Re: Data Buffer

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Glad I could help. Don't be intimidated by some of the details. You'll do great.
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Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

Happy wrote:
Thanks, I get the picture. Up until now I have been backing up (irregularly) to DVD, but found it cumbersome and time-consuming. With this new HD, I have new opportunities. I will start to educate myself now, starting with some of the terms you used in your reply.
Thanks again. (no more lost data)

"Ted Zieglar" <teddy.z@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e8TtOlN7GHA.4580@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Backing up is a complete strategy, for which a full explanation is beyond the scope of a newsgroup post. Fortunately, the web is filled with good information for you to read.

As with many things, you start off simply -- by copying files you want to safeguard to some place other than your hard disk. Then you learn about different types of backup (mirror, incremental, differential, disk imaging etc.) and how to backup information that can't simply be copied, like your e-mail setup or your various program settings.

Soon you'll be looking at different backup programs and their relative advantages and disadvantages. Finally, you'll formulate and hone a backup strategy that works for you -- which may include partitioning, scheduling, second line of defense, alternate hardware devices, etc.

As with any strategy, there are lots of opinions. Soon enough you'll find what's right for you. Since any backup is better than no backup, get started now. As you learn, you'll sort things out. I started out by dragging and dropping to floppies, which I don't recommend. But at least I was backing up, and that's more than you can say about many people.

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Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

Happy wrote:
Any name suggestions? I know nothing about them, having heard a bit about Ghost, Casper (sounds surprisingly similar), Dantz Retrospect, WD Backup. I have repartitioned to NTSF, as their documentation suggests, and an ready to go. I want to get off on the right foot!
"Pavel A." <pavel_a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:egkwRVM7GHA.1188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Happy" <happy@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:9%VVg.1847$cz.27880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for replies. I now have an external 250Gb Western Digital unit. I guess the Windows XP Backup software would work fine, are there others better you would suggest?
Anything but the mediocre XP backup utility. Vista will have
completely new range of backup tools.
( Microsoft plans to release a "reader" for backups made by the
win2k/XP utility so you will be able to restore them on Vista )

--PA








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