[Ti] Mac is completely Down (Platinum Powerbook 1g mem)

[Rod Duncan]

David,

Just got back to follow up on some threads.

What notorious error -36? What are you using for backup software? 
After reading a comprehensive software comparison a while back in one 
of the major publications (I think it was Macworld) it validated my 
current choice of backup software SuperDuper and I concur it has 
never let me down on any restore. Hopefully, your situation wasn't or 
isn't as bad as you intimated.

Rod

>I'm in the same place as you Rod. Last week I lost three hard 
>drives. I have a UPS device but something happened - I have no idea 
>what. BUT. I was not only backed up once but several times. However 
>these days, I have the following things to add to your comments.
>
>1, One backup copy is not enough. Sometimes the restore function 
>crashes the backup copy (notoriously with error -36) and it's easy 
>to lose a single backup.
>
>2. Files are getting bigger and bigger. I'm at the point where 300GB 
>drives are not big enough for my multimedia data and backup is 
>taking the form of putting chunks of data in different places. (The 
>all eggs in one basket principle comes to mind).
>
>3. I have to remember that while my wife and I have separate desktop 
>machines, we share a powerbook, and the number of times we tread on 
>each other is a pain. In the latest catastrophe, we lost four days 
>of her email. Still stings even if I got the rest back.
>
>4. I find it helpful to have a printed checklist of file locations 
>and backup strategies.
>
>That's all. Now to plug everything in at once and see what happens.
>
>David
>