I realize most here are gno lovers and the rest have used XP for years but I want to be certain the XP users are aware of this.
Each week on 4chan I see a couple emo chillun saying they lost everything to a crash or HDD failure.
Partition your boot drive and or add a second harddrive. Create folders for your important files and download the Powertools Sync Toy. Makes backups a cinch.
"or burn important data to offline storage (cd/dvd) like the pros do"
I have a gigabyte LAN connection to a 2nd box and an external MyBook, The SyncToy allows easy backups to either. I also have a DVD burner on one box but DVD's are too small for my data.
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Anonymous2007-01-24 12:19
>>8
Tape is nice until someone comes to you with a tape from 7 years ago that the hardware no longer exists to read it with.
True story: not one of my colleagues in campus IT had the hardware, and this was at a very technical school.
Everyone has a cd/dvdrom though, and I can still read cds from 10 years ago.
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Anonymous2007-01-24 12:50
Tape can get brittle over time and splicing will corrupt data.
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Anonymous2007-01-24 17:18
>>12
we have an entire computer stored off-site to restore that shit from in case the building burns down
seriously who makes tape backups without having a backup tape drive
No, listen: I am the IT pro here. If shit gets broken, I rapidly replace the production server with any old PC running Linux and Apache and an index.html like "SHIT BROKE, WAIT". Then I have some coffee, and then, I fix shit, but taking it easy. Faggot users can wait.
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Anonymous2007-01-25 20:11
>>16
I'm using that for my out of service error message
>>22
Someday, the stones will be found by archeologists who will use advanced technology to perfectly recreate >>21 's CP collection in can otherwise innocent and pure society, and bring about it's decent into infinite cycles of fapping and making anonymous message boards on which to discuss loli's and party v&'s.