[AT] slightly off topic, computer related

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Don't forget the last step, Charlie--- physical geographical separation of the copies by several miles.


Larry  
---- charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote: 
> Thanks to you as well David.  I've got this
> big external drive sitting here doing very little
> and actually I think I have another external drive
> around here somewhere too.  ..... yep I just found it.
> Between the two I should be able to protect myself
> and If I duplicate the vital documents on thumb drives
> I should be ok!
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: David Bruce
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 5:02 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] slightly off topic, computer related
> 
> Spencer,
> 
> I do something similar by having a desktop set up with two drives the
> second being my data drive. Makes it easier to do a backup with all the
> data in one place plus easy enough to move the data drive to a new
> desktop. Same concept just different specifics. I do not backup programs
> either.
> 
> David
> 
> NW NC
> 
> 
> On 2/15/2017 9:20 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> > Hey Charlie,
> >
> > Everyone else has mentioned back up and drive/cloud options, but I'd like 
> > to suggest an organizational option.
> >
> > Virtually all software packages allow you to specify where the "default" 
> > location for data will reside.  More than 20 years ago I set every 
> > software package I use to use a subdirectory inside a single directory on 
> > the drive.   So I have a c:\data\Word, a c:\data\Quicken, 
> > C:\data\digitalphotos, etc.  This way I back up - or move to a new 
> > machine - one directory ( in my case c:\Data)
> >
> > Interestingly, many packages store most of the configuration/password for 
> > the software inside the data files (think QuickBooks here), or alongside 
> > the data files (think word and it's templates here) so even your 
> > configuration and settings get backed up.   I recently set up a new PC, 
> > and I had my data moved  and the new software configured in about 25 
> > minutes and my wife was using it like it was her old machine.
> >
> > I don't bother backing up the software itself.  It is easily 
> > rebuilt/reinstalled and doesn't really need to be backed up.
> >
> > While I don't want to over-sell this, as there are always a few things you 
> > need to tweak on any new machine or restoration of data, this makes it 
> > super simple and you know where everything is.  The only exceptions are 
> > the things you  already noted, like bookmarks.  But even those i back up 
> > occasionally to c:\data
> >
> > Haven't lost anything since my first PC in the 80s when I didn't do this. 
> > My son was really bummed out when he had to start his math game from the 
> > very first level :-)
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Spencer Yost
> >
> >
> > Spencer Yost
> >
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