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Title: backup data for arcade cab?
Post by: nickynooch on March 29, 2010, 01:55:58 pm
Just curious what do you guys use to back up your data for your arcade cab?

I'm doing a manual copy and paste to an external hard drive, but I didn't know if anyone has a better method to recommend.
Title: Re: backup data for arcade cab?
Post by: gryhnd on March 29, 2010, 02:10:10 pm
Cab is set in BIOS to turn itself on once a month. Scheduled backup (XP-Pros own built in backup) fires up and backs up over my network to a NAS.  Cab then shuts itself off via DShutdown (http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/)

More than 1x/month was overkill for me, as not a lot changes in there.
Title: Re: backup data for arcade cab?
Post by: Havok on March 29, 2010, 02:36:16 pm
I do an Acronis (http://www.acronis.com/backup-recovery/advanced-workstation/) image of my drive whenever anything changes (which is fairly rare) to a NAS.
Title: Re: backup data for arcade cab?
Post by: Benevolance on March 29, 2010, 02:58:12 pm
I like to live on the edge. No back ups for me.
Title: Re: backup data for arcade cab?
Post by: eds1275 on March 29, 2010, 03:50:36 pm
I have SO MANY DVDS. I keep my roms + CHDs on there, and then my mala layout is saved on a few different compys on my home network. I manually back it up if I make a change.
Title: Re: backup data for arcade cab?
Post by: Thenasty on March 29, 2010, 04:10:54 pm
I also use ACRONIS and make an exact copy of the HD i'm using to another HD which is inside the machine UNPLUG. So when the HD i'm using goes bad, just switcht eh cables to the other one, Game Time in 10 secs.
Title: Re: backup data for arcade cab?
Post by: Havok on March 29, 2010, 04:32:52 pm
I also use ACRONIS and make an exact copy of the HD i'm using to another HD which is inside the machine UNPLUG. So when the HD i'm using goes bad, just switcht eh cables to the other one, Game Time in 10 secs.

That's a great idea. The only reason I use my NAS is that it's a central backup for the whole family and is RAID 5 so even if a drive goes, I've still got backups of everything in one place.
Title: Re: backup data for arcade cab?
Post by: romshark on March 29, 2010, 08:02:58 pm
My cab is on the network, and I have a Windows Home Server. So I back up the actual OS stuff, emulators, configs, ect. ROMS are not included in the backup, as I have complete backups of them on an external hard drive, my main desktop, my notebook PC, and a folder on the server.

The Home Server is not programmed to back up the cab every night (it would fail anyway since the computer is completely turned off when I'm done). I initialize the backup manually when major changes occur (Windows updates, major changes to front ends).
Title: Re: backup data for arcade cab?
Post by: Havok on March 29, 2010, 09:37:28 pm
Oohh - a Hero Jr!

 :applaud:

I built a Hero 1 back in high school Robotics class. Good times...
Title: Re: backup data for arcade cab?
Post by: BobA on March 29, 2010, 09:39:45 pm
Picked up an Acer ah340 home server and backup could not be simpler.   It is trouble free except for one thing.   You have to get rid of McAfee as soon as you get the server. An update to McAfee has made it incompatible with the Windows Home Server so you have to remove it by logging on remotely after your server is setup. The Acer ah 340 is priced way lower then the HP home servers and is much better than a simple NAS solution.   It comes with a 1 TB drive and WHS so it costs very little for the hardware if you consider the costs of these items.

Title: Re: backup data for arcade cab?
Post by: jasonbar on March 30, 2010, 03:45:09 pm
I plug in my external 500GB HD every now & then & drag 'n' drop all the important folders.

-Jason
Title: Re: backup data for arcade cab?
Post by: enchntr on March 31, 2010, 10:56:41 pm
I've backed up my MAME directory to my NAS, which is then replicated to another NAS.

Now to just get an offsite backup.  Although, it would probably be a good idea for me to get a bare metal backup of the system.
Title: Re: backup data for arcade cab?
Post by: RobbyMac on March 31, 2010, 11:47:34 pm
I just do a mirror backup using xcopy and task scheduler to my fileserver once in a great while.
Title: Re: backup data for arcade cab?
Post by: retrometro on April 01, 2010, 12:22:16 am
I use robocopy to another computer on the network as well as to a second internal hdd.  Robocopy like rsync can be setup to copy just the files that change.
Title: Re: backup data for arcade cab?
Post by: protokatie on April 01, 2010, 12:34:28 am
I just do a mirror backup using xcopy and task scheduler to my fileserver once in a great while.

Same here with all of my backups. When it comes to backing up via xcopy to a NAS (IE my fileserver), I generally do a network mapped drive on the computer (say to drive letter Z) for where I want it to go. Then I write a batch file with something along the lines of "xcopy c:\blah\ z:\ /d /e /v /i /c /y /f" to do the work.

Not quite as easy as clicking on options, but much more configurable.