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Backup Small Office Data
Look at something like a CDR. For good backups, you want multiple
copies going back a ways, incase your data gets corrupted and you back up before you notice. Could be a virus, could be a disk error, could be anything. Packet writing software like Direct CD and INcd are simple( use just like a floppy) but have a bad rep on reliability. Nero has a command line capability so you can build a cd from commands in a batch file to do what you want to a real cdr. Might look at that. Back up software from Novastor also will do scheduled backups to CDR and is reliable. USB Thumb drives are handy, and if you use more than one would also probably be ok. Would probably do periodic CDR backups (like monthly) just to keep the historical data available. On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 00:55:21 -0500, "Burton Peltier" wrote: Just looking for some validation/opinions that this is an ok way of doing this .... First, the amount of data is small - several years (3 or 4 I think) are currently on 60 floppies. Critical data is mostly MS Office type - Access DB, Excel, and Word . The main PC is fairly new Dell with XP (Home edition I think) and it has a CD Writer. The main PC has a DSL connection to the Internet. Note: Only 1 other PC and there is no critical data on it and it is NOT networked/connected to the other PC. Office personnel wants data backed up automatically and is willing to ALWAYS save to "My Documents" or 1 folder. And, they like the idea of being able to access the backed up data on another (home) PC that is also fairly new (not sure the details right now). Backup Process/Proposal: 1) Since the data is small, thinking of just using a memory stick for backup - or an external USB hard drive, but the drive seems like overkill. 2) Set up a scheduled job to run a simple copy command and run it nightly. 3) Manually run once a month a backup to CD writer (for offsite storage just in case). Questions: 1) Is there some utility that comes with XP to do backups and schedule it ? I don't see one so far. 2) Someone suggested using an Internet backup company to back up to the Internet. Does anyone have experience with this? |
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