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If a nuke falls and there are no disks to ruin. Does it explode?
On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:20:56 -0400, Mark Keitel
<MailYahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mark,
>
>
> If where your back up lies is nuked and you are not then you are out of
> luck
>
>
> External HD's are so cheap now
>
> About $179 for 250gb USB2.0 and firewire connect
>
>
> Or
>
> 500gb Seagate eSata HD ($ 359) external this is fast for back ups and
> both
> come with back up software to copy your computers HD exact down to the
> Registry ( this runs on PCI host adapter card included)
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> Of Mark H
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 1:01 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] PC Utilities.
>
>
> Talking about "The Big One", no one has mention online backup. These days
> you can pay $5 a month to get 30GB remote space to back up your stuff
> online.
>
> I use Mozy remote back service and it was very easy to set up. They also
> provide 2GB space for free. If my city is nuked tomorrow and I happen to
> be
> out of town, I still have all my trading systems and family photos, and
> can
> start to make a living in no time, provided that the markets are still
> open
> after the nuke.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Yuki Taga <mailto:yukitaga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> To: Herman <mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:54 AM
>
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] PC Utilities.
>
>
> 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@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>
> ps.com]On
> H> Behalf Of Tomasz Janeczko
> H> Sent: October 25, 2006 5:06 AM
> H> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com
> 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@xxxxxxx <mailto:ara1%40san.rr.com> com>
> H> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com>
> 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@xxxx <mailto:yukitaga%40tkh.att.ne.jp>
> att.ne.jp>
>>> To: "Ara Kaloustian" <amibroker@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com>
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
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