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Group,
Speaking of backing up data, can someone describe their way? I have
data in both ascii and metastock both going back for quite a while. I
plan to burn it to cd's. Do you do it seperately in years or by
market. What about compressing the data. Anything else to keep in
mind?
I changed the title for future reference.
Thanks,
John
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Michael.S.G." <OzFalcon@xxxx>
wrote:
> Hello Ron,
> This sounds like a resonable plan, Except the backing up to
external USB drive.
> To put it simply - Hard Drives are still fragile things, And having
one
> Eternal to your
> computer is ok as a Transit device, But not a backup device.
> External HD is not safe for Backup's!
>
> You would be worth popping in a CD-Burner (Cheap now) if you havn't
already got
> one, And Backing up to CD. Even more so now that CD-R is so darn
inexpensive.
>
> Tape backup is generaly too expensive AND IMHO not particualy
reliable.
> I have had Data backed up on DAT, only to loose it when I tried
to
> restore - And
> the Dat drive ate my tape :-(
>
> Currently, I Backup to a fileserver running RAID array. So if one
of the
> HD's crash & Burn - I Just pull it out & Pop a new one in - The
data is
> rebuild on the
> new drive. There is a cost of course - You need x4 HD's to make the
RAID
> and you loose the space of 1 drive. ie 480gb ends up 360gb.
>
> Anyway - I would not recommend using an External drive as a backup
system.
> By the sounds of your setup - You would be better burning to CD.
>
> Also, Definatly leave that 1.6 gig free on your C: drive. As Graham
said,
> temp files and the like need space to work in, Also - You never
know what
> you might copy to
> the desktop..........
>
> KR
> Michael.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 04:27 PM 15/12/2003, you wrote:
> >Thanks for all of the great feedback. This 20 gig was installed
by my
> >son, and the computer does recognize that it is there, but he is
> >unavailable to me right now. I also just bought an unusual SIIG
PCI 133
> >card that has these external receptacles>2 )USB2.0 receptacles
and 1)
> >firewire and 1)10/100 Ethernet Port, and inside it has 1)
USB2.0
> >and 1) firewire. I installed it myself, but the installation did
not go
> >exactly as the instructions said that it should. I then followed
the
> >instructions to see if the installation was successful. There
were a few
> >differences in the items that got installed in my computer when
compared
> >to what it said should be there. I plugged the Ethernet port in
and it
> >works fine. I immediately emailed support about the differences
on
> >Saturday, the day that I installed the card. Because of problems
in the
> >past, I have decided to wait for SIIG's advice. I also bought a
Western
> >Digital USB2.0 external HD that I will install as soon as I hear
from SIIG
> >about the differences in what was installed. I was wanting to use
this
> >external USB drive for backup, and use the 20 gig inside the
computer for
> >only data, and then devote the 9.3 gig internal drive to programs
and the
> >XP Pro operating system.
> >
> >My past Outlook Express bad inbox problem was solved by changing
the name
> >of it to inboxbad.dbx .
> >
> >The spell-check in my notebook is dull, and does not work, will it
also
> >create a new spell-check if I find the file, and rename to
> >spellcheckbad.dbx? I haven't yet looked for it, so I just made-up
a name
> >for it.
> >
> >Thanks again for helping me into the 20th century. At least I can
now see
> >the door of the 21st century. Later Ron D
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <mailto:jcasavant@x...>Jayson
> >To: <mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:44 PM
> >Subject: RE: [amibroker] 1.65 gigs OK for awhile?
> >
> >Alternately many drives come with a CD that does most of the grunt
work
> >for you (Format, Partition, copy old files to new drive etc) . I
just
> >installed a new drive (160gb $99 US from staples!!) Friday and
found the
> >process to be well documented and relatively painless...
> >
> >Regards,
> >Jayson
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Graham [mailto:gkavanagh@x...]
> >Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 7:09 PM
> >To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: RE: [amibroker] 1.65 gigs OK for awhile?
> >
> >Hi
> >There are a few things you would need to do. Jope I have it
correct have
> >just gone through this m=yself when the "experts" stuffed up
installing a
> >new drive on my older computer, motherboard was limited to 40GB
and I
> >could only buy 80GB so had to partition it as 2x40GB and install
it
> >correctly. One "expert" had told me it could not be done due to
the age of
> >my motherboard (~3yrs old), but having broken my teeth in the old
days
> >when fast comps were 12MHz and HDs measured in MBs found I had to
do it
> >myself anyway.
> >
> >1. The hard drives, new and old would need to have the dipswitches
set so
> >that the old one is Primary and new is secondary. These settings
are
> >available in the information manual you should get with the hard
drives,
> >or you can get them from the websites of the manufacturers.
> >
> >2. You would need the comm cable for double hard drives, end
conection is
> >the C drive normally (this is wide flat cable with the red edge
stripe
> >positioned furthest from the mother board.
> >
> >3. Run Fdisk to set the new drive to be set as usable dos drive
(not sure
> >if XP does this for you?) and format the drive
> >
> >4. Windows will then recognise the drive and you are in business.
> >
> >
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Graham
>
><http://groups.msn.com/asxsharetrading>http://groups.msn.com/asxshare
trading
> >http://groups.msn.com/fmsaustralia
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: mrdavis9 [mailto:mrdavis9@x...]
> >Sent: Monday, 15 December 2003 7:58 AM
> >To: amibrokeryahoogroups
> >Subject: [amibroker] 1.65 gigs OK for awhile?
> >
> >Sorry about this off topic, but this post below to TC support was
> >rejected, and don't know who else to ask? TIA for all advice. Ron D
> >
> >
> >==============================================
> >This was rejected by the TC2k support server.
> >My computer's 9.3 gig HD is almost full. It has 1.65 gigs of free
> >space. I have installed a second HD to handle additional data,
but I have
> >not found anyone yet to configure it so that my computer will be
able to
> >use this extra HD capacity.
> >
> >I ordered a TC2k CD that I was told I would be able to download
data
> >starting on Jan 12,2003.
> >
> >If I am able to hire someone to make this second 20gig HD
available by
> >January 1,2004,
> >do you think that It will probably be OK to add TC2k now so that I
can
> >start using the TC2k data? I have XP pro, and do not have any
crashing
> >or freezing problems at all.
> >Ron D
> >
> >
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