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Number   :  1057
Date     :  2001-11-27
Author   :  mgomgo
Subject  :  Re: Lost files/CD backups/Caution
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I have always followed the "back up to more than one media" rule, and 
that philosophy has saved me more than once.
Most of my backups are done to:

1: another hard drive on the same machine
2: CD-RW
3: USB hard drive 

In addition, I use xxcopy to clone/copy data, as well as Windows 
native Backup applet which has always proven reliable for me.

This may sound like a lot of work, but using Windows 98 scheduler, it 
gets done automatically.

The next trick is to keep the backups (or a copy of the backups) at a 
different site, in case of theft or fire. The car trunk is a good 
location, believe it or not. Place the media in a small insulated 
lunch carrier to protect from heat.

The new, small, USB or Firewire hard drives beat the heck out of any 
other media for backups in my opinion. They hot-swap and are easy to 
move around.

Hope this helps.

-michael goodrich
Tucson, Az

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--- In xxcopy@y..., mevans2@e... wrote:
> This is NOT about xxcopy: it is about CDs.
> 
> We use xxcopy to back up our data to CDs, but neither xxcopy nor 
any 
> other copy executable is the 
> culprit in the following problem.
> 
> When a writable CD is closed (made readable by other CD drives), 
> files can be lost. You may not discover this until you need that 
> data, then discover it is gone.
> 
> This is why, Kan, we look forward to a switch such as /QBL or /QBT 
> (Message #950), so that we can build a more robust batch file.
> 
> Melissa Evans
> Tinsley, Richmond CA



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