Backing up.

[Teegate]

All,

If you have been neglecting to back up your photo's or files I want to suggest you do that as soon as possible. I have over 40 years of information and photo's that I don't want to loose so I have been keeping a backup of my files at another location in the event something happened to mine. For the past few weeks I have been having unusual problems with my computer and three times this week I had to restore the system and files. Yesterday morning I could not get my computer to start so I took it to Apple and their testing confirmed my drive was dead. I have taken steps to have my files stored on three drives so that in the future if two of them fail I still will have my files. I strongly suggest if your files are important to you that you back them up twice and move one copy elsewhere.

 

[46er]

And just as important as backing up is testing whether your backup routine works every once in a while by doing a recovery test. I do it twice a year; on new years eve and independence day.

 

[dogg57]

Photos and Important Files should be stored away on a backup drive and put in a fire proof box

 

[Teegate]

Photos and Important Files should be stored away on a backup drive and put in a fire proof box

True. However, there always is theft where they take your computer and the box and you have nothing left.

 

[46er]

Photos and Important Files should be stored away on a backup drive and put in a fire proof box

Should be stored offsite. A safe deposit box will work with the newer, small XHD's, but probably not if you have a ton of photo's, unless the backups are compressed.