Guest Laughingstar~* Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 any ideas? I brought it up to MS when I had to do the clean re-install, but they weren't encouraging about segmenting My Docs onto another Drive, and I haven't been, but backing up everything to CDRWs is a pain. Any ideas? I do have the OE backup proggy installed from MS, and its great, but I'd prefer to back it up onto a CDRW routinely, and be done with it (as an archive, not overwrite the prior). All else need to be backed up so if I go to Windows, Drive C I select the folders there...and have to burn CDRWs each time. This last time my browser kept having "to close" and it drove me nuts. Please send your great ideas. Thank you. aka Puddintaine, formerly...
Guest Harry Ohrn Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 Re: Have not segmented my HD, so backing up is horrid... I have several usb hard drive enclosures. These work very well for backing up and are much quicker than trying to backup to CD-R/W or DVD drives. Check out prices http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?Recs=10&Nav=|c:2421|&Sort=4 (I am not endorsing TigerDirect I am simply pointing to the link for reference purposes only. There a many other places to purchase usb drives from) -- Harry Ohrn MS MVP [shell\User] http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp "Laughingstar~*" <uP_n_aWaynospam368@nOtMeyahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23sNOIUP9HHA.4432@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > any ideas? I brought it up to MS when I had to do the clean re-install, > but they weren't encouraging about segmenting My Docs onto another Drive, > and I haven't been, but backing up everything to CDRWs is a pain. Any > ideas? I do have the OE backup proggy installed from MS, and its great, > but I'd prefer to back it up onto a CDRW routinely, and be done with it > (as an archive, not overwrite the prior). > > All else need to be backed up so if I go to Windows, Drive C I select the > folders there...and have to burn CDRWs each time. This last time my > browser kept having "to close" and it drove me nuts. > > Please send your great ideas. Thank you. aka Puddintaine, formerly... >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 Re: Have not segmented my HD, so backing up is horrid... "Laughingstar~*" <uP_n_aWaynospam368@nOtMeyahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23sNOIUP9HHA.4432@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > any ideas? I brought it up to MS when I had to do the clean re-install, > but they weren't encouraging about segmenting My Docs onto another Drive, > and I haven't been, but backing up everything to CDRWs is a pain. Any > ideas? I do have the OE backup proggy installed from MS, and its great, > but I'd prefer to back it up onto a CDRW routinely, and be done with it > (as an archive, not overwrite the prior). > > All else need to be backed up so if I go to Windows, Drive C I select the > folders there...and have to burn CDRWs each time. This last time my > browser kept having "to close" and it drove me nuts. > > Please send your great ideas. Thank you. aka Puddintaine, formerly... What is your question? How to partition the hard disk without losing all your data in the process?
Guest Unknown Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 Re: Have not segmented my HD, so backing up is horrid... Why don't you back-up to an external hard drive? "Laughingstar~*" <uP_n_aWaynospam368@nOtMeyahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23sNOIUP9HHA.4432@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > any ideas? I brought it up to MS when I had to do the clean re-install, > but they weren't encouraging about segmenting My Docs onto another Drive, > and I haven't been, but backing up everything to CDRWs is a pain. Any > ideas? I do have the OE backup proggy installed from MS, and its great, > but I'd prefer to back it up onto a CDRW routinely, and be done with it > (as an archive, not overwrite the prior). > > All else need to be backed up so if I go to Windows, Drive C I select the > folders there...and have to burn CDRWs each time. This last time my > browser kept having "to close" and it drove me nuts. > > Please send your great ideas. Thank you. aka Puddintaine, formerly... >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 Re: Have not segmented my HD, so backing up is horrid... On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:16:43 -0500, "Laughingstar~*" <uP_n_aWaynospam368@nOtMeyahoo.com> wrote: > any ideas? I brought it up to MS when I had to do the clean re-install, but > they weren't encouraging about segmenting My Docs onto another Drive, and I > haven't been, but backing up everything to CDRWs is a pain. Any ideas? I do > have the OE backup proggy installed from MS, and its great, but I'd prefer > to back it up onto a CDRW routinely, and be done with it (as an archive, not > overwrite the prior). > > All else need to be backed up so if I go to Windows, Drive C I select the > folders there...and have to burn CDRWs each time. This last time my browser > kept having "to close" and it drove me nuts. > > Please send your great ideas. Thank you. aka Puddintaine, formerly... First, if I were you, I would avoid CDRWs entirely. If you want to use CDs (which I generally don't recommend) use CDRs, which are inherently more reliable than CDRWs, and not as sensitive to drive changes. Here's my standard blurb on backup: First of all, almost everyone should be backing up regularly. It is always possible that a hard drive crash, user error, nearby lightning strike, virus attack, even theft of the computer, can cause the loss of everything on your drive. As has often been said, it's not a matter of whether you will have such a problem, but when. Essentially you should back up what you can't afford to lose--what you can't readily recreate. What that is depends on how you use your computer and what you use it for. It takes time and effort to backup, but it also takes time and effort to recreate lost data. If you back up daily, you should never have to recreate more than one day's worth of last data. If weekly, there's potentially a lot more to recreate. You should assess how much pain and trouble you would have if you lost x days of data, and then choose a backup frequency that doesn't involve more pain and trouble than that you would have if you had to recreate what was lost. Some things (photographs, for instance) can never be recreated, and more frequent backup may be wanted for them. At one extreme is the professional user who would likely go out of business if his data was lost. He probably needs to back up at least daily. At the other extreme is the kid who doesn't use his computer except to play games. He probably needs no backup at all, since worst case he can easily reinstall his games. Most of us fall somewhere between those extremes, but nobody can tell you where you fall; you need to determine that for yourself. Should you back up Windows? Should you back up your applications? Most people will tell you no, since you can always reinstall these easily from the original media. But I don't think the answer is so clear-cut. Many people have substantial time and effort invested in customizing Windows and configuring their apps to work the way they want to. Putting all of that back the way it was can be a difficult, time-consuming effort. Whether you should backup up Windows and apps depends, once again, on you. How to backup? What software to use? There are many choices, including the Windows-supplied backup program. Which choice is best for you depends at least in part on the answers to some of the questions above. Finally what backup media should you choose, and how should it be stored? There are many choices, including CDs, tape, zip drives, and second hard drives. I don't recommend backup to a second non-removable hard drive because it leaves you susceptible to simultaneous loss of the original and backup to many of the most common dangers: severe power glitches, nearby lightning strikes, virus attacks, even theft of the computer. In my view, secure backup needs to be on removable media, and not kept in the computer. For really secure backup (needed, for example, if the life of your business depends on your data) you should have multiple generations of backup, and at least one of those generations should be stored off-site. My computer isn't used for business, but my personal backup scheme uses two identical removable hard drives,I alternate between the two, and use Acronis True Image to make a complete copy of the primary drive. I also use a pair of 1GB thumb drives for making more frequent backups of my most critical data (like financial information). For that I just drag and drop. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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