| Are you regularly backing up the hard
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| | I use mirrors! Not smoke and mirrors ...
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| drive on your PC?
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| | just mirrors.
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| It has been said that there are two
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| | In my machine I have two hard disk
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| kinds of people ...
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| | drives ... not to double
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| those who have had a hard disk crash and
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| | my storage capacity, but to provide a
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| those who will.
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| | continuous backup
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| I'll tell you some easy ways to protect
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| | of my hard drive.
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| your data.And I present my qualifications
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| | Every time my computer writes to the
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| by saying that I have experience
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| | disk drive, it actually
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| with data storage and backup.
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| | writes the same data to two different
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| And you know the definition of
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| | disk drives. They
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| experience right?
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| | are a mirror image of one another.
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| Experience is what you get when you
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| | Most Windows computers since Windows NT
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| didn't get what you wanted!Let me begin
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| | have had this
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| by saying that I have used many different
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| | capability.The first, and most painful
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| kinds of backup devices over the years.
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| | part, is to get two hard drives
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| I have used cassette tapes, floppy
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| | in your system.
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| disks, tape cartridges,
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| | I usually buy my computers that way, but
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| disk cartridges, writable CDs, writable
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| DVDs, and external drives.
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| | I have added hard drives later.
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| And I still recommend some form of this
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| | It's not exorbitantly expensive though.
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| kind of backup
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| | Hard drives, even large hard drives, are
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| today.
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| | reasonably priced these days.
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| For today's high-capacity disk drives,
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| | It's usually best to have the two hard
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| you can't go
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| | drives the same size
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| wrong by backing up, at the least, your
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| | (or you waste space in some form).
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| critical data
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| | And I like to have the drives from the
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| on some external media.
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| | same manufacturer
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| Because even if you don't use your PC to
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| | (but maybe I'm just anal).
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| store sensitive
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| | I say painful, because you, or someone
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| personal or financial data, there are
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| | will have to open up your
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| still
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| | PC and put a second drive in if doesn't
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| configuration settings for your PC you
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| | already have one.
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| may not want to lose.Now you can buy
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| | If you don't feel qualified to do this,
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| hardware and software that automatically
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| | check with your
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| starts backups
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| | nearest PC store.
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| and cycles backup media in and out of
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| | Most will do it for you, for a fee, or
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| the backup device as necessary.
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| | for free if you buy
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| But that tends to be pricy and best left
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| | the hard disk there.
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| to servers.
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| | They may even perform the next step
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| I'll leave that topic for another
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| | which is to set up the mirror.After that,
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| time.If your system has a drive that
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| | you go to the Control Panel, select
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| supports writable CDs
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| | Administrative Tools,
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| or DVDs you can manually backup your
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| | then select Computer Management, then
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| hard drive on this
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| | click on Disk Management.
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| type of media.
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| | You right-click on the existing or "old"
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| Writable CDs and DVDs can hold from 650
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| | volume and select "Add Mirror", then
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| megabytes (MB)
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| | right-click on the new disk that will
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| up to 4 gigabtyes (GB) and more of data.
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| | host the mirror and select "Add Mirror".
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| Your CD or DVD writer probably came with
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| | This will establish a mirror and
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| software that
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| | initially copy the
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| lets you drag copies of data from the
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| | data from the "old" drive to the "new"
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| hard drive
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| | mirror. Thereafter, the
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| to the CD or DVD drive folder.
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| | data is automatically written to both
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| Or it may even include some automatic
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| | drives when changes or updates
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| backup software.
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| | occur.
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| One disadvantage of CDs and even DVDs is
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| | You can also view the status of your
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| that hard
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| | mirrored volumes to make sure the
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| drives today typically won't fit on one
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| | mirrors are healthy and all your data is
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| of these.
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| | backed up.
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| With hard drives in the range of
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| | On Windows systems you may not see the
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| 10-200GB are common.
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| | options for mirrors until
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| And it's not unusual to see 250GB drives
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| | you have a new unused drive in your
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| now.
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| | system on which you can create a mirror.
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| Another disadvantage is the write speed.
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| | There are detailed instructions for your
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| | version of Windows
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| Even with high-speed CD or DVD writers
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| | on Microsoft's site.I recommend to all
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| it can take a long while.Another option
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| | my friends to set up mirrored disks.
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| is an external disk drive.
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| | I've had a couple of friends call to
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| Large sizes are available which makes it
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| | tell me they had a
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| possible
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| | a hard disk crash.
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| to backup your entire hard drive in many
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| | Instead of a catastophic loss of data,
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| cases.
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| | this turned into a minor inconvenience
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| And the hard disk drives are very fast.
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| | while we recovered
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| You can copy an entire drive
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| | the data from the other disk.
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| quickly.However many people find it
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| | They expressed undying gratitude and
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| difficult to make data backups
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| | told me they would be eternally indebted
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| on a regular schedule.
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| | ...
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| I'm a people! I mean I'm a person and I
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| | because they couldn't pay me
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| just can't
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| | anything!What will your reaction be when
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| seem to make the time for backing up my
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| | you have that hard disk crash?
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| data.So I'll tell you what I do.
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