What do you use for data backup?

Zardon · Jun 30, 2005, 03:58 PM

Please vote and discuss in here.

Drakon · Jun 30, 2005, 04:03 PM

I got a DVD_RW drive. Don't have any blank media though

INSTG8R · Jun 30, 2005, 04:05 PM

2nd Partition and an 2Gig Qauntum Fireball

Dark Lord · Jun 30, 2005, 04:20 PM

ive got a 2nd computer here that my family uses. almost nothing gets installed to it, and its got a 100gig HD on it so i just transfer everything to that.

drakesteakn · Jun 30, 2005, 04:34 PM

i use a DVD burner and 2 200gb and a 160gb maxtor DM 10 HD for backup

bake15 · Jun 30, 2005, 05:09 PM

at the moment just a DVD-Writer till i get another HD.

Ubergrendle · Jun 30, 2005, 05:27 PM

short term: copy to second IDE harddrive
long term: burn to DVD

for serial #s, policy #s, etc for insurance/warranties I send an e-mail to myself -- that way if my house burns down its stored offsite. i may have lost the paper copies, but at least i have a record of the unique identifiers.

CDsDontBurn · Jun 30, 2005, 05:30 PM

anything i can use......DVD, CD, HDD, flash drive, etc.

Sandok · Jun 30, 2005, 05:41 PM

I use a 250 gig Firewire HD... But I never need anything that badly that I burn them on DVD!

swimtech · Jun 30, 2005, 06:47 PM

External Seagate 160G Firewire/USB hard drive, about once every month...

BWX · Jun 30, 2005, 06:52 PM

CD, getting a DVD soon though..

Shadow Lady · Jun 30, 2005, 07:03 PM

CD, I should get a DVD-writer but im waiting for next gen (i had DVD already thou)

Daim · Jun 30, 2005, 07:16 PM

i used my dads external maxtor disk 120 gb for backups and stuff and to store stuff but it crashed, the only thing it does now is beeping so im f*cked =P

Ev!L-aLphA · Jun 30, 2005, 07:26 PM

dvd drive for sure

i used to have a cd drive and it would take soooo long and id have like 20 different cd's and now i can use 1 or 2 dvd's to backup all the stuff that i need

Stop It · Jun 30, 2005, 07:29 PM

I use a combination of a second Hard Drive with a CD writer drive, I shall upgrade to a DVD recorder when needs be, until then Im happy

BaZoon · Jun 30, 2005, 08:11 PM

i burn all my dvd:s but i have a 200gb mediadrive and a 200gb game/insallalionfiles drive... 10gb in partition for system... and.... a 300gb external drive......... so i guess it will do for now

Sonata · Jun 30, 2005, 09:12 PM

I voted DVD Burner but I use Power Quest Deploy Centre to keep x64 and 32 bit images on my second hard drive. When it takes my fancy I re-image my computer using boot floppies in a couple of minutes. I keep meaning to burn a copy of these images to DVD.

**MIG-31** · Jun 30, 2005, 09:13 PM

DVD RW all the time......works fine with enough storage space for my needs.

El Kapitano · Jun 30, 2005, 10:06 PM

250Gb SATA Drive as storage, DVD for Archival and 1Gb flashdrive or various sizes of SD Cards for transport.

riles9262 · Jun 30, 2005, 10:58 PM

I just use a couple other partitions for important stuff. Now that I have a dvd rw, I will probably start using that.

Ferret_Style · Jul 1, 2005, 12:25 AM

Short term copy to other computer and second compy to backup internal drive. Long term DVD's kept in safe

.... 3 months of images from when my daughter was orn 12 week early

i keep those really safe!

Sargentwhitey · Jul 1, 2005, 12:25 AM

I usually don't backup, but since my secondary drive is larger then my Boot drive, I use that when I need to. Like I will soon, since I'm moving over to PCIe, rather cheaply too.

BWX · Jul 1, 2005, 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by riles9262

I just use a couple other partitions for important stuff.

Yeah I do that too.. Always have actually.. Forgot to mention that.

Zelig · Jul 1, 2005, 01:51 AM

I also use a combo of slower backup hard drives and DVDs for my backups...

