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Post by Ratae on Sept 24, 2014 12:35:12 GMT
Nope, not the title of a new song that I like, just that it's a bit of a mixed bag outside, so I've decided to get summat done that I've been meaning to do for a while now.  That is, to sort out my puter 'back ups' ...which I've neglected for far too long. Starting with my A/in/One desktop. Well, as I recently mentioned this machine came with two hdd partitions, 'C' drive for the hardware etc and 'D' drive for data. Recently I transferred my film folder, and my tv series folder over to the 'D' drive as they are both large folders. My existing backup is one for the whole of the hdd, both partions, which I made over a year ago. Obviously a lot has been added to it since. So....I connected the 'My Passport' 1tb external drive, deleted the existing backup, started Acronis and set about making a new backup of just the computer's 'C' partition, to be saved on the external. Then, I'm gonna try summat that I've only just realised that I can do. It seems that this 'My Passport' comes with it's own backup facility, only for data though it seems. So once the Acronis gizmo has done it's thing, I'm gonna run this 'My Passport' thingy to backup my film and tv folders, which are on the 'D' partition. The plan is in motion!  |
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Post by postman on Sept 24, 2014 13:04:57 GMT
sounds like your on top of it Dave, as its one of the tasks that I need to be in the mood for. probably because theres always something that crops up  but the use of a D partition for data is the best security and ive never understood why its not default to have two partitions on every new machine imo. feel sorry for those I regularly hear of who keep losing the lot. btw i found acronis to be solid but i stayed with my earlier 2010 version as the latest versions have grown much bigger. must admit to staying away from incremental backups and as for differential backups they seemed to use larger amounts of memory and create two files. preferred creating a single .tib file backup as its easier. Did try the clone feature and put it on another HDD. if there was an issue I would just install the cloned Hard drive and save time. not used plan b yet but yer never know. |
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Post by Ratae on Sept 24, 2014 14:39:39 GMT
Yes Postie, I think that my Acronis is the 2010 mint, anyway it's the v11 model. Not sure 'cos it came to me by an 'unusual' route.  Anyway, neither do I make incremental backups, mostly 'cos it sometimes means keeping stuff that you don't want. I just make a full backup of what I want,  and wing it from there. However, things haven't quite worked as I thought, I'd read in the 'My passport' read me folder about it having it's own data backup program, well not on my one it hasn't, there is no sign of the 'Backup' tab that was mentioned in that PDF. Never mind, having backed up the 'C' drive I'm now making a seperate backup of the data drive which is far bigger. Actually, my data is already backed up on my media player hard drive which I've lent out to a pal. But anyway, it's precious to me so another backup is good. Errrr, I haven't mentioned to my pal that strictly speaking, he's an 'accessory after the fact' for viewing those files on my media player drive. I plumb forgot to mention it!.....Snigger |
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Sept 24, 2014 14:52:05 GMT
The problem with backing up to a different patition on an internal drive is, that if there is a big issue with that drive you lose both patitions.
I much prefer to, as well as using a different partition on the same drive, my main backup is on an external drive along with precious files such as photos etc, stored on a large capacity memory stick
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Post by Ratae on Sept 24, 2014 19:14:12 GMT
The problem with backing up to a different patition on an internal drive is, that if there is a big issue with that drive you lose both patitions. I much prefer to, as well as using a different partition on the same drive, my main backup is on an external drive along with precious files such as photos etc, stored on a large capacity memory stick All of my backups are stored on external drives, apart from the ones on my media player, which is obviously an external, they are on this Western Digital 'My Passport' drive. |
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Post by Ratae on Sept 25, 2014 13:08:49 GMT
Ok, so I'm now part way through making a new full backup of my lappy's 500gb hdd. I've scrubbed the previous backup which I made yonks ago. So when this is done, I'll have full new backups of everything on both my windows machines. I'm now feeling very virtuous and pleased with myself, for not putting these jobs off any longer. However, experience tells me that usually when I feel this way, Mother Fate rocks up to Chateau Ratae, and promptly pokes a sharp stick in the eye of the smug bastard that lives there, so she does!  |
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Post by nob on Sept 25, 2014 15:08:50 GMT
Ive started using windows backup and restore so I don't have to install Acronis if I need to reinstall windows.
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Post by Ratae on Sept 25, 2014 15:35:30 GMT
Ive started using windows backup and restore so I don't have to install Acronis if I need to reinstall windows. Where have you saved the backups Nob? |
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Post by nob on Sept 25, 2014 16:14:46 GMT
Ive started using windows backup and restore so I don't have to install Acronis if I need to reinstall windows. Where have you saved the backups Nob? Onto my new external Seagate 2TB drive, |
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Post by Ratae on Sept 25, 2014 16:22:37 GMT
Nice one! To be fair, it's really only my data that I'm bothered about, especially my film, tv and music folders. If disaster struck, there's every chance that Linux would be put on the machines and my data loaded on to that. That's the doomsday plan anyway! |
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Post by nob on Sept 25, 2014 16:28:42 GMT
You don't need to use anything then just copy and paste. simples. |
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Post by Ratae on Sept 25, 2014 18:39:13 GMT
You don't need to use anything then just copy and paste. simples. Correct Nob, |
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Post by mojo1941 on Sept 30, 2014 13:38:01 GMT
Never mind your child: wi-fi can expose passwords, emails An experiment revealed Londoners signed away their eldest child in the terms and conditions of free wi-fi. But there's more: here's what unprotected wi-fi can expose on you - and what to do about it. www.channel4.com/news/wifi-passwords-emails-private-emails |
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Post by nob on Sept 30, 2014 16:50:46 GMT
Never mind your child: wi-fi can expose passwords, emails An experiment revealed Londoners signed away their eldest child in the terms and conditions of free wi-fi. But there's more: here's what unprotected wi-fi can expose on you - and what to do about it. www.channel4.com/news/wifi-passwords-emails-private-emailsScary stuff if you don't know what you are doing. |
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Post by Ratae on Sept 30, 2014 17:01:38 GMT
Been doing those things for yonks, well ever since my email account was hacked a few years ago.
Plus...I also use a very good password manager.
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and wing it from there.
