Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/08

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Subject: [Leica] Back up back up back up
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Sun Oct 8 15:12:17 2006
References: <200610081515.k98FElMp082774@server1.waverley.reid.org> <CBCB808F-36B3-4D98-BFAC-EA3C6B1367A0@optonline.net> <138A0942-4A8C-4D86-987D-FAC82BA0F5E8@ncable.net.au> <7011B19466606E8F557C5760@hindolveston.reid.org>

That is what I have decided to do: I have bought Maxtor's, so don't  
tell me they are no good ;-)

On 09/10/2006, at 7:59, Brian Reid wrote:

> Nowadays it is easy to make a high-reliability backup.
>
> Buy a USB or FireWire external drive, copy your files to it, turn  
> it off, unplug it, and put it in a safe place. Once a year you  
> should turn it on for a few minutes, and once every 5 to 7 years  
> you should copy its contents to a new drive.
>
> I am a believer in the archival properties of Mitsui's  
> Phthalocyanine/Gold CDs and DVDs, such as those marketed by Kodak,  
> and I fully expect that the archives and safety copies I have made  
> on these discs will last long after I am dead, but as long as I am  
> alive I am also making active backup copies on external hard drives  
> that are turned off most of the time.
>
>
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Replies: Reply from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Back up back up back up)
In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: LUG Digest, Vol 33, Issue 80)
Message from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] Back up back up back up)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Back up back up back up)