I was thinking - when the LDS gets all that microfilm scanned and online
maybe they would be amenable to renting storage lockers in their
underground vault. Or will they be keeping the backups? O, rats.
JL
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As much as we might want to protect information, the best of intentions
can't cover everything - the Library at Alexandria held the world's
knowledge (at the time) but much of it was lost over the centuries.
Maybe there's a market for storage vaults on Mars? There would some delay
in acquiring th
Are you also able to keep them away from the risk of fire, flood,
earthquake, hurricane, tornado, tsunami, war, pestilence, comet striking
the earth... ?
JL
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Brian Lightfoot wrote:
I still have a very old h
I still have a very old hard drive left over from the first 486 that I
built. It is now used on a Win98 computer for the grandkids with games only
on it. The holds a whopping 110 megabytes.
Yes, folks, while technology is getting better, manufacturing practices
certainly aren't. I've said this bef
Outside of losing 10 years of personal journals from CD's gone bad, I've
done alright with my array of devices. My present theory is this:
Spread your backups around. You only have to lose it all once to lose it
all.
JL
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It very much depends on the brand and model. In the past six months I've
recovered data (for other people) from a 3 year old Western Digital IDE
drive (not bootable) and an 18 month old Samsung SATA drive (bad sectors
and not bootable). These were both desktop PCs, so not subject to the
mechanica
I'm going OT here, but for anyone who has experienced a corrupted operating
system and not a physical failure to their hard drives but still been unable
to retrieve their files, there's boot disk software on the internet free to
download called The Ultimate Boot CD. You can boot to this little
I've read people talking about backing up to their external hard-drives
once a week. If you keep your drive in a remote location that would
make sense. But if it's sitting right next to your computer you can do
it whenever you want to with a program like Syncback. Free version is
at http://w
I appreciate your comments. I've been enlightened. Thanks.
ronald ferguson wrote:
Joseph,
How long is a piece of string? As I understand, the time it will last depends
on the quality of the disc, the more expensive the longer they last, at least
in theory. Anything from 2 to 10 years. I
Joseph,
How long is a piece of string? As I understand, the time it will last depends
on the quality of the disc, the more expensive the longer they last, at least
in theory. Anything from 2 to 10 years. I also believe that Rewritables retain
data for an even shorter period of time - maybe up
I heard 5 years, then I heard 2 years, then some-one told me they'd had
disks go bad in under one year. I'm down to thinking no-years. I think
it's one of those things where if it works - great! If it doesn't, good
thing I had another plan. I use external hard-drives, flash-drives,
online
No, Disc, CD and DCD are to me one and the same. When speaking of a
hard drive (or HD), that's the term I use. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
When you say long term, just how long is long term, short term... etc?
Maybe a place online... a storage place. Don't they have those? And
t
And me.
I'll add my two-bits that putting Legacy, or anything else, on
CD/DVDs is a great *temporary* way to make backups. Then quickly run
the CD/DVD to a safe deposit box or some safe place *away* from your
computer. Of course, occasionally check to see if you can read your
CD/DVD right *af
Couldn't agree more with offsite backups - I use Carbonite online backup,
which is automatic and only costs $49.95 a year for unlimited backup. I've
blessed it many a time!
--
Rodney HALL
Heywood, Lancashire
Suaviter sed fortiter
Agreeably but powerfully
~
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Joseph,
I'm afraid your message is not clear. Initially you mention CDs and DVDs for
storage and then refer to disc. by which I take it you mean hard drives.
Respecfully, I would suggest the neither CDs nor DVDs are suitable for long
term storage. As well as the potential problems which have b
Scanned, that's an image which means that they won't compress much
Your best deal (imho) would be CD'sset up to act like a hard
drive. Or if you don't mean to replace them, and only wish to store the
files, then I'd burn them to DC's or DVD's and leave the disc open so
more can
When Windows became corrupted, it was probably not necessary to lose any
data even though it was on the same drive partition. Mechanical failure of a
hard drive can (and usually does) affect all partitions. Physical failure of
some sectors or clusters on a drive will affect what is stored in tha
USB "thumb" drives are good for storing Legacy data, but I also have
almost 9GB of scanned photos and documents (wills, census, land records).
The time and expense of research made $100US for an external hard drive
acceptable to us, even though we're retired and don't have unlimited funds
(How man
Heather,
Amen to what you say. I have talked to a Legacy user on the Gulf Coast
who lost her home to Hurricane Katrina. She lost her CD backups, which
she made faithfully and put in a case right beside her computer. I also
know a person who have had his home burglarized and his computer stolen.
So
And I know some people have already suggested putting stuff to an email, or
other internet space. and that would qualify
Just wanted to definately recommend an "off-site" backup. I lost the vast
majority of my genealogy in 1988 (before I was on the internet) because
of. a house fire!
My procedure:
1. Back up to the hard drive every day
2. Back up to an external hard drive every week or so
3. I have recently signed up for Mozy, and it backs up regularly, without
prompting. (Thanks to whoever on this list suggested it.)
4. I have an account at YouSendIt.com, not the free one, bu
I have started attaching the occasional pdf. For instance, in the case of a
lengthy compiled military record of a direct ancestor, which I have
painstakingly transcribed, I will attach a pdf, so that I will have the full
text. I would probably not do this for a collateral line, but might abstract
t
That's wise As with others, I have learned to back up my files
regularly. I have files on another hard drive as well as on CD's...
I remember the second or third time I lost information and had to go
back and get the most recent backup then start from there and
rebuild Usua
You are correct Steve. I have become obessed with backing up using the zip
files created with Legacy. I copy those zip files to
1) A separate hard drive I plug in through a USB port - aobut once a month
2) My USB flash drive - every day
3) My laptop - just about every day - when I move from th
Right. I too learned the hard way that a backup on your present
computer means nothing. Every single computer goes out and most of the
time its without a warning signal. I've been through more computers
than you can shake a stick at, and I'm here to say all computers get
corrupted or die in the bli
Barbara,
If you haven't seen my reply. or haven't got a solution, please contact me
off-list. It seems that E-mails are taking variable lengths of time to get
through and not necessarily in the right order. Not to mention the number of
incorrect messages saying the've bounced!
Ron Ferguson
In addition to backups to my c: drive, I send a weekly email attachment to my
children of the backup .zip file, with a copy to another email account of mine.
The file stays in the provider's server for download if it's ever required.
Paul
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: RE: [Le
I agree with what you say but not all can afford an external hard drive. But I
do copy the backup files to a USB stick or to a rewriteable DVD just in case.
Steve> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:07:42 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG]
Perhaps we who speak of backing up to our C-drives do that because we
also back up our files to external hard-drives and online services. If
your main drive gets fried it will also fry your second partition. I
certainly wouldn't go that route myself.
JL
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