Re: Lost everything

2006-10-17 Thread Howard Brazee
On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:36:47 -0400, Arthur T. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I need to periodically back-up my config file. EVERYONE needs to periodically backup EVERYTHING they don't want to lose. Sure.But it isn't trivial to identify, locate, backup to somewhere safe - in a recoverable

Re: Lost everything

2006-10-17 Thread Howard Brazee
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:21:30 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The last thing I do before going to bed is a disc to disc copy of any data files that have changed during the day. Once a week I upload anything I really can't risk losing to two web sites. So far I've never had any disasters on PCs

Re: Lost everything

2006-10-17 Thread Howard Brazee
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:11:30 -0400, Arthur T. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure.But it isn't trivial to identify, locate, backup to somewhere safe - in a recoverable manner those files on a normal computer. How do you figure that? I periodically backup *everything* except for specific

Re: Lost everything

2006-10-17 Thread Eric N. Bielefeld
This thread comes at an opportune time. It reminded me to back up the stuff I really need on my PC. I hate to admit it, but I do an abominable job at backing up my data on either of my PCs. I bought Roxio about 6 months ago. I backed up everything at that time, but haven't since. My

Re: Lost everything

2006-10-17 Thread Scott Ford
Dear Eric: I had the same problem. I came up with a little of the following help. I use Acronis True Image. Acronis will image your C: system drive to a secure area on any harddrive. In case of a lost of files/folders or harddrive, the restore is fairly easy. You can restore via