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| From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <
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| Subject: Re: Automatic Backup to HD
| Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:47:28 -0700
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| On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:18:56 -0500, "John Hanley"
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| >
| > | > > On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:42:49 -0700, "super1"
| > >
| > >> I have a 2nd hard drive in my vista enterprise system. The
automatic
| > >> backup
| > >> works great but it will fill the hard drive and then fail from then
on.
| > >> I
| > >> have to delete everything on the drive and then start over with a
full
| > >> backup. Is there no way to give up some of the oldest changes? FIFO?
| > >>
| > >> Do they expect a backup to a new DVD everyday or what? How would
this
| > >> work
| > >> for a user other than having them manually clearing a drive and then
| > >> starting the full over again?
| > >
| > >
| > > Two points:
| > >
| > > 1. I don't recommend backup to a second non-removable hard drive
| > > because it leaves you susceptible to simultaneous loss of the original
| > > and backup to many of the most common dangers: severe power glitches,
| > > nearby lightning strikes, virus attacks, even theft of the computer.
| > >
| > > In my view, secure backup needs to be on removable media, and not kept
| > > in the computer. A removable USB drive is ideal.
| > >
| > > 2. Even with an external drive, every time you create a backup, the
| > > act of backing up is also the act of destroying the only backup you
| > > have. It's a relatively small window of vulnerability, but you are
| > > extra vulnerable while that backup is taking place. For that reason,
| > > the best backup practice is to have two (or better, more) external
| > > drives and alternate in using them. If your data is really important
| > > (for example, if the life of your business depends on it), you should
| > > also store at least one backup copy off-site.
| > >
| > > --
| > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
| > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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| > On your second hard drive, you should see a folder with the name of your
| > computer; within that folder, you should see one or more folders with a
name
| > like "Backup Set 2007-08-10". Within that folder, you should see one or
| > more folders with the name like "Backup Files 2007-08-10". Your backed
up
| > files are contained within these folders. You can delete the oldest of
the
| > Backup Files folders to get back your space, retaining the more recent
| > folders for your current backup. At least that is the way mine works
(Vista
| > Home Premium). Hope this helps.
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