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If anything happens to you, I AM responsible... but remember I KNOW where you
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Reproduced from PC Magazine June 11, 1991, with permission from
Chantal Lavelant, PC Magazine, PO Box 54093, Boulder, CO, 80322
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[BACKUP DOs AND DON'Ts]
[_DO_] Plan a backup strategy and stick to it. If you accumulate
backup disks haphazardly, you'll waste floppy disks, tapes,
and hours trying to find the file you need.
[DONT] Use foreign or graphics characters in your filenames unless
you're certain you backup software will process nonstandard
filenames. Some programs treat nonstandard filenames as if
they were corrupted and won't back them up.
[_DO_] Keep at least one full backup set in deep storage for six
months to a year, even if you recycle floppy disks and tapes
in your other backup sets. The file you most want to recover
may turn out to be the one that you deleted three months ago,
and your recent backups won't have any trace of it.
[DONT] Keep all your backups in one place, and don't leave them all
in the drawer under your computer. A thief might decide to
help himself to some disks when he walks off with your
machine.
[DONT] Use data compression when backing up files that have already
been compressed with software like PKZIP or ARC. You'll only
lose time by forcing the compression routine to make a futile
attempt at compressing the file further.
[_DO_] turn on the error correction and verification options in your
backup program. Most of today's advanced programs use error
correction to duplicate data in more than one part of a disk,
and can successfully recover files from damaged/magnetically
weakened floppy disks.
[_DO_] Use 3.5" floppy disks instead of 5.25" floppy disks for
backups if your machine uses both sizes. The smaller disks
are sturdier and less damage prone.
[DONT] try to economize by using generic floppy disks for backups
or by trying to format 720k disks to a 1.44 capacity. The
money you save is worth less than the data you'll lose.
[_DO_] set your backup program to preserve detailed logs of every
backup. The program will need them when you want to
recover a specific, older version of a lost or modified file.
[_DO_] use your backup program as a fast and cheap way of transfering
files between two computers; many program allow you to perform
backups without switching off the archive bit. This option
lets you use the backup program's speed and compression to
pack as many files on a few disks -- without preventing them
from being backed up in your next incremental backup.
[DONT] trust your backup program unless you test it in realworld
conditions. Perform a small backup with your usual memory
resident software installed. Restore the files to a different
directory and run DOS's COMPARE command on the original and
restored set. If they match, you can sleep easily.
[_DO_] retest your backup software after installing any new RAM
resident software. It's probably impractical to run backups
only from a clean DOS, but if you run into any difficulty with
TSRs, it may be the only safe course of action.
[_DO_] perform your backup software's hardware compatibility test
after installing any new expansion boards of hard disks in
your system. Most advanced packages support high-speed DMA
transfers that can be subtly affected by newly added hardware.
[_DO_] consider purchasing a tape drive if you have more than 30MB
of data on your hard disk. Large floppy-disk backups can
be so tedious that you'll avoid them at all costs. A good
tape drive can back up your entire disk while you're having
lunch.
[_DO_] run CHKDSK before backing up. If any files have been
corrupted, you may be able to use a disk utility to recover
at least some of your data, and you may be able to recover
more from the set of old backup disks that you're about to
overwrite.
[_DO_] make at least two fresh backups (and test on) before
formatting or replacing your hard disk.
[_DO_] use the password protectiong or encryption when backing up
critical data if your program provides that feature. If
not, lock up your backups in a secure place.
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