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Hi Herman,
It's a personal choice, but for me, given the size, cheap cost, speed
and convenience, I'd always have a multiple physical drive system. My
primary box has five hard drives -- three IDE and two SCSI. I also
have an external USB that is 99 percent off line, turned on only for
weekly imaging.
Removable drives ... sure.
RAID or mirroring might be the safest, and of course if you are
*really* determined, an off-site backup. But my biggest worry here
is "The Big One", so I'd probably need foreign-country backup to be
really safe, or at least hundreds of kilometers away. I think, even
now, that is available -- I mean I am pretty sure that there are
services on line that will store your backups. Cost, diameter of
pipe, and trust, would be some issues that you'd need to assess.
Yuki
Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 9:50:44 PM, you wrote:
H> May I ask: What would be the preferred backup media?
H> TIA,
H> herman
H> -----Original Message-----
H> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
H> Behalf Of Tomasz Janeczko
H> Sent: October 25, 2006 5:06 AM
H> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
H> Subject: Re: [amibroker] PC Utilities.
H> Ara,
H> If you have such "weird" problems the best you can do is the following:
H> 1. format drive / reinstall everything fresh (make at least 2 partitions
H> one for the system and one for the rest. I personally have more partitions
H> for various things)
H> 2. buy Acronis True Image Home ($49) - and make system partition backup
H> if you will do disk images regularly you can turn off windows "system
H> restore"
H> feature because full disk images give you much better protection.
H> 3. backup your system partition before installation of every software that
H> you don't know
H> so you can revert to pre-installation state in case somethign goes wrong.
H> This will also ensure that registry does not get cluttered with stuff that
H> did not get uninstalled properly
H> Make scheduled backups (Acronis allows to make scheduled disk images in the
H> background
H> while you are working, you don't need to reboot nor anything like with some
H> other tools)
H> and in the future you will be fully protected
H> and will be able to restore your system in 10 minutes (that's about the time
H> it takes on my computer).
H> Recent story:
H> I have dual boot machine (allows to select whenever you want to boot
H> into Win XP 32 bit PL or Win XP 64 bit EN)
H> when I installed Windows Vista RC1 (for testing) it destroyed MBR (master
H> boot record) on my disk
H> and I could not boot to anything but Vista. And as always Acronis True
H> Image
H> rescued me - I simply restored the image, MBR was restored too and
H> everything was back to normal.
H> And big thanks to Yuki who first mentioned True Image on this list.
H> Best regards,
H> Tomasz Janeczko
H> amibroker.com
H> ----- Original Message -----
H> From: "Ara Kaloustian" <ara1@xxxxxxxxxx>
H> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
H> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:13 AM
H> Subject: Re: [amibroker] PC Utilities.
>> Yuki
>>
>> My problems are "weird". ..
>>
>> For example,
>> 1. Some web sites I can not log in. (I can log in with backup computer).
>> 2. Running Interactive Brokers TWS, when I activate Book Trader, data does
>> not come into Book Trader. I have to shut it off and re-activate. This
>> actually happens with other programs also. Have not established patern.
>> 3. On my Firewall / Antivirus / Spam Blocker / Pest Controller, Spam
H> Blocker
>> and Pest Controller were not running. They were also missing from the
H> start
>> menu.
>> 4. Have problems running SecondCopy (my backup program). Beleive this is
>> related the "read only" issue.
>>
>> I was hacked last week through Skype!. An "Unknown" user was registered
H> in
>> my PC, which I removed.
>>
>> Virus scans show no virus.
>>
>> The computer is new, so I do not do much HD maintenance. Occasional
>> Defragment.
>>
>> Unfortunatly have not got around to do a system backup!!!
>>
>> Where is the system log. Never looked at one.
>>
>> Tx
>> Ara
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Yuki Taga" <yukitaga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Ara Kaloustian" <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:39 AM
>> Subject: Re: [amibroker] PC Utilities.
>>
>>
>>> Hi Ara,
>>>
>>> Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 3:31:19 PM, you wrote:
>>>
>>> AK> I regularly run Registry Machanic to keep PC running properly.
>>>
>>> AK> Today I ran a trial version of "PC MightyMax, right after I ran
>>> AK> Registry Mechanic. MightyMax found 241 Invalid Registry Paths and 74
>>> Invalid Shortcuts.
>>>
>>> AK> Anyone experienced with this program??? The price tag also seems
>>> AK> unreasonably high ($120 / year licence)
>>>
>>> Ara ... generally speaking, these programs are all worthless, and
>>> have the potential to do much more harm than good. Running such a
>>> program -- regularly -- is a prescription for trouble, IMNSHO. These
>>> programs all follow different algorithms, and some are very
>>> "thorough" (to the point that they wreck your system by deleting
>>> things they shouldn't touch), and some are very lax (meaning they
>>> don't really do anything).
>>>
>>> Generally speaking, the registry (especially on a 2K or XP system)
>>> does not need "fixing". The only exception to that would be if you
>>> *knew* exactly what needed fixing. The registry is a huge database,
>>> and it does get cluttered with the remains of programs uninstalled,
>>> and other useless data. It also only grows in size, unless it is
>>> weeded and then compressed. But, again generally speaking, the amount
>>> of clutter is almost always minuscule compared to the size of the
>>> registry in the first place. Cutting the registry even by 5 percent
>>> (a tough job, usually) is not going to improve your performance very
>>> much. I doubt if you would even be aware of it.
>>>
>>> But because these registry "fixer" companies can scare or convince
>>> you into running a trial version, which they *know* will turn up
>>> something (unimportant, but probably a "large number" of unimportants
>>> -- i.e. seems large to you, but it's really *nothing*), they can make
>>> a lot of money touting their useless products. You could run 10 of
>>> these programs. None would agree with each other regarding either
>>> number or specifics. They are a waste of money.
>>>
>>> If invalid shortcuts or invalid registry paths are the only things
>>> you have to worry about, you probably have nothing to worry about,
>>> and definitely should not go to the trouble of reinstalling. What I
>>> am more concerned about, if I'm you, is "Am I compromised"? If your
>>> machine is "owned", to use the phrase, *then* it's time for a
>>> reformat and reinstall, maybe on a completely new drive.
>>>
>>> What problems are you having other than the read-only situation you
>>> mentioned in another thread?
>>>
>>> Do you have a known-good backup?
>>>
>>> Do you have an anti-virus program, and/or an anti-spyware program?
>>>
>>> Do you run them once in a while?
>>>
>>> Do you defragment your drives once in a while (every 48 hours here on
>>> a rotating basis)?
>>>
>>> Do you have a firewall? Which one? Is it running?
>>>
>>> Have you run any hard drive analysis software on your machine? Why
>>> not?
>>>
>>> Memory check software? Why not?
>>>
>>> What ... do your system logs tell you? Do you read them daily?
>>> (There should hardly ever be either a yellow or a red flag; basically
>>> they should be clean almost all the time.)
>>>
>>> The only way to clear DRAM that I know of is power off. That means
>>> computer, and modem, and monitor (if it's flat panel). Have you shut
>>> *everything* down completely, and waited five minutes (shouldn't take
>>> that long; but that should do it for sure), and tried again?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Yuki
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please note that this group is for discussion between users only.
>>>
>>> To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to
>>> SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com
>>>
>>> For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG:
>>> http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/
>>>
>>> For other support material please check also:
>>> http://www.amibroker.com/support.html
>>>
>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Please note that this group is for discussion between users only.
>>
>> To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to
>> SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com
>>
>> For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG:
>> http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/
>>
>> For other support material please check also:
>> http://www.amibroker.com/support.html
>>
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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