Quickest Way to Back up Files/folders

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I have a DVD reader and copier on my new HP Invent, and always back up my
files and folders, but I'm sick of using so many CDs. Is that a quicker way?
Is that any way it can be done each time I save a file, or edit one and save
it, too?

Aren't the CD backups supposed to only back up new information? mine doesn't
seem to be selective.

thank you.

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Pappion said:
I have a DVD reader and copier on my new HP Invent, and always back up
my files and folders, but I'm sick of using so many CDs. Is that a
quicker way? Is that any way it can be done each time I save a file,
or edit one and save it, too?

Aren't the CD backups supposed to only back up new information? mine
doesn't seem to be selective.

thank you.
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Set up a backup program like Second Copy from www.centered.com. Have the
backups funneled into 1) best choice - folder on second hard drive,
internal or external; 2) second-best choice - folder on separate
partition on the one hard drive; 3) third-best choice - folder on your
single-partition single internal hard drive. Name the folder something
clever like "Second Copy Backup".

Second Copy will periodically copy whatever files you tell it to and
then only copy files that have been updated. There are other backup
programs, of course. Acronis True Image does imaging and backups.

Then once a week or so burn the "Second Copy Backup" folder to DVD+/-R,
not CD-R. Put the disk in a safe place away from the computer, either
off-site or in a fireproof cabinet.

Malke
 
Actually the best "back up" in xp is the File Transfer Wizard run from the
xp cd.
Set as old computer,select the files,settings to save,save to new folder,then
move the folder to a cd when its thru..You can always add to the cd,not with
FTW files but seperatly.
 
Andrew said:
Actually the best "back up" in xp is the File Transfer Wizard run
from the
xp cd.
Set as old computer,select the files,settings to save,save to new
folder,then move the folder to a cd when its thru..You can always add
to the cd,not with FTW files but seperatly.
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Andrew, as usual you provide totally wrong information in an incoherent
fashion. Fsck off, troll.

Malke
 
@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:

Set up a backup program like Second Copy from www.centered.com. Have the
backups funneled into 1) best choice - folder on second hard drive,
internal or external; 2) second-best choice - folder on separate
partition on the one hard drive; 3) third-best choice - folder on your
single-partition single internal hard drive. Name the folder something
clever like "Second Copy Backup".
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I disagree with some of the above. Backing up to an INTERNAL drive (same
drive/different folder or same drive/different partition) in the same PC
should not be included in the 'best' list.

Best would be an external drive, USB or Network.

If the backup is on the same physical drive (any partition), catastrophic
drive failure would render is useless.

Using a second physical drive is a _little_ better.

The story is.... I did a clean re-install of XP about 2 months ago. One
physical 40 GIG drive, c:, and one physical 15 GIG drive, d:. The 40 was
newer, and the 15 was the old c: drive. All of my documents were backed
up to a network drive prior to the reinstall.

I installed XP to the 40 gig. The 15 gigs was to be my data drive, but I
didn't reformat and the previous system was still on it, as I was picking
stuff off that drive still. For about 3 weeks I was installing stuff,
tweaking windows, some browsing, e-mails, usenet, and working on 1
programming project. The project was saved to the (now) data drive.

Along comes some huge power supply malfunction.....it fries BOTH hard
drives, the secondary IDE channel on the MB, and itself.

It wasn't much of a concern though since it still was a very new XP
install, except the project, but sh*t happens.

All of my other backed up data is still on the network drive waiting for
me.

Yes, this is an unusual case, maybe, but I'm sure this happens more often
than we realize.
 
Pappion said:
I have a DVD reader and copier on my new HP Invent, and always back up my
files and folders, but I'm sick of using so many CDs. Is that a quicker
way? Is that any way it can be done each time I save a file, or edit one
and save it, too?

Aren't the CD backups supposed to only back up new information? mine
doesn't seem to be selective.

thank you.
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How many disks do you fill on each backup?
I use NERO every night with three disks on rotation with a 'full backup'
I can also do - an incremental, differential or update backups.
By the time I have brushed my teeth, washed my face, let the cats in, kicked
the wife out, it is done.
Quick and easy.
Antioch
 
I think I don't know what you mean. I drag the folders over to the CDs. But,
I'd love to do what you describe!
 
Have a look at this site - there are other similar software progs. out
there, but you will get an idea of what I mean.

http://ww2.nero.com/nero6/eng/Nero_6_Reloaded.html

I set a job to run at a certain time each night - select what files I want
to make sure are saved i.e. all My docs, IE6 favourites and address book.
You browse your system and select what you feel you need.
If I have not already loaded a disk when the save time arrives, out pops the
DVD drawer. When I have put disk 3 in I then erase disk 1.
Good luck
Antioch
 
Pappion said:
I have a DVD reader and copier on my new HP Invent, and always back up my
files and folders, but I'm sick of using so many CDs. Is that a quicker way?
Is that any way it can be done each time I save a file, or edit one and save
it, too?

Aren't the CD backups supposed to only back up new information? mine doesn't
seem to be selective.

thank you.
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I use a program called Lockstep and back up to an external drive.
External drives are cheap compared to the time and effort involved
in recovering your data and programs. The first backup takes quite
a while but after that it's just a few minutes. Restores are as quick as
copying form one drive to another. We use the Workgroup product to backup
our servers at work.

http://www.lockstep.com/backupforone/index.html

gls858
 
Do you mean you just use a new CD each evening to back up the entire drive?
I only utilize My Documents, so that's what I try to keep up to date, as
well as My Favorites.

Thanks you for responding to this delayed response.
 
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