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Number   :  3258
Date     :  2002-12-12
Author   :  freedom41ca
Subject  :  Re: Preserving Generation Backups
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--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "dayvah49 "  wrote:

> One point of clarification. I was responding to Mark's request which 
> seemed to go unanswered. I myself do not delete anything at the 
> source in a backup operation and use xxcopy to copy to CD-RW 
> (including spanned sets), HD, and CD-R. I use Ghost image files for 
> full backups. I adhere to the packrat approach and am scared to 
> death to loose one single file.

Don't get me wrong; I'm of the same ilk. I do a full backup of all files including system and application configurations onto my second hard drive, and then do full backup of that backup onto my third. Next, the second hard drive is backed-up over my home network to the volume drive on my server. If that ain't enough, I also burn everything onto CD periodically.

Paranoid? Hell, ya! :)

---(I have Norton Ghost, but haven't found time or the inclination to use it yet. It's easier just to run or automate my single batch command which takes care of everything for me.)---

The only time I do pruning---and the command is run on a spearate command line---is to keep the one generation backup that I perform from ballooning on my hard drive, not that a really need the space, but just as a matter of good practice and drive maintenance. Otherwise, I hold on to everything.

Martin
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's intolerance!



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