Do you make backups?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Kerosene, May 26, 2007.

  1. #1
    How many of you make daily/weekly/whatever backups of your important data?
    And how do you do it (software/hardware)?

    I make a daily backup to a separate drive in my PC.
    And a weekly/fortnightly backup to an external drive that I keep 'offsite'. Both using SecondCopy.

    I've lost DAYS of work to hardware failure and stupidy in the past. Never again!
     
    Kerosene, May 26, 2007 IP
  2. mitcharr

    mitcharr Notable Member

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    #2
    No but i should, i had a back up of all my old files from old computer, but after that i havnt done anything
     
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  3. rmartish

    rmartish Peon

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    #3
    You should make this into a poll. I'm sure that if everybody is honest they will say that they don't.
     
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  4. 8everything

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    #4
    I always back up my photographs because they're irreplaceable :) Sometimes my most important site files.. I probably only do it.. 3 times a year or less? :eek:
     
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  5. Kerosene

    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    #5
    Yeah that's the worst thing to lose. I don't give a crap about my work files compared to my photos.
     
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  6. uttoransen

    uttoransen Prominent Member

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    #6
    website backups i take once a week! but then i rarely say about once in 3-4 months take a full computer backup!
    i find my data pretty safe on my harddisk!:)
     
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  7. GRIM

    GRIM Prominent Member

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    #7
    All of my servers automatically make backups of all important data nightly and transfer to seperate backup servers or within one another ;)
     
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    #8
    I do a backup whenever I update my site content. Once a week for all sites.
     
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  9. Computerized

    Computerized Well-Known Member

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    #9
    I make website backups once in a while. Mostly once a month. As for computer backups, I never make them :p
     
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  10. timsdd

    timsdd Peon

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    #10
    I've lost a lot of editing time (PICS) b/c I was the stupid and did not have a regular backup routine...I now backup more often than I used so but still not 'routinely' enough I'm afraid :(
     
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  11. GRIM

    GRIM Prominent Member

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    #11
    Something has changed? :D
     
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  12. timsdd

    timsdd Peon

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    #12
    now who let you out of your cage??

    nothing has changed but I am aware of changes that need to be made :p
     
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    BLaZeR Peon

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    #13
    Once every 2 weeks or so.
     
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  14. GRIM

    GRIM Prominent Member

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    Gym is closed until Tuesday, I have to keep myself busy somehow! :D
     
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    funkymario Notable Member

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    #15
    i used to do a backup every 3 months or so untill i lost some important Data (my old school projects) on my old Hard drive, now i burn cds almost every 3 days.
     
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  16. timsdd

    timsdd Peon

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    #16
    even tomorrow? that's right, you live in backwater usa :p

    go do some push-ups or something ya' bum :D
     
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  17. GRIM

    GRIM Prominent Member

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    Good thing I have more equipment in my garage than my gym has ;)
     
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  18. timsdd

    timsdd Peon

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    #18
    you should start your own gym ;)

    Average Grim's Gym
     
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    #19
    Some kind of softwares are always in backup of mine HDD.
     
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  20. cool_78

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    #20
    yup I make them regularly ever since my hard drive crashed and made me loose important data.
     
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