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\nto buy new hard drives. Most HDs with SMART capability will tell you
\nhow many hours they were on the power.<\/p>\nOnce you have a solid storage device, now you need a means of backing
\nup your data onto this device regularly and safely. Luckily most
\nnetwork attached storage devices provide a solution like one touch
\nbackup, Rsync, file or folder sync etc. Or you can go ballistic and buy
\nNorton Ghost and set it and forget it. Or maybe you can use Windows
\nBackup Services to do the job, or a scheduled batch file to copy over
\nthe files even will do the job.<\/p>\n
Restore At Least Once<\/h1>\n
One thing for sure; you need to at least try to restore once to see if
\nit is actually working. Trying this as important as taking backups. If
\nit is not restoring properly, what is the point of taking backups.
\nAfter you take a full backup, try restoring it for the love of God, and
\nsee all your personal data in one place still accessible and visible.
\nDo a head count for your files, open some of them and make sure they
\nare not corrupt or ghost files. Once you pass this step you can be sure
\nthat your backups are valid.<\/p>\n
Regularity<\/h1>\n
You may schedule your backup scripts, or take a backup when there is
\nchange in the watched folders and files. It totally depends on how you
\nuse your computer and what kind of data you have. You can take it every
\nnight, every week, every hour; you decide. Once you make a decision,
\ndon’t stick with it, keep it running for a while and ask the question:
\nif something go bad, how many hours\/days\/weeks of data I will be
\nloosing and change your strategy immediately. Continues improvement is
\nnecessary on the basis of your backup strategy.<\/p>\n
First Backups are Always
\nPainfull<\/h1>\n
First time backups (depending on the size of your data) are always
\npainfull. Runs longer, looks like nothing is happening, makes you
\nirritating that you can not use your computer to accept some of the
\ngame requests on Facebook… Stick with it and have patience. This is
\nyour life, important data has to be backed up and you didn’t do this
\nbecause it takes time and your wife is angry with you that you are
\nputting this task off for a while. Get a cup of tea and some magazines
\nand watch the data flowing down to your storage device. You will be
\ndoing this for the first time; of course it will take time but the
\nsecond run will be easier.<\/p>\n
On my next entry, I will be explaining what I am doing for my family
\nbackup strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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