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| TimmyB:
I am using mirrored drives, two hard drives that are kept identical by a RAID controller on the motherboard. If you have a hardware failure of one drive you have a complete copy. Only expense is the extra harddrive, assuming you have a motherboard with a built in controller. Nice because it is fire and forget, don't have to flip CDs/DVDs, run backup jobs, etc. For versioning I wam going to use Volume Shadow Copy which is built in to the Vista OS. You could also try out Beyond Compare. A GREAT utility program. You can use that to make snapshots of a folder. I also use it to sync ROMs, CHDs and other support files between my normal workstation and my arcade cabinet. The latter is a nice feature since it only copies the files that have changed. |
| ChadTower:
Both. You're the one who said: --- Quote ---I don't know about you, but even with the practice of discarding older dics, those things have a nasty tendency to collect. Spindles start growing like trees on the desk. Horizontal surfaces are covered in colorful plastic quilts. --- End quote --- That doesn't happen when you reasonably follow accepted best practices. |
| SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on January 23, 2008, 06:59:18 pm ---Both. You're the one who said: --- Quote ---I don't know about you, but even with the practice of discarding older dics, those things have a nasty tendency to collect. Spindles start growing like trees on the desk. Horizontal surfaces are covered in colorful plastic quilts. --- End quote --- That doesn't happen when you reasonably follow accepted best practices. --- End quote --- Naturally. You do realize, however, that I have a girlfriend that I have to appease and a seven year old that I don't? |
| BobA:
I use TrueImage and make a copy of my drive on another HD. Costs very little to duplicate your drive now days and gives great piece of mind when you have alot of work invested. |
| Havok:
I use Ghost and a second hard drive - save the image to the second drive, and that's it. |
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