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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 21:05:00 CST
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- From: Lance Tagliapietra <96720919@UCS.UWPLATT.EDU>
- Subject: Re: AmiDos ate my hard drive! :)
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- >Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 02:15:08 PST
- >From: Daniel Joseph Oak <jonin@NETCOM.COM>
- >Subject: RE: AmiDos ate my hard drive! :)
- >
- >I have some notes on this subject:
- >
- > 1: From a profesional standpoint it is insane NOT to do backups.
- > 2: Backups is not a pain - but a way NOT to be hurt when your hard drive
- > crashes or dies. (NOTE: I said When - not if. It Will happen.)
- > 3: All Computer related companys Do backups in this fashion:
- > Full DASD backup - These are done monthy, quarterly, and yearly.
- > incrimental - These are done weekly and only gather changes done
- > during that week.
- > Daily - Only changes done for that day.
- [...]
- > Oh - and one final note! Keep an EMERGENCY copy of your WB version with
- >a RESTORE disk set up! NEVER use your origionals except for the first time
- >of copying them to your work copys. Basically for me that is WB2.04 disks
- >with another disk being my BOOT disk with my SCSI controller info already
- >set up, and a copy of Quarterback 5.03 ready to go, and some other minor
- >software set for diagnostics. You dont have to be fancy with this but at
- >least have it set for your ease. Mostlike the only time you will change
- >this is when you upgrade your archive software and/or OS level.
-
- My method of that is a bit different. The boot partition on my hard drive
- is just under a meg. That means I can keep a complete backup of that
- partition LHA'ed onto a single bootable workbench disk with enough system
- on it to restore that partition. It works great. A single system backup
- disk is convenient to use and keep updated.
-
- One other though is NEVER keep the only copy of your hard disk tools
- (like FixDisk) on the hard disk. I keep a special "Red Cross" disk
- with those tools on them.
-
- >
- >Remember: To Plan for disaster is to get through a disaster.
- >
- >--
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- >For A \ oo / / / // _ \ / / \ /\ / / \ / __o --- Squidly Diddly Says ---
- >Better \--/ /___/ // |/ // / // // / / / (oO) "A penny saved is ridiculous"
- >Tommorow\/ / \___/ \___/ \/ / \/ \/ / / /||\
-
-
- -Lance
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