[LOGic] Backup Strategy

Sun Oct 12 23:47:32 EDT 2008

Why not ftp to an off premises server? There are programs that will do it 
automatically.
Hal
NN8L
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J.A. Wolf, MD, K6JW" <k6jw at scdxc.org>
To: "LOGic is open to all radio amateurs for discussion of LOGic logging 
program" <logic at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 10:47 PM
Subject: [LOGic] Backup Strategy
>I believe in the "belt and suspenders" approach. Here's what I do:
> 1. Every contact is backed up using LOGic's SafetyLog to a flash drive.
> 2. At the end of every opearting session I back up the log to a directory 
> on
> the flash drive AND to a subdirectory on the main hard drive but in a
> different logical partition (see below).
> 3. About once a month, or sooner if I've worked a really rare and needed
> one, I back up to a CD and store the disc in a very safe (and fireproof)
> place well away from the shack.
> 4. Periodically, I do a hard copy printout for safe, "offsite" storage.
> My contacts go back to 1958, I'd be devastated if I lost them.
> Here's another safety tip. Whenever I get a new computer or
> (unfortunately) have to rebuild my hard drive, I set up a separate 
> partition
> from the C drive for data storage. If "C" goes down, I can usually get to
> the data partition (generally D, E, or F) to salvage everything that's
> important unless the drive has a mechanical failure. This has saved my 
> neck
> more than once over the years.
> --JW, K6JW
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