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Re: [OT] Reliable backup tape system - results



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Don't do what I did and rely on one backup tape, be sure to rotate with at
least two if you go with tape. My drive ate up the tape during a critical
restore one year, and I lost all my data.  Now I backup with Powerquest
DriveImage to a second hard drive, and burn CDs as well.


> --- ztrader <ztrader@sonic.net> wrote:
> > First, I'd like to thank the many people who
> > responded to my request.
> > Here are the results. For tape drives, HP got
> > 'negative' reviews,
> > OnTrack 50Gig got a couple good words, but generally
> > people didn't
> > like tapes. The overwhelming suggestion from many
> > people was to use an
> > extra hard drive in a removable tray, with something
> > like Norton
> > Ghost, to do backups. Faster, possibly cheaper, and
> > apparently more
> > reliable.
> >
> > My thanks again,
> >
> > ztrader
> >
> >
>
>
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