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Backups...

Author:

somedude (Pkeod)

Submitted:

27th June, 2003

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I just realised something... If you back up your stuff one day it will eventually become usefull...

Most people can agree that at least each day you should back up your files... At least everyone has gone through the "Where did that fu************* (more then one word) file go?" or "It got what corrupted!?" or "You mean that virus attacked my game file?... no...." Just a few examples of things you can go through if you dont backup your stuff...

Its not just games that im talking about, its a good idea to back up EVERYTHING that can one day be important.... like passwords for instance... I am the other guy, but beause today I found one of my old password files I got in!

(but that can be a bad thing...
do- make a hard copy of passwords then put it in a safe place in your house
dont- make a file on the net that has every single password and user name... bad idea)
So here are a few things to remember!

1.Even if the game is not major, at least make a second copy on your hard drive.

2.Everyonce in a while dump all of your important work on a RW cd, make 2 copies if it is REALLY important (take for example ShadowCasters digimon porn collection)

3.Never download things that could be potentail viruses with out backing up.

4.Always remember to save in two areas.

5.Dont be afarid to make a freewebs account and make it into a file dump, chances are you may find something you once lost

6.Make a list (not the favorits) of all your favorit web site in a word pad document, and add a short description. then save it into diffrent areas. This can one day become very valuble.

7.Use comman sense, if anything seems even a little important back it up!
(also never write articles in the DC article box, unlike me write them in wordpad...

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This has been a public service announcement from...

(Pkeod)

Posted by Pkeod

27th June, 2003

Classic...

Posted by Klikmaster

27th June, 2003

kool. Very important article. I backed up one of my game files, and my computer crashed twice since then! Also, i went into my old tripod account and found my old games there, remember to backup, at least onto floppy. And dont say it wont happen 2 u, cos it will

Posted by Pete Nattress

27th June, 2003

bleh.

i'm all for making back up copies but the way you put it, i should be backing up every single thing. just burn "My Documents" to a CD-RW every month or so and you'll be fine. if i do everything you describe, i'd just end up wasting all my time backing up. half of your methods involve saving stuff to HD, then it'd suck real bad if your HD crashed.

i'm lucky in a way coz i have a home network; it makes backing up important stuff much easier.

Posted by Pkeod

27th June, 2003

If you havent already figured it out, the article was written by me, on my old account.

Pete:7.Use comman sense, if anything seems even a little important back it up!
yea I guess I did kind of imply that, but I did say it in a way you would know what I was talking about...
What I meant by makeing more then one copy on the hard drive is that by chance one may get corrupted, of course saveing it to an outside source is better, makeing individual copies on your hard drive is a little easier in the short term...

Posted by The Chris Street

28th June, 2003

Oooh, you just reminded me, I gotta back up my stuff before I leave

Posted by Tigerworks

28th June, 2003

If you have a network thats a good place to stick backups - on another PC - easy to get back and fast to copy over.
Second hard drives are good too.
But the safest method is the ol' CDRW. Viruses can infect multiple hard drives, spread down networks, network PCs can be taken away, and internet accounts are all too frequently shut down without notice.

Posted by Smeggy

28th June, 2003