Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ken, As a long-retired guy responsible only to myself and the IRS, I don't have any of your pressure. If I should lose something, so what? But, knock on wood, between my paper trail and my backups, I have not, to my knowledge, lost anything of significance. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 1/14/2017 2:02 PM, Ken Carney wrote: > Jim, > > My only comment would be that I use two backup programs, one backup > with SyncBackPro (file transfer) and one with Acronis (disk imaging), > to the external drives. So, I stand a chance of recovery even if a > failure of the software or hard drive (I am a CPA which requires an > annual psych exam to verify required levels of paranoia and OCD.) > > Ken > > > On 1/12/2017 4:23 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: >> After hearing from Tina and Ken about their extensive backup >> practices, I just wanted to show a little about my simple practice. >> While I have no commercial activities, I did accumulate 135GB of >> photo files in 2016. As I have done for the past several years, I >> copied the 2016 files to a 1TB WD Caviar Black drive at the end of >> the year, using my "Swiss Army Knife" drive adapter. The transfer >> took about 1.5 hours, which isn't bad for a full year's work. >> >> The setup, except for the power "brick", is shown below: >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Photo+Backup.jpg.html >> >> Comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >