[AT] slightly off topic, computer related

[charlie hill]

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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