank media is running about 20 cents each in quantity. I've had excellent luck with HP burners. As far as web development goes, the CDs are perfect - when I get a site to a nice "done" stage, it gets burned to a CD, but I leave the CD open. As things change I can move the updated files out to the CD too, if I want. I try to package things so that if a server gets toasted I can throw the CD in the new server and have the site back up in just a few minutes. The second hard drive is great too, since it's quite fast. Depending on your situation, you might want to consider the formatting options (NTFS, FAT32, etc.) in case it must be moved to another machine for recovery. Tim ___________________________ Tim Furry Web Developer Foulston Siefkin LLP ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
