Comments on: Do You Back Up? http://www.webbriefcase.net/2008-10/do-you-back-up/ How to Set Up a Blog Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:05:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Why It Is Important To Have Backups! | WebBriefcase http://www.webbriefcase.net/2008-10/do-you-back-up/comment-page-1/#comment-13898 Why It Is Important To Have Backups! | WebBriefcase Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:16:41 +0000 http://www.webbriefcase.com.au/?p=402#comment-13898 [...] was that I didn’t have all the backups I needed and therefore lost a lot of my basic files, such as WordPress, Plugins, my themes, all [...] function sbmgOptinValidateForm70(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm70' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm70' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; }

[...] was that I didn’t have all the backups I needed and therefore lost a lot of my basic files, such as WordPress, Plugins, my themes, all [...]

]]> By: Monika http://www.webbriefcase.net/2008-10/do-you-back-up/comment-page-1/#comment-13894 Monika Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:53:51 +0000 http://www.webbriefcase.com.au/?p=402#comment-13894 Hi Alex, thank you. You might be interested to see that I lost my blog over the weekend because I had missing backups I didn't even know I needed. Talking about irony here. I do my backups now to two external HDs. Usually when I update important files such as my niche files which contains login, sites, stages etc. Loosing that would be a nightmare and I'm not taking any chances at all. My computer is also playing up and I want to be sure. For email I switched to IMAP in Google and forward all my mails to that. I make an effort to synchronize my local inbox with my IMAP account daily so if my computer dies I have all email still up to date. function sbmgOptinValidateForm692(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm692' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm692' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; }

Hi Alex,
thank you. You might be interested to see that I lost my blog over the weekend because I had missing backups I didn’t even know I needed. Talking about irony here.

I do my backups now to two external HDs. Usually when I update important files such as my niche files which contains login, sites, stages etc. Loosing that would be a nightmare and I’m not taking any chances at all.

My computer is also playing up and I want to be sure. For email I switched to IMAP in Google and forward all my mails to that. I make an effort to synchronize my local inbox with my IMAP account daily so if my computer dies I have all email still up to date.

]]> By: LA http://www.webbriefcase.net/2008-10/do-you-back-up/comment-page-1/#comment-13880 LA Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:45:28 +0000 http://www.webbriefcase.com.au/?p=402#comment-13880 backup - how about backing up the entire drive, programs and all - how is that done on a continuous basis? I install updates and sometimes a new program - I'd hate to lose any of it because some came to me via downloads. function sbmgOptinValidateForm380(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm380' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm380' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; }

backup – how about backing up the entire drive, programs and all – how is that done on a continuous basis? I install updates and sometimes a new program – I'd hate to lose any of it because some came to me via downloads.

]]> By: Alex Newell http://www.webbriefcase.net/2008-10/do-you-back-up/comment-page-1/#comment-13879 Alex Newell Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:31:18 +0000 http://www.webbriefcase.com.au/?p=402#comment-13879 Really important post! Years ago I went through a hard drive crash one month after I bought a new computer! The computer guy who fixed it told me of a lady who lost a thesis in a hard drive crash that she spent 8 years writing! Nowadays I have online back up - Carbonite and I know it works well coz my laptop crashed and I restored my carbonite backup to my new computer and it all seemed fine. Right now my computer is making periodic noises rather like a Grandfather clock which have me slightly worried... Yes I have my trusty Carbonite but I think I'd like a hard drive solution too. I did have an external hard drive designed to do back ups but I found it very difficult to use which means that it does not get used. I'd be interested to know a bit more about how you do your back ups All The Best Alex function sbmgOptinValidateForm263(name,email) { var name_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm263' + '_' + name); var email_fld = document.getElementById('sbmgOptinValidateForm263' + '_' + email); var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/; var msg = ''; if ( name_fld.value == '' ) msg = '- Name Required\n'; if ( reg.test(email_fld.value) == false ) msg += '- Valid Email Required'; if ( msg == '' ) return true; else alert(msg); return false; }

Really important post! Years ago I went through a hard drive crash one month after I bought a new computer!

The computer guy who fixed it told me of a lady who lost a thesis in a hard drive crash that she spent 8 years writing!

Nowadays I have online back up – Carbonite and I know it works well coz my laptop crashed and I restored my carbonite backup to my new computer and it all seemed fine.

Right now my computer is making periodic noises rather like a Grandfather clock which have me slightly worried…

Yes I have my trusty Carbonite but I think I’d like a hard drive solution too.

I did have an external hard drive designed to do back ups but I found it very difficult to use which means that it does not get used.

I’d be interested to know a bit more about how you do your back ups

All The Best

Alex

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