[AT] slightly off topic, computer related

[rlgoss at twc.com]

For digital archiving purposes, I would suggest that you look for a storage system that has no moving parts, will store material in formats that do not require a separate program to function, require no subscriptions or memberships for its use, and is easily distributed geographically. That rules out things like Cubby, Dropbox, The Cloud, and most external hard drives, but makes things like a thumb drive look very attractive. I have been putting all of my tractor literature out in this form for several years.  It now is nearly 3 Gigabyes for the whole collection, and there are over 500 copies of all of it distributed around the world.  I figure it is the most economical form of insurance one could possibly have against a catastrophic natural disaster such as fire, flood, or windstorm. All of it is in PDF, and all of it can be used on any computer, smart phone, Android, or E-reader.


Larry
---- Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote: 
> I bought a 3TB external drive for about $125 from Best buy with backup 
> software.  I also suscribed to Carbonite for less than $100 /yr to back 
> everything up to the cloud.  I am hoping it works in case I have to go 
> thru any catastrophes again.
> 
> Cecil in OKla
> 
> 
> On 2/13/2017 4:45 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> > I don't want to loose all of my tractor information and
> > years worth of ATIS e-mails, etc.  My computer is getting long
> > in the tooth and will soon need to be replaced but the main problem
> > with it right now is there is just too much stuff stored on it.
> >
> > I have a 1.5 TB external drive that I'm currently only using for backup.
> > I'd like to partition that drive so that I can still back up to it but also
> > create a file location for photos and archived e-mails, etc.  I'd also
> > like to set the computer up to dual boot from either drive.  I'm trying to
> > prepare for the certainty that this machine is going to crash relatively
> > soon.
> >
> > If I can get all of that done I can accomplish a couple of things.
> > 1, I can then clean up the drive on the computer and see if that helps the
> > problem.
> > 2, I won't have to worry about loosing data when it crashes.
> >
> > The problem is that ever since about windows XL I haven't known how to do
> > any of this stuff.
> > This machine is running Windows 10 and it's really ill prepared for it.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a utility, preferably free, that will help me do all
> > this stuff?
> > I have literally 20 years worth of book marks carefully sorted into files by
> > subject and I would
> > surely hate to loose all of that not to mention the pictures that can never
> > be replaced.
> >
> > I'm not sure I am willing to slog through the process myself without the
> > help of some sort of
> > utility.  Even if I knew how.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Charlie
> >
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