[Dxbase] Backup backup backup

Wed Jan 6 09:01:19 EST 2010

I bought something that you might be interested in:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153112
You can use those old drives from old dead computers that accumulate around
the house (well at least in my house). It has an eSATA jack as well as a
USB2 connection. I went thru the 20 or so drives I had stacked in my storage
room and found a lot of old files I was glad to find. Plus they can act like
Huge flash drives since i have one of these by all three of my computer
setups so I can copy something on one machine and move it to another with no
problem.
Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal Software
www.abrohamnealsoftware.com
(540) 242 0911
Amateur Radio: K3NC
Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/
DXBase bug reports: email to cases at dxbase.fogbugz.com
Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Crownhaven <crownhaven at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Whoever said buy two drives was very smart. I had an external HD and
> backed up faithfully. I got up one morning and the external HD had
> died. I now use an external drive and thumb drive. BTW, the .bat
> program that was described is a great idea. Someone wrote one for me
> but I can't figure out how to get it going again with the new external
> drive.
>> Steve, N4JQQ
>> Jim Dawson wrote:
> > That was a bargain. My first hard drive was a 10 MB drive for 1200ドル.00!
> Yes, 10
> > MEGA byte. Thought I'd never fill it. :)
> >
> > Then I found some pull out 30MB Micropolis full height drives for a bit
> less.
> >
> > Jim - K9DD
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tony - KD4K" <kd4k at comcast.net>
> > To: "'Bill Parry'" <bparry at rgv.rr.com>
> > Cc: "'DXBase List'" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:52 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Backup backup backup
> >
> >
> >
> >> If you watch Fry's Electronics sales you can do better.
> >> I purchased a 1TB external (USB) Seagate drive from Fry's
> >> For 69ドル.95 about 2 weeks ago. I have a local Fry's, don't
> >> Know what the online prices are.
> >>
> >> I remember giving 350ドル.00 for 30MB internal Seagate drives.
> >> Had 2 of them on my first IBM type computer and swore that
> >> I would never need more drive space than that.
> >>
> >> 73 de Tony, KD4K
> >> Happy New Year
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:
> dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> >> On Behalf Of Bill Parry
> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:20 PM
> >> Cc: 'DXBase List'
> >> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Backup backup backup
> >>
> >> My son tells me that there is a real nice way of keeping your computer
> >> backed up. It is called RAID. He tells me that if you know how, you can
> set
> >> up a second drive and it will be a complete duplicate of your boot
> drive.
> >> If the C drive goes down, then the Raid drive takes over and boots up.
> This
> >> seems to me to be much better than a backup or mirror, because if you
> lose
> >> your drive you are still in business. I saw a WD 500 Gig drive for
> about
> >> 50ドル...now I have got to get some smart guy to set up the RAID for me.
> >>
> >> Yes I understand if you get a lightning strike you may lose both drives
> but
> >> there is always some risk in life isn't there.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:
> dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> >> On Behalf Of Peter Dougherty
> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 6:56 PM
> >> To: 'Neal Campbell'; 'FireBrick'
> >> Cc: 'DXBase List'
> >> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Backup backup backup
> >>
> >> Great minds, eh! I hadn't seen your reply when I posted my message with
> the
> >> same information!
> >>
> >> -----------------------------------
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Peter,
> >> W2IRT
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:
> dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> >> On Behalf Of Neal Campbell
> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 7:50 PM
> >> To: FireBrick
> >> Cc: DXBase List
> >> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Backup backup backup
> >>
> >> I do not know how many of you are aware of a very nice program/service
> >> called Dropbox. The software sets up a folder on your hard drive and
> >> anything you put in it is file transferred to the Dropbox servers in the
> >> background. Any computer you install the program on (and it can handle
> >> Windows and Mac OS X systems) will get a copy of that folder. Its
> amazingly
> >> quick. I can drop a file (or update a file in the dropbox folder), walk
> >> downstairs and its already there on my computers downstairs.
> >>
> >> You get 2 GB of storage free (I believe) which is one humongous logfile!
> >>
> >> Give it a try, I use it to back up almost everything (including the
> source
> >> code for DXBase!)
> >>
> >>
> >> Neal Campbell
> >> Abroham Neal Software
> >> www.abrohamnealsoftware.com
> >> (540) 242 0911
> >>
> >> Amateur Radio: K3NC
> >> Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/
> >> DXBase bug reports: email to cases at dxbase.fogbugz.com Abroham Neal
> forums:
> >> http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 6:07 PM, FireBrick <w9ol at billnjudy.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I know it's too late to help you...but the best thing you can ever
> do....
> >>> backup your .mdb files.
> >>>
> >>> And DXBase has a way to do it for you....
> >>>
> >>> Got to the DXBase Program group
> >>> Select the DXB Utility option
> >>> Select File Backup from the left side choices.
> >>>
> >>> I use a stick drive J:\DXBASE
> >>> You want to save all your .mdb files...
> >>>
> >>> It isn't hard, but you must do it manualy.
> >>> I tried to have Windows Scheduler but didn't seem to work right.
> >>>
> >>> Now there are some cheap even free, automatic offsite backup systems.
> >>>
> >>> Trust me, I've lost my stuff, backups saved my ...butt!
> >>>
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