On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:48:17 +0100 AG <computing.acco...@googlemail.com> wrote:
Hello AG,
> Thus, can I please have a few recommendations for a backup routine
> that is safe for dummies (i.e. me) and is low maintenance that I can
> just leave to run according to a cron job once (or twice) a week? It
> would be backing up to my former IDE HDD (now in an enclosure) via an
Unsatisfactory, IMO. Any back up should be made to a medium that can be
removed from the computer and, at the very least, stored in a different
part of the building.
I back up to two set of DVDs, of different makes, and keep one copy at
home, away from the computer in the shed, and one at somebody else's
house. I keep a copy of his backup for him in return.
Why different makes of disk? If one proves to be from a faulty batch,
the other make is, hopefully, not similarly afflicted.
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