[X4U] Back up ideas/suggestions needed....

[Stan Gould]

On Mar 14, 2008, at 1:02 PM, Ed Gould wrote:
> Group:
>
> I am going over my backup plan and have basically decided that my  
> current backup system is no longer adequate and need some insight  
> for a new backup system.
>


Something to consider in a backup plan:

I have reduced the frequency of backing up the entire hard drive (-- 
all--), as much of what is backed up are the applications and other  
files that come with install disks; or are applications that can be  
downloaded and reinstalled if necessary. I backup --all-- only  
occasionally. In between the full backups, I backup my user files.  
This backs up my documents, settings, history and so forth.

I also keep an 8 Gb flash drive mounted that contains a copy of my  
documents folder. Any work that I complete, update or save is  
immediately copied to the flash drive. Periodically, I update  
(synchronize) the documents on my hard drive to the documents folder  
of the flash drive. All of my work, other than that which is in  
databases that are part of an application, are kept in the documents  
folder.

Hope this helps.

Stan Gould (no relation to Ed Gould)
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