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badducky · Mar 21, 2006

Everybody back up your files!

Don't forget!

(On a clear morning, all my power went out for no apparent reason. It's back on now... some kind of surge? Anyway, isn't it great to protect your computer with surge protectors and a battery unit to squeeze a save out and shut down clean and feel confident in your backup system? Go back your files up. You'll feel better.)

Jamesaritchie · Mar 21, 2006

badducky said:
Everybody back up your files!

Don't forget!

(On a clear morning, all my power went out for no apparent reason. It's back on now... some kind of surge? Anyway, isn't it great to protect your computer with surge protectors and a battery unit to squeeze a save out and shut down clean and feel confident in your backup system? Go back your files up. You'll feel better.)

Oh, yeah. Back up early and often. Fortunately, Word 2003 saves the file I'm working on, even if the power goes off.

LightShadow · Mar 21, 2006

I back up to flash drives, CD's and hard copy, and I use a laptop with a battery back-up. I lost too many documents on a desktop in the past, and the nonsense of not backing up was a hard lesson for me to learn.

Avalon · Mar 21, 2006

There is nothing more discouraging than losing a few thousand words.

I back up to CD every couple of days, at least.

willietheshakes · Mar 21, 2006

Avalon said:
There is nothing more discouraging than losing a few thousand words.

Oh, I can think of a number of things more discouraging than losing a few thousand words... Hemingway's suitcase would be one of them.

Jewel101 · Mar 21, 2006

Hey, I had my power go out as well! It was last night, which would be this morning for you. interesting...

rdfamily · Mar 21, 2006

CDR or CDRW?

Avalon said:
There is nothing more discouraging than losing a few thousand words.

I back up to CD every couple of days, at least.

Just out of curiosity, do you backup to a CDRW or a CDR and just buy cheap ones? When I would save my homework in college, I was paranoid that I would write over a CDRW and just used a million CDRs for various writing assignments. Is that a little neurotic? LOL

Danger Jane · Mar 21, 2006

Uuuh YES. Lucky for me, somebody taught me the value of saving obsessively.

Do surge protectors come on computers? Because if they don't....well...I better get one :S

scribbler1382 · Mar 21, 2006

My main system is my laptop now for just this reason...built in UPS in case of power outages. Although, thanks to a thoughtful wife, I also have a UPS for our server (a.k.a. my old desktop packed with harddrives) now.

I don't think computers come with surge suppressors. They're those powerbars with the little orange illuminated on/off switch and with a red push-button reset, usually.

Danger Jane · Mar 21, 2006

Hmm. I better get one of those.

Christine N. · Mar 21, 2006

I also backup to files on my website... just in case I get robbed or my house catches fire. Totally worth it to have an off-site backup.

DamaNegra · Mar 21, 2006

Avalon said:
There is nothing more discouraging than losing a few thousand words.

I back up to CD every couple of days, at least.

Yeah, losing a PP presentation you and your teammates have been working for for at least 4 hours each, just at 1 a.m., 10 hours before you have to hand it in and 6 before you go to school, when all of your teammates have already gone to sleep and not one word of the presentation got saved.

Now, I'm paranoid and backup every two or three minutes.

Sage · Mar 21, 2006

I've been meaning to get a flash drive, but until I get it, I've been e-mailing it to my yahoo.com account (the one that doesn't go to Outlook Express).

scribbler1382 · Mar 21, 2006

Yeah, I don't backup off-site anywhere near as much as I should. Which is stupid, since I've got a hosted website where I use about 1% of the available space.

:e2hammer:

Jamesaritchie · Mar 21, 2006

Surge

Mdlle. Nancy said:
Uuuh YES. Lucky for me, somebody taught me the value of saving obsessively.

Do surge protectors come on computers? Because if they don't....well...I better get one :S

Surge protectors are something you plug your computer, and everything else on your desk, into. Then you plug the surge protector into the wall socket. A computer should never be used without a good surge protector. Niether should any other expensive electronic equipment such as TVs and nice stero equipment. A surge protector is important for all equipment, but for computers they're essential. You should never, ever use a computer without one.

Around here, they range in price from about eight bucks to about forty bucks, depending on the rating, and on how many plug slot you want

Power surges can come through the lines several times each day, and almost always do. Small ones can cause trouble over time, big ones can cause trouble instantly.

LightShadow · Mar 21, 2006

are the lights flickering? oh, that's okay, I'm fine, I still have electr

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badducky

No Time For Chitchat, Kemosabe.

Jamesaritchie

LightShadow

defender of the blahs!

Avalon

Linda J. Daly

willietheshakes

Gentleman. Scholar. Bastard.

Jewel101

rdfamily

Danger Jane

scribbler1382

Write For You, Edit For The Reader

Danger Jane

Christine N.

haz a shiny new book cover

DamaNegra

Mexican on the loose!

Sage

Our Lady of Parentheticals