[dba-Tech] External hard drive

Well, if I worked the way you guys do, that would make good sense. My needs 
are very limited:

1.) I have only a few working files at any giving time and they are mostly 
doc files with example mdb's, code modules, etc. -- a backup to an external 
drive once a day will fill the bill. I haven't done any serious development 
in a few years.
2.) I don't have the extended software needs most of you do. If I had to 
rebuild my system, I'd just reinstall the little software that I use --  
Windows, Office, the Express suite and I'd be done. I use all default 
settings because I have to -- I have to know what they are when I'm writing 
so I don't miss steps, etc.

Susan H.


> Susan,
>
> I do recommend that you do backup your entire C drive on a weekly basis,
> with incremental backups daily.  This process should be automated.
>
> This way you have duplicates of all your files, and you don't have to 
> count
> on yourself to remember which files were changed and which weren't.
>
> In addition, if your C Drive crashes, you can quickly recover.  First put 
> a
> new C drive in.  Then start the PC using the Ghost emergency disk - I 
> think
> you can format the new disk with this (if not then format the new disk on 
> a
> working PC).  Then you can continue to use the emergency disk to do a
> Restore of every file on the Backup disk, and you then have your PC right
> back where it was at your most recent daily backup!