oo 1 Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 I was just reading the PC crash thread and thinking I should back up my PC data more often than I do. I'm embarrased to say how infrequently I do. Am I the only one - how often do you backup? Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 The last time i backed up was about 6 months ago, maybe a bit less. But that was only because i was upgraded my operating system. I dont back up nearly as often as i should. Link to post Share on other sites
taguchi 0 Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 I'm too ashamed to say it. Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 A couple times a week would be optimal - but more realistically once every few weeks. You lose it all a few times and your habits will change. Link to post Share on other sites
mikazooki 0 Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 what do u backup? i have a copy of most important files. how often should u backup system state data? whats it for anyway? Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 WinXP automatically makes system restore points on a regular basis so it isn't to important to back up any operating system files. A good reinstall every now and then makes for a little variety and clean livin anyway. I mainly back up my Outlook .pst file, any new documents I have created, any work/art I have made, anything I have downloaded that I really want to keep. On my notebook (only computer I have now) I just burn a cd. I also have an external HDD I can do quick back-ups to. But that thing is more likely to go down than my notebook, so I don't rely on it heavily. On my old pc(s) I used to run redundant drive arrays, so I wouldn't worry about it there often. If one of the drives died I would just replace it and rebuild the array, delivering all data intact and still redundant. Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 WinXP automatically makes system restore points on a regular basis so it isn't to important to back up any operating system files......well there you go - didn't know that! Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 Go into system help (F1) and run a search on "system restore" for more information. Basically it will allocate a chunk of your hdd for these backup points. It tracks all OS changes (like overwriting system files or installing drivers) so that you can step backwards if something gets messed up. Of course this won't help much if your hard drive crashes, but it is awesome in case of software problems. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 My notebook went dead a couple of months back - absolutely no sound at all, whatever I did it just sat there and refused to do anything. Luckily the next day it turned on ok, but I was really worried for a while. Stupid things. Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 I burn a cd once a week with all my important files. Link to post Share on other sites
OzOzOz 2 Posted April 16, 2003 Share Posted April 16, 2003 Once a month, I should do it more. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted April 20, 2003 Share Posted April 20, 2003 After a really bad experience a year or so back, when I lost a lot of data, I do a backup of my data once a week. It's definitely worth it, folks, believe me. Link to post Share on other sites
ONIP 0 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 I'm almost obsessive about it after I lost some important data too. Link to post Share on other sites
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