Re: Hard Drive

"Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake> wrote in message
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"Xandros" <arron.neus*remove*@gmai.lcom> wrote in message
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"Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake> wrote in message
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"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:08:15 GMT from John
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I have been thinking of getting an external hard drive to back-up my
files
as an insurance against a failure of the existing PC (happened to me
once).
However, I am wondering if an additional internal will be better and
cheaper. If I get a new PC I could swap it over.

Any views? Also is there a suitable back-up program which
automatically
detects changes and overwrites the back-up

The purpose of a backup is to guard against your computer being virus
infected, electrically zapped, destroyed, or stolen. If any of those
happens, it will most likely affect an internal hard drive as well.

I'm not aware of any backup utility, application or procedure that will
stop, guard or protect against any of the issues you mention. Could you
please provide any/all proven information, documentation and links so
those among us who are unaware of this new technology can help others
with it.


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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
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Brian try asking your question in one of the private MVP groups. You look
like an idiot asking it in a public forum.

You have your opinion and I have mine.
Backups on internal or external media do not guard against being virus
infected, electrically zapped, destroyed, or stolen.

The system could unknowingly already be infected and any backup would
include that infection. Restoring that backup would restore the infection
as well.
Although external media is safeguarded from an electrical spike, an
electrical spike can happen any time the external media is /connected
used.
External media can be destroyed or stolen from anywhere at any time unless
it's locked away in a vault.

(ever hear of Acronis TrueImage,
BootIt NG, Ghost?)

Ever read my response to the OP?


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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

OK but I got lost in your petty bickering with Stan. Stan was the first
person to respond to the OP. His reply was fine. However you jump on Stan
BEFORE you bother responding to the OP. You bait him by being sarcastic. You
say, "provide any/all proven information, documentation and links so those
among us who are unaware of this new technology"...... blah, blah. Because
your comment is rude Stan reacts, as most people would. I felt quite annoyed
when I read your asinine response to him. I felt even more annoyed when
Shennan came to your rescue by side tracking and "pretending" that the issue
has to do with semantics. Get a life both of you and be helpful. If you
choose to place your coveted MVP rank in your sig line then act like a Most
Valuable Professional. Otherwise you look like fools.

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Xandros



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