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Durero · 05-04-2007, 05:56 AM

I totally feel for you man.

Backing up is all about a state of mind I think. If you stop to consider how your precious data is physically stored - as billions of unimaginably small molecules with a certain magnetic orientation representing 1 and another representing 0, and how delicate the whole magnetic disk storage design is - then I find that a strong motivation to back up anything I've put any work into.

My attitude is: if I don't have multiple copies of any document which I value, then I might as well consider it gone, because if my drive fails, there's no guarantee I'll ever see that data again. Whenever I record anything I don't consider it finished until it's on both my backup drives as well as my main drive.

I'm not intending any kind of lecturing tone here, just trying to share what has worked for me and encourage myself as much as anyone else to keep up the discipline it takes to keep my backups current.

05-04-2007, 05:56 AM	#2
Durero prototyping... Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada Posts: 3,744 Real Name: Leo Pedersen Main Seven: Raven 7 - my design Main ERG: Ergo 10, Ergo 9, Stick 8 Rig: 2101LTD>TS100>2x1936 Thanked: 36	I totally feel for you man. Backing up is all about a state of mind I think. If you stop to consider how your precious data is physically stored - as billions of unimaginably small molecules with a certain magnetic orientation representing 1 and another representing 0, and how delicate the whole magnetic disk storage design is - then I find that a strong motivation to back up anything I've put any work into. My attitude is: if I don't have multiple copies of any document which I value, then I might as well consider it gone, because if my drive fails, there's no guarantee I'll ever see that data again. Whenever I record anything I don't consider it finished until it's on both my backup drives as well as my main drive. I'm not intending any kind of lecturing tone here, just trying to share what has worked for me and encourage myself as much as anyone else to keep up the discipline it takes to keep my backups current.