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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: mpm32 on December 11, 2006, 05:32:06 pm
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I have an external HD and when I go to access the files it says "disk J is not formatted, would you like to format now?"
I click no because I don't want to reformat and lose data. Can I fix this without losing data? I hava a ton of pictures and music on this drive.
Can anyone help?
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OK, I found a data recovery product that looks like it will restore my files. What I need to know is what everyone is doing for backing up their picture and music files.
Should I have multiple external drives? What should the backup protocol be? I have no clue how to do this. My wife wants me to back-up to a cd or dvd, with the amount of data I have this would be impractical.
Any advice?
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Depends on how much data you're talking about. I use RAID5 arrays for my data, but even RAID is really considered a proper "backup" solution, just a redundancy in case of not quite catastrophic failure. For really critical files -> digital photos, home movies, finacial records, etc, I do periodic dumps to DVD just as a sanity check. I have had a RAID5 array go down completely so I like that extra sense of security.
Other options are tape backup, periodic disk mirroring, etc.
:dunno
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I backup critical files to several computers around the house. This helps me avoid data loss from single computer failure. I then copy the entire set of critical data (22 gigs of family photos alone!) onto a portable hard drive, then bring that to work and mirror it off to my work PC. This helps me recover in case of a disaster in the house. Finally, I periodically burn a set of DVDs and put them in a fire-resistant lock-box in the house.
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Wait, I thought this forum *was* your backup drive for those "important photos"? :cheers:
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Don't worry, no cheesecake photos have been lost.
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Whew!