Hi Eric,
Thanks for that, yes good point to be remembered. Will make duplicates to D=
VD and another two external drives.
When I am back on a mac I will have more back up power.. Will be a while be=
fore that happens though.
Regards.
Simon.
--- In Eric Fassbender <> wrote:
>
> Hi Simon,
>
> A single external harddrive will not protect you from data loss unless yo=
u use it to back up your laptop where all files are stored for work. So don=
't use the external hdd as your storage for media files and work from it. O=
nly use it to back up your laptop. I'm only saying this because I have seen=
it done over and over again - People run out of space on their laptop and =
they start using what was supposed to be the backup drive as a regular work=
ing drive. Nothing happens for a while and they forget about the fact that =
hdd die and they don't make backups of the 'new' external working drive. 5 =
months later the external hdd carcs it, they loose all their files and wond=
er how this could happen to them again.
>
> My recommendation is an external RAID system as your working drive and as=
was suggested elsewhere, every now and then drop a backup at a friends pla=
ce (you can use a 1TB or 2TB hdd for this) or do an online backup. The key =
is off-site backup for the, hopefully unlikely, event of theft or fire.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Eric
>
>
>
> On 02/04/2013, at 2:35 AM, sounds.images <> wrote:
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> >
> > Many thanks everyone for you words of support and replies, a new laptop=
has been ordered and I do have a caddy already, so will put it in ther and=
have a go at transferring it of it is possible to recover them..
> >
> > Seen in PC world.co.uk is a USB 3.0 1tb external drive for =C2=A359.00 =
so may grab one..
> >
> > Will update as soon as I can.
> >
> > Simon
> >
> > --- In "sounds.images" <sounds.images=
@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Last night the other half shut down the laptop as normal before bed. =
This morning it was dead. It would power on and fans would spin but nothing=
. Took it to my parents and tried their hard drive in my machine.... Nothin=
g..
> > >
> > > Tried my hd on their machine and it tried to boot but went straight t=
o blue screen of death twice...
> > >
> > > So never put off your back ups. I have lost every recording I made si=
nce September. It was on the cards to do this little job this weekend, but =
it is too late.. Will try again when I get a replacement machine. This was =
completely unforeseen..
> > >
> > > Oh well... Lesson learned. Never put off the most important job of al=
l.
> > >
> > > Simon.
> > >
> >
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