[X-Newbies] Backup strategy needed

VS vs1 at dax.nu
Wed Mar 22 01:02:18 PST 2006


At 00.26 -0600 06-03-22, Mark Taintor wrote:
>I have a G4/533 running 10.2.8. 1 gig ram.  It has a 40gig primary 
>internal drive, a 13 gig internal drive, and a 160 gig external 
>drive. I'm down to just over 3 gb of free space on the main internal 
>drive and am getting nervous about the lack of free space. I have 
>everything backed up onto the external drive using Superduper.
>
>What I'd like to do is to move my iPhoto and iTunes libraries to the 
>external drive. This would free up about 20 gb and allow me to 
>upgrade to Tiger. My concern is that I wouldn't then have a backup 
>for my music and photos.

For music and for photos (especially your own photos) I would 
definitely back them up on a removable media (in my case DVDs). That 
way I can safely save copies of my photos in a different location 
than the computer. I actually burn two copies of stuff I have created 
myself, one DVD (or CD) to keep near my workplace and one copy to 
keep in another location.

I would do the same for music I had payed for.

Best wishes!

/ Vicki



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