Finally got around to doing a full backup - how often do you do yours?

[yoda313]

Well I finally got around to doing a full backup on my main computer. It only took about an hour and a half. I did it to an external harddrive using norton save and restore 2.0. (my last FULL backup was almost exactly a year ago).

I've been careful about backing up my family photos to the computer from the camera memory card and then straight to dvdr. But now I have more peace of mind getting the whole thing onto a harddrive.

I have another computer I should backup someday but I don't have any really vital files on it. Its more of a media computer that I don't use for serious work. So if it were to totally fry I wouldn't be in any true hardship just inconvenienced.

I also took the time to backup my music files a month or two ago. A lot were simply cd rips that I still have the original cds of. And I had burned a lot of those to disc a few years ago anyway (the rips that is). But now I have more reassurance in case of failure. After all my computer is from 2004 or so. But it is hardly stock anymore. The harddrive I'm using now is already a replacement so it is newer than the machine itself.


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How often do you backup your computer?

[handyguy]

I buy USB hd's from Seagate that come with software that backup on the spot.

[JimmyJoeBob]

Weekly using Ghost 15 to a separate internal drive.

[yoda313]

Weekly using Ghost 15 to a separate internal drive.

Wow thats dedication.

@handyguy - good going too

[handyguy]

I must say I keep 3-4 backups.

[DB83]

What is a backup ?

[lordsmurf]

Full backups twice per year.
Incremental data backups monthly.
Email weekly.
Databases daily.

I also regularly rip installer CDs/DVDs to hard drive ISO or CUE/BIN.
Rare DVD videos also ripped to ISO.
That's done on demand, as needed.

Some content is on a RAID-1 mirror, for drive failsafe. Photos, mostly.