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 Nov 27 2008, 05:12 PM
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Nov 27 2008, 05:15 PM
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 Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 165 Joined: 11-September 08 From: Goodfellow AFB, Texas Member No.: 238,060 |
What is your current backup plan for your computer?
We use a 1 TB external at the office, it gets updated weekly for backup in case we have a sudden loss of data, more important information is also stored on CD's. I also use a 500 GB for my personal backup data, it is updated everyday, if I have something critical that needs to be backed up, I do not hesitate, it is copied that night, I keep pictures on the computer, 500 GB, and jump drives. What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted? My office setup: 1. 9-1-1 emergency logs/access information for remote control/rolodex information/troubleshooting logs/etc 2. Timesheets 3. 9-1-1 programs, (such as power 911) My home setup: 1. Pictures of my son 2. My E-Books 3. Games ( i would hate to reinstall them all lol) How would this prize package help you? Of course this would help with the safety of backing up files. It would also however help with my work, we could always use more space to keep specific information for our 9-1-1 PSAPs. For entertainment purposes I could also use this for storing movies and music and also partitioning a portion for my PS3. Probably the most important thing I would use this for is the movies and pictures of my son, and than protecting the community by keeping all the information for troubleshooting and maintaining of the 9-1-1 equipment. This is a awesome contest you have going on here, I do enjoy seeing what other people would do with the prize if given the chance. This post has been edited by Box In A Bag: Nov 27 2008, 05:15 PM --------------------  Intel Core2Duo E8400 wolfdale 3.0GHz OC'd to 3.8GHz 38°C/39°C maximum, ---Call 9-1-1 for emergencies.... or just post at Bleeping Computer--- ------------Your friendly CVCOG 9-1-1 Network Administrator----------- |
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 Nov 27 2008, 06:44 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 27-November 08 Member No.: 261,367 |
What is your current backup plan for your computer? What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted? How would this prize package help you?
Actually I use flash USB Drives to keep some important photos safe, but I don't have the rest of my hard drive backed up  . Probably I would be very upset if I lost my photos :/If I won the hard drive, I could make sure that all my important photos and videos never got lost! 
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Nov 27 2008, 07:26 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 25-November 08 Member No.: 260,494 |
I’ve definitely lost some data before, back in the days when I did CD-R backups. Now I backup all important files to an external hard drive automatically using SyncBack, and have most (if not all) text files in the cloud with Google Docs. Keep copies of all my photos on Picasa Web Albums, videos on Youtube or Google Video, and for random other files I’ve tried online storage like box.net, and that and similar sites seem to work decently as well.
The most devastating loss of data would be my music and videos, because I have so much that I don't have space for them all on my computer, so I only have them on my backup drive. The extra hard drives would be awesome in backing up all that music and video. I haven't bought an extra backup drive because in the long run, those files aren't crucial to me, but they do bring just a little bit more joy to my life, and that's something I'd rather not lose. |
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 Nov 27 2008, 07:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 3-November 08 Member No.: 252,772 |
QUOTE What is your current backup plan for your computer? I have a 350G external hard drive, but I don't get to use it much as my roommate has permanently borrowed it. QUOTE What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted? Mostly I have a lot of art work I have done on the computer. I use programs to write musical notations for songs I've composed which is almost all I have to show for the last few years LOL. So yea.. loosing the data.. I guess I should bug my roommate to get his own eh? Other then that there's some music files from old bands such as henry cow that is no longer available by ordering on line or @ local music shops. And I haven't found any on peer sites like torrents so if I lost those yea.. I think that's it, everything else is replaceable but that's all i have that's irreplaceable. QUOTE How would this prize package help you? Obviously It would free up space on drive C and be an insurance for the irreplaceable items I mentioned. It's also quite aesthetically pleasing, let's hope the girls notice it next time they are over? This post has been edited by failedcomputerboy: Nov 27 2008, 07:49 PM |
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Nov 27 2008, 08:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 24-November 08 Member No.: 260,435 |
What is your current backup plan for your computer?
I don't have one yet as I can't even afford an external HDD yet  What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted? Definitely my music. It took me years to find it all and when I lost it last time I only managed to get a small part of what I used to have. How would this prize package help you? I would be able to back up everything onto the external harddrive! |
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Nov 27 2008, 09:11 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 516 Joined: 30-October 05 Member No.: 39,072 |
OK I'm entering the contest, But this is really for my sister who is not very computer Saavy as they say.
