A couple of weeks ago (back when I should have been writing this post), the Ur-Guru and I had a conversation about archival storage. He wondered what was going to replace DVDs, particularly for photos, because he was running out of room for them. He has hundreds now, since he has never thrown any away; some contain data copied from floppy disks or magnetic tape, back in the olden days. Optical … [Read more...]
Why You Still Need an Optical Drive
CDs and DVDs are a pretty clumsy way to make backups now that external drives and online backup services are so readily available. They only hold so much data, they’re subject to scratching, and they tend to pile up. If you keep them in jewel cases the way you’re supposed to, they can take up a quite a lot of room, too. What with all these new netbooks and lightweight laptops being made without … [Read more...]
Shampooing Your Backups: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-08-08
I don't write a lot about CDs and DVDs these days. For most things, they're kind of a nuisance as a backup medium. They've never had the drag-and-drop simplicity of floppy diskettes, and not all discs are compatible with all drives, either. My laptop can burn dual-layer DVDs, but I've never used one, and the whole Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD battle leaves me cold. I can't really blame Apple for leaving out … [Read more...]
It's Time for the Annual Archive: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 01-11-08
This is the post I was planning to write last week, your annual reminder that you need to archive your data at the end of each year. (If your fiscal year is different from the calendar year, you should create these archives then.) I've written about year-end backups on several occasions before. Because (as I pointed out in December 2005) these aren't really backups, I'm going to stop talking about … [Read more...]
Is It Time for Year-End Backups Again? FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-29-06
We interrupt this program for a special announcement: 2006 is at an end! Okay, you knew that, and I knew that, but I was all set to write the next installment of the website backup series when it finally hit me that this was the last posting of 2006 and therefore time for me to say something about archiving your data at the end of the year. This is the fourth December of the FileSlinger™ Backup … [Read more...]
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