[Duo2400] Mysterious hard drive problem SOLVED

[R. McFarlane]

At 11:46 AM 9/9/2003, Peter Goertzen, had this to say :

>Despite the happy ending, this latest adventure with
>my hard drive got me thinking about backing up my
>files. I currently have only a few floppies with my
>documents and a couple of hard-to-replace applications
>backed up on them. What's my best option for archiving
>with my 2300c? External hard drive? Zip drive? Is
>there a CD burner available for my machine?
>
>Peter


Hi there,

The most important thing to remember about backups is you need more than 1. 
I recommend using a CD-R/W, some sort of tape drive, some form of removable 
media like a SyQuest drive, network file sharing, FTP and even floppies 
(yes I recommend all of these). Be sure to store each copy in different 
safe (safe from disaster and tampering) and secure (secure from tampering 
and theft) locations. This may seem extreme, but how valuable is your data? 
Can the applications be easily replaced? How quickly can you recover the 
files? How much money and time will you lose without your data?

Also, when dealing with SCSI devices, be sure you have the drivers easily 
accessible (eg : on floppy). Without these, your new/used device is 
useless. Even us "specialists" forget sometimes, that Macs only read from 
"Apple ROM" CD drives. :$

To recap, yes you can use just about any external SCSI device as long as 
you have the drivers for it.

HTH


Sincerely,

R. McFarlane

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Mac - Linux - windows

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