A. Her Current backup plan is that she believes she doesn't need a backup plan. Rather I did configure previous versions, but this is hardly effective if the drive crashes. B. The most devastating losses would be her pictures of my Niece and Nephew and her school work. She wants to be an accountant. Go figure. C. This would help Her and Me, because she would have her backups and stop nagging me to take care of this. I would use the software on the Hard drive that comes with it to perform regular back-ups of her data. This would make her life easier. Hope I Win. I mean for my sis that is. ;-) |
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Nov 27 2008, 09:36 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 27-November 08 Member No.: 261,460 |
1. Currently, I have a 4gb flash drive that I use to store the most important of documents and files, and I also have extremely important school files saved on my 2gb Ipod
2. My most devastating loss would be my music, my pictures, e-books that I have purchased, and countless programs that I have created in Microsoft Basic and C++. 3. This prize package would help me more than I can imagine. It would firstly, give me great peace of mind to know, that in the case that worst come to worst, I would still have all of these files that are important to me. It would also save me the money that I plan to use to buy an external hard-drive to back up my computer. |
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Nov 27 2008, 09:55 PM
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 Forum Regular  Group: Banned Posts: 267 Joined: 14-August 07 From: A-Squared, MI Member No.: 150,119 |
What is your current backup plan for your computer?
The second partition. not really good I know, but it works for now. What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted? Loosing my library of freeware applications I use to repair computers. How would this prize package help you? It would guarantee a secure backup that would probably stand the test of time (and incase my machine gets infected, i won't risk the data on the external) |
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Nov 27 2008, 10:10 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 27-November 08 Member No.: 261,445 |
Hi, I am entering your contest and to answer your Questions,
1) My current backup plan, I am using another internal harddisk installed in the same computer but not as my bootable harddisk. I am backing my current operating system and my data folders inlcuding personal stuff 2) What would be the most devastating lost of data? Well everything I have been doing and saved in my computer for future use and information would be a waste of work and effort should my current HardDisk become corrupted, but hoping to get everything back from this backup, which I can download it by using another computer which has an operating system. 3)This Prize package would help me very much indeed as it will save time for me from re-installation of operating system, programs and updating the loss data from the corrupted harddisk. |
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Nov 27 2008, 10:19 PM
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 Senior Member Group: HJT Sophomore Classmen Posts: 440 Joined: 26-August 08 From: Victoria Member No.: 233,642 |
What is your current backup plan for your computer?
I have just moved over all my files onto a file server which is configured the DATA partition into a Mirror RAID, beofre this i didn't have any backup plan... eeek!! What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted? I think it would have to be my collection of movies and music, it has taken ages to build it up. How would this prize package help you? Well i would definately know my files were safe. At the moment it's ok to have one HDD fail, which has happened, but if two go, i'm stuffed!! An external place to back up would come in really handy, and would make moving data from PC to PC (instead of PC to server to PC) a LOT easier!! -------------------- If I am helping you and don't reply in 24 hours please send me a PM
Currently in training... There's no place like 127.0.0.1 There are 10 types of people in the world, those that can read binary, and those who can't. |
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Nov 27 2008, 11:30 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 27-November 08 Member No.: 261,487 |
At the moment, I don't have much of value on my computer. A lot of photos are burned to CD, and my email is web based. I have a few projects on a USB stick, which I back up to the main hard drive on occasion.
I don't think winning would change much, maybe get me a little extra cash. ivan |
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Nov 27 2008, 11:46 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 485 Joined: 20-May 07 Member No.: 131,991 |
What is your current backup plan for your computer?
Currently, its to keep my largest things on DVD storage and hope the drive doesn't fail. Its fairly new, so i'm not that worried about it right now. I've still got much of my data on my old PC. What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted? It would be between photos and video. Its hard to remember to back photos up, but video is just a lot of space. With my current drive getting a bit more than half full, its going to get tighter in the next year, also. How would this prize package help you? Firstly, it would allow me to reformat my drive, and allow for multiple partitions. Somehow the OS didn't format correctly, and i don't dare trust linux reformatters when i can't back up most of my stuff. -------------------- Q6600, 4GB g-skill, 8800GT, P5N-D motherboard  My art |
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Nov 28 2008, 12:53 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 26-May 08 Member No.: 211,456 |
What is your current backup plan for your computer?
I currently have Vista automatically make backups of my data. But some data is too big to backup so I am planning on getting more storage so I can include these files in the automatic backups. What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted? My HD videos and my photos. I just bought a digital HD camcorder to capture all my baby's first moments. I'd be devastated if we lost any of that footage (i.e. her birth) How would this prize package help you? I would feel more at ease about my personal data. I could backup all my family photos and videos. |
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Nov 28 2008, 01:15 AM
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 New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 1-June 08 Member No.: 213,517 |
Back up plan? I know every geek should have one but I've never been very good with the buy a new hard drive, spend the processor and computer time to archive the files on another device and etc.
I only have a back up plan for my documents. I put all of my documents and data on an external hard drive in a folder. The documents folder is labeled Documents and it's linked to my Live Mesh account. like magic, it's automatically updated with every change I make to any document. If my External HDD crashes, it's safe in the Mesh. but for everything else, there's mastercard... just kidding, I don't have any credit cards or anything similar. 
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