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WHAT ARE OTHER REASONABLE METHODS OF BACKING UP THE LARGE
HARD DRIVES OF TODAY? WHAT OTHER METHODS OF BACKING UP
DATA ARE THERE BESIDES FLOPPY DISKS?
 
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WHAT ARE OTHER REASONABLE METHODS OF BACKING UP THE LARGE
HARD DRIVES OF TODAY? WHAT OTHER METHODS OF BACKING UP
DATA ARE THERE BESIDES FLOPPY DISKS?
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Fisrt of all using all caps is considered shouting on Usenet.
It also make it hard to read. Many people that might be able to
help may not even read your post.

Best method is to use an external hard drive. It fast
and you can get everything you need on it.
another method would be burning a CD or DVD.
There are also tape drives but they can be expensive.

gls858
 
WHAT ARE OTHER REASONABLE METHODS OF BACKING UP THE LARGE
HARD DRIVES OF TODAY? WHAT OTHER METHODS OF BACKING UP
DATA ARE THERE BESIDES FLOPPY DISKS?
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Is this your homework?

Tape is the most reasonable method.

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-the small one

All postings carry no guarantee or warranty, expressed or implied.
Proceed at your own risk, and perform system and data backups prior to
making changes to your system, and on a regular basis, to protect your
system.
 
WHAT ARE OTHER REASONABLE METHODS OF BACKING UP THE LARGE
HARD DRIVES OF TODAY? WHAT OTHER METHODS OF BACKING UP
DATA ARE THERE BESIDES FLOPPY DISKS?
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Firstly please turn off your caps lock, it's considered to be shouting and
also makes the post hard to read.

You can backup to CD, DVD, Tape, and network drives amongst others.
 
Is this Post incorrect from Chris Lanier ?
Dave



NTBackup doesnt support writing to CD's.
 
I don't think so. IIRC you have to back up to a file
and then burn the file to a CD.

gls858
 
Thanks gls858, that's my understanding as well. There are 3rd party programs
that will do it directly.
Dave
 
WHAT ARE OTHER REASONABLE METHODS OF BACKING UP THE LARGE
HARD DRIVES OF TODAY? WHAT OTHER METHODS OF BACKING UP
DATA ARE THERE BESIDES FLOPPY DISKS?
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Two hard drives has and so far is the cheapest and easiest way to
back up your main drive. It is the fastest method also. With todays
prices you can't beat not having a second hard drive. It is just a copy
and paste action, no assembly required. :-)
 
Ian said:
Two hard drives has and so far is the cheapest and easiest way to back
up your main drive. It is the fastest method also. With todays prices
you can't beat not having a second hard drive. It is just a copy and
paste action, no assembly required. :-)
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I don't dispute your case for a second hard drive, but tape has
advantages over a second drive:

Tape is removable and can be stored offsite - an advantage if there is a
fire, water damage, or theft of the PC, among other catastrophes that
could occur.

Also, tape is archival - that is, with multiple tapes, being used in
rotation - you can recover previous versions of files that have not only
been lost, but also overwritten.

--
-the small one

All postings carry no guarantee or warranty, expressed or implied.
Proceed at your own risk, and perform system and data backups prior to
making changes to your system, and on a regular basis, to protect your
system.
 
WHAT ARE OTHER REASONABLE METHODS OF BACKING UP THE LARGE
HARD DRIVES OF TODAY? WHAT OTHER METHODS OF BACKING UP
DATA ARE THERE BESIDES FLOPPY DISKS?
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I like the method I use. Today's hard drives are not that bad dollar wise,
even the newer usb 2.0 external models. I have a Buslink USB 2.0 external
hard drive, and I use Powerquest Drive Image 7 to create an image of my hard
drives partitions to it on a weekly basis. Plus i can store it seperately
from my main computer.
So far it has worked very well for me, I have DI7 set to do this every
Sunday morning at 3:00 am, and I only hook this drive up on Saturday night
when I go to bed, otherwise I keep it in another safe place.
 
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