02-05-2009, 20:32
Pleease do not read if you are of a Nervous Disposition. It is not my intention to cause any distress or anxiety
I know they say you should always back up your data on a regular basis but I always seemed too busy.
About 2 years ago my Computer died and I lost everything
It was heartbreaking like a family Pet dying,
It wasnt just the Porn ( although that was bad enough) but I lost a lot of family history I had collected over the years to put into a
Family Tree, stuff which could never be replaced. My list of Contacts addresses favourite places went as well. I could go on but you know what I mean, I probable dont even know what stuff I did actually lose
Since then I then started to back my Data up regularly using a mixture of DVDs and external drives, using one to back up the other. and so on to cover all bases
However in the last 2 weeks one of my friends has had a House Fire which not only destroyed his Computer but also fried his back up discs, another friend has just found out that a whole heap of data DVDs are no longer readable in any Computer.
These events have made me think and wondered how other people back up thier data.I know that you can back up "off site" but Im not sure how secure these are and of course they cost. In any event Im not sure I want to put my Personal stuff in the hands of a third party
I would be interested to know how others Back Up
Once again I do not want to cause anyone to worry but just wondered what others do
Cheers
I know they say you should always back up your data on a regular basis but I always seemed too busy.
About 2 years ago my Computer died and I lost everything
It was heartbreaking like a family Pet dying,
It wasnt just the Porn ( although that was bad enough) but I lost a lot of family history I had collected over the years to put into a
Family Tree, stuff which could never be replaced. My list of Contacts addresses favourite places went as well. I could go on but you know what I mean, I probable dont even know what stuff I did actually lose
Since then I then started to back my Data up regularly using a mixture of DVDs and external drives, using one to back up the other. and so on to cover all bases
However in the last 2 weeks one of my friends has had a House Fire which not only destroyed his Computer but also fried his back up discs, another friend has just found out that a whole heap of data DVDs are no longer readable in any Computer.
These events have made me think and wondered how other people back up thier data.I know that you can back up "off site" but Im not sure how secure these are and of course they cost. In any event Im not sure I want to put my Personal stuff in the hands of a third party
I would be interested to know how others Back Up
Once again I do not want to cause anyone to worry but just wondered what others do
Cheers