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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.
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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.

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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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