08-30-2016 , 06:03 PM
... Just one of those things I guess. I've got a few memories like that.
My own data loss stories are dramatic. A few years back I lost my 160GB data drive (as opposed to my system or programs drive) with all my music, downloads, lots of saved games, local backups, etc etc. Every 6 months or so now I remember another song that I still haven't gotten back and go download it (or, y'know, rip it from my legal CD copy).One of the 160GB HDD decided to fail due to a power issue. That was a painful.Here I am thinking I had it bad, when i lost 2/3 of 320GB of my documents, music, pictures, Promotional CD's I had mixed, you name it! To this day I havent been able to get it to read it or get it working again
Story 2
Desktop replacement laptop, had years of dial up downloads on it. One morning before school i decided to turn it on, and it didnt turn on :S Hard Drive read error.
Luckily the day after it booted long enough to copy all my data off the drive.
If you can't "afford" to replace the data then you can afford the price of backup.
I bought Acronis and backup to an external drive.
The agent I bought it off recommends -
1. Get a large external hard disk.
2. Make a full back up to it each day (I mean whole system image)
3. Make incremental backup for the next 5.
4. Move the set to another folder on the disk.
5. Start again until the disk fills and then delete the eldest.
6. Make sure you remove the external hard disk each day and store where it can not be stolen or burnt.
This was for a home or small biz solution only.
I would add to this, once the disk fills send it off site and plug in another (if i was a small biz) until you have at least a few of them that you can rotate.
I would also test them regularly.
If you lose data you can mount the images off any disk and copy back the files. If your pc crashes you can boot to your recovery CD and restore the latest image set.
Thanks for the giveaway !
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?s...4379221870
https://twitter.com/akshaymarvelous/stat...1496632321
https://plus.google.com/u/0/102986357968...3ZnysgaS7u
My own data loss stories are dramatic. A few years back I lost my 160GB data drive (as opposed to my system or programs drive) with all my music, downloads, lots of saved games, local backups, etc etc. Every 6 months or so now I remember another song that I still haven't gotten back and go download it (or, y'know, rip it from my legal CD copy).One of the 160GB HDD decided to fail due to a power issue. That was a painful.Here I am thinking I had it bad, when i lost 2/3 of 320GB of my documents, music, pictures, Promotional CD's I had mixed, you name it! To this day I havent been able to get it to read it or get it working again
Story 2
Desktop replacement laptop, had years of dial up downloads on it. One morning before school i decided to turn it on, and it didnt turn on :S Hard Drive read error.
Luckily the day after it booted long enough to copy all my data off the drive.
If you can't "afford" to replace the data then you can afford the price of backup.
I bought Acronis and backup to an external drive.
The agent I bought it off recommends -
1. Get a large external hard disk.
2. Make a full back up to it each day (I mean whole system image)
3. Make incremental backup for the next 5.
4. Move the set to another folder on the disk.
5. Start again until the disk fills and then delete the eldest.
6. Make sure you remove the external hard disk each day and store where it can not be stolen or burnt.
This was for a home or small biz solution only.
I would add to this, once the disk fills send it off site and plug in another (if i was a small biz) until you have at least a few of them that you can rotate.
I would also test them regularly.
If you lose data you can mount the images off any disk and copy back the files. If your pc crashes you can boot to your recovery CD and restore the latest image set.
Thanks for the giveaway !
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?s...4379221870
https://twitter.com/akshaymarvelous/stat...1496632321
https://plus.google.com/u/0/102986357968...3ZnysgaS7u