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Fox, computer guru, sir, how do you go about performing your backups? Specifically, how would one best do it with Ubuntu if it makes any difference.
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LOL. Well, don't concern yourself with the file system itself. It shouldn't matter if it's FAT32, NTFS, EXT3, or EXT4. The imaging software will preserve the file system and restore it to it's original configuration when needed. All you are doing, is taking a snap shot of the whole hard disk. That snap shot is stored in a single file (like a ZIP archive). You just need to figure out where to put that large snap shot. It can be an external drive, a secondary internal drive, etc. Does that clarify a bit more?Damn this learning curve. ext3/4 is beyond my comprehension at the moment besides the basic way they are maintained. I may just invest in a separate HD to put in my Rosewill external HD case and use that as a backup medium. Or maybe just install second HD in the case for occasional backups. Ugh. I shall research further.
LOL. I do tend to be a bit critical at times don't I? Sorry about that. But it's only because I do a TON of reading on this stuff to seek out the "best of the best". :blush2:I use Mozy.
(waits for K1F3 to point out fatal flaw)
I have an external hard drive that lives in the fire safe so I'm not worried about fire. And depending on the nature of a home disaster, after first making sure the fam/pets were safe, I'd grab my network server machine and probably my side arm (never know, there could be zombies out there too!). Both of which are always in close proximity. And no flooding here. Unless Lake Michigan decides to rapidly rise one day.I go for offsite storage because I'm paranoid about house fires and floods. If my computer burns, most likely the hard drive burns, too.
ZOMG! I think you just described the future me! A wipe/reload means losing quite a bit of personal data I have spanned across a lot of installed programs. Not as simple for me to go that route.And my daddy is a professional computer nerd, so I don't worry about OS. He just wipes the computer clean and reloads for me. I said in college, "I suppose if my dad was real into cars, I'd have a badass muscle car. My dad's into computers, so I have a super machine."
I have an external hard drive that lives in the fire safe so I'm not worried about fire.I go for offsite storage because I'm paranoid about house fires and floods. If my computer burns, most likely the hard drive burns, too.
Depends on the manufacturing process. The test data I've acquired for my safe suggests otherwise. As do the real-world demonstrations.I have an external hard drive that lives in the fire safe so I'm not worried about fire.I go for offsite storage because I'm paranoid about house fires and floods. If my computer burns, most likely the hard drive burns, too.
Fire safes don't work...I've seen it up close. Don't waste your money.
There's no might about the one I have. I know for a fact it works. Just sayin'. I don't trust my sensitive data anywhere else outside my home.Your fireproof box might work, but I'd just rather not chance it. I didn't see a single one survive...store your stuff in duplicates in multiple locations.
And for the record, the only things you need to take with you are your spouse, your kids, your pets, and a photo ID...
I use a pair of USB hard drives in rotation. One drive in use and connected to the machine, the other drive in a safe deposit box at the local bank. Every so often the drives get swapped out so the one at the bank is at most a month or two out of date.
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