[HAM] OT:Backups was:FREE Non Hammond STUFF!

[Charles Buckingham]

Scott Hawthorn wrote:
>
> The hippest backup nowadays is a big external USB hard drive, along with 
> Acronic True Image (software). DVDs are fine unless you can't boot up at 
> all, in which case your machine will not "see" the DVD drive.
>
>   
I've recently got a similar setup going at work.  We went from an 
overnight backup on tape cartridge to making two duplicates of the 
server hard drive in less than 20 minutes.  It's ridiculous how fast the 
technology has advanced and how much bang you can get for your buck 
storage space wise.  The tapes we used to use were 20 gig.  Now we have 
x2 300 gig hard drives that cost less than all the tapes we used to lug 
around.  I'm not all that old (relatively speaking of course), but I'm 
starting to feel like I should be on the front porch in the rocking 
chair talking about punch cards.

Regards,

Charles.

P.S. Scott, with all respect it is "Acronis" (I know, the "c" is really 
close to the "s" on the keyboard).  :-P  
I had a hardware issue with this program and had been in contact  with 
their technical support over the last few weeks.  To rule out some stuff 
they asked me to download the trial of a later version than the one we 
were using.  One of the tests I was asked to do required the full 
version of the software.  They actually sent me the license code for the 
full version at no charge on the honour system (i.e. please uninstall 
when done or purchase the program)  Contrary to a lot of feedback I had 
read on their tech support forum, I was rather pleased with the overall 
service.  Good customer service is often hard to come by these days. 
(there I am again on the porch)