Guyver 1st Gear March 29, 2008 Share March 29, 2008 Dear all, Recently, my main harddisk data got corrupted. I didn't have any back up. So lost all the pictures which I took in the past. Just would like find out how do you guys do backup on your data. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger21 Clutched March 29, 2008 Share March 29, 2008 Bro, My laptop hard disk just crashed today too. Me now in UK, dun have my recovery disk or XP CD with me, and need to submit my report on Monday morning... Really regretted not doing backup too...Now too late, have to re-type everything from memory, and I'm lousy with that. Made worse by the open office writer in the common computer room which I'm not used to... Wanna cry already... Hopefully the PC shops are open on Sundays so that I can try to recover my files.... Just to "shu ku shu ku" abit... all alone in a foreign land..... I'll usually backup my pictures and files in a DVD ROM, also, in a spare external harddisk which is only turned-on for back-up or to get old data. (Both not with me now... ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo 1st Gear March 29, 2008 Share March 29, 2008 mine norton ghost. to clone hard disk disk commander 10.. to help partitioning error getbackdata ... as the name tuneup utilitities Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo 1st Gear March 29, 2008 Share March 29, 2008 harddisk recovery CD does not recover anything other then destroy every single item reformat it and then install back the base data (eg MS Office) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gs300999s Clutched March 30, 2008 Share March 30, 2008 (edited) I uses an external Buffalo drive and have a backup software runs on my machine. It copies all the file from the notebook to the external drives and keeps a copy every hourly. It does so in the background so you need not worry about remembering to start it. Its call Time Machine and its for the MAC. The are many auto backup software out there doing similar things for the PC, highly recommended. Hope this helps. Edited March 30, 2008 by Gs300999s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jchuacl Clutched March 30, 2008 Share March 30, 2008 (edited) Static Data such as pictures - backup 1 copy to 2 DVDs, 1 copy to external harddisk - Check once a year, if DVD not ok, re-master the media again. Dynamic data - Backup to external harddisk at the end of the day - If external harddisk not avail, backup to removal media and encrypt. - Weekly backup to DVD-RAM. Nowadays, I used portable apps with the dynamic data on removal media so that I can continue my work without interruption on any PC/notebook. Edited March 30, 2008 by Jchuacl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged March 30, 2008 Share March 30, 2008 i have 1 320GB and 1 500GB HDD just to store datas.. the 500GB is the main..the 320GB is the backup.. but now, i need some software which can backup automatically..anyone can reco any? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidklt Supercharged March 30, 2008 Share March 30, 2008 I do back up everyweek on all my personal files. Once bitten twice shy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultramega 1st Gear March 30, 2008 Share March 30, 2008 Strictly speaking, RAID is not a backup technology. It is mainly used to increase performance and reliability, which in turn makes data recovery easier. I wouldn't use RAID to "backup" my stuff as there is no complete 2nd copy of the data kept anywhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemenzo 1st Gear March 30, 2008 Share March 30, 2008 Dear all, Recently, my main harddisk data got corrupted. I didn't have any back up. So lost all the pictures which I took in the past. Just would like find out how do you guys do backup on your data. I am using a synchronising software to backup to my external HDD. I feel that it's easier than to keep having to manually copy / paste files. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephilim 1st Gear March 30, 2008 Share March 30, 2008 Dear all, Recently, my main harddisk data got corrupted. I didn't have any back up. So lost all the pictures which I took in the past. Just would like find out how do you guys do backup on your data. Bro, sim tia for you. Especially if your pictures got all the If you're on a Mac, Time Machine is a pretty hassle-free solution Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayzee Neutral Newbie March 30, 2008 Share March 30, 2008 Buy an external hard disk and run daily backup. Ext hard disk are quite cheap nowadays. 300-500gb should be less than $200 bucks.. store your data until you don't know what else to store. :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarette Neutral Newbie March 30, 2008 Share March 30, 2008 Im using an external hdd, ive had countless experienced with corrupted data and losing everything. rem to practise constant saving while working on documents too lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanchelsk 2nd Gear March 30, 2008 Share March 30, 2008 i used seagate freeagent backup software... when plug into pc it auto backup (incremental/differential/full).. so u dun need to manually copy n paste... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyboy 1st Gear March 30, 2008 Share March 30, 2008 using maxtor onetouch 500 gig. comes with backup software that can do auto backup of whatever folders u specify (cannot backup OS and programs though) I use it for both my wife's and my laptop. there are individual folders for each system so no mix up. all done by the software restore can be done automatically or can manually browse and retrieve info. it can also be used as a regular external HDD (that's what it is essentially) only issue is that it needs external power supply . so not a good all round solution. i might want to get a physically smaller 250 gig HDD which will be portable, unlike this one cost 180 at the most recent IT fair. probably cheaper next time round. i saw it for just under 190 at some computer shop at IMM so price isn;t really a big issue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanium 4th Gear March 30, 2008 Share March 30, 2008 Dear all, Recently, my main harddisk data got corrupted. I didn't have any back up. So lost all the pictures which I took in the past. Just would like find out how do you guys do backup on your data. Do data recovery loh... if u nv write anything into it and the HDD is still accessible, shld be able to recover. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanium 4th Gear March 30, 2008 Share March 30, 2008 Bro, My laptop hard disk just crashed today too. Me now in UK, dun have my recovery disk or XP CD with me, and need to submit my report on Monday morning... Really regretted not doing backup too...Now too late, have to re-type everything from memory, and I'm lousy with that. Made worse by the open office writer in the common computer room which I'm not used to... Wanna cry already... Hopefully the PC shops are open on Sundays so that I can try to recover my files.... Just to "shu ku shu ku" abit... all alone in a foreign land..... I'll usually backup my pictures and files in a DVD ROM, also, in a spare external harddisk which is only turned-on for back-up or to get old data. (Both not with me now... ) If ur PC is crashed and not corrupted, u can do the following... 1) Take out ur HDD, connect it as a Secondary or External HDD by using another PC. 2) Boot up ur laptop using Linux LiveCD or BartPE CD and then copy ur data over... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanium 4th Gear March 30, 2008 Share March 30, 2008 harddisk recovery CD does not recover anything other then destroy every single item reformat it and then install back the base data (eg MS Office) Agreed... It will reformat and say goodbye to ur data. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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