Lelisevis · Jul 1, 2005, 03:01 AM

Combination of DVD Writer and 40GB IDE HDD.

Interested to know whats brought about this bizarre choice of polls?

Falstaff · Jul 1, 2005, 04:32 AM

external all the way.....

gadabout · Jul 1, 2005, 05:49 AM

I have 4 internal HD's. So I use my 30GB for Windows, 80GB for games, 60GB for all of my files, and my 40GB I have partitioned into 2-20GB, one for WinXP64 and the other for "let's test this OS".

I am looking to get a 200GB network HD to put all my files, so my GF and I can access all the files in one location.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 1, 2005, 06:12 AM

5 1/2' Floppies!
.... J/K!

Useally CDRs and DVDRs, I also some times use a secondary partition

Tipstaff · Jul 1, 2005, 06:38 AM

I primarily use a DVD writer for permanent backup, and the external hard drive for temp backup.

Here's a question I would like to ask everybody: what programs do you guys use along with these devices?

For me,
- hard drive backups (images or cloning) = I usually use Ghost or Acronis (I find Acronis the best for NTFS spanned images, and SATA cloning as Ghost can mess up real fast. One thing about Ghost is that it if you clone a Dynamic partitioned drive it will undo it, and turn the partition back into a Basic one.. very useful as trying to convert a Dynamic disk back to a Basic one, or importing a Dynamic disk can have some rather.. um.. bad consequences if it messes up)
- email/favs/settings/specific folders/misc = Genie Backup Manager Pro
- straight file copying (folders/files) = Total Commander (newer version Norton Commander)

Edit: should have mentioned I use Nero for backing up data to DVD.

toddsmack2k · Jul 1, 2005, 08:44 AM

BenQ DVD writer!

Jun 30, 2005, 03:58 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	What do you use for data backup? Please vote and discuss in here.

Jun 30, 2005, 04:05 PM	#3
INSTG8R DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canadian lost in Norway Posts: 527 Rep Power: 0	2nd Partition and an 2Gig Qauntum Fireball __________________ Sys. Specs. Intel E6600@3.2\|Abit IP35 Pro\|2x1024 Crucial Ballistix PC8500 \|Sapphire HD4870 512\|Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500G SATAII 16MB w/PRT\|SB X-Fi Fatality\|TT Tough Power 1200W\|TT Kandalf L.C.S.\|Samsung 204B 20" 5ms LCD\|Logitech G25\|Logitech G5\|Logitech G15\|Saitek X-52+Pro Rudder Pedals\|TrackIR w/Trackclip Pro 3DMark06

Jun 30, 2005, 04:20 PM	#4
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	ive got a 2nd computer here that my family uses. almost nothing gets installed to it, and its got a 100gig HD on it so i just transfer everything to that. __________________

Jun 30, 2005, 04:34 PM	#5
drakesteakn boo!!!! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ft. Meyers, FL Posts: 2,041 Rep Power: 0	i use a DVD burner and 2 200gb and a 160gb maxtor DM 10 HD for backup __________________

Jun 30, 2005, 05:27 PM	#7
Ubergrendle Semper ubi sub ubi Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 702 Rep Power: 51	short term: copy to second IDE harddrive long term: burn to DVD for serial #s, policy #s, etc for insurance/warranties I send an e-mail to myself -- that way if my house burns down its stored offsite. i may have lost the paper copies, but at least i have a record of the unique identifiers. __________________ Veteran of the PC Microchannel / EISA wars of the late 1980s.

Jun 30, 2005, 04:03 PM	#2
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 0	I got a DVD_RW drive. Don't have any blank media though

Jun 30, 2005, 05:09 PM	#6
bake15 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wigan,UK Posts: 582 Rep Power: 0	at the moment just a DVD-Writer till i get another HD.

Jun 30, 2005, 05:30 PM	#8
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,790 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	anything i can use......DVD, CD, HDD, flash drive, etc. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Jun 30, 2005, 05:41 PM	#9
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	I use a 250 gig Firewire HD... But I never need anything that badly that I burn them on DVD!

Jun 30, 2005, 06:47 PM	#10
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	External Seagate 160G Firewire/USB hard drive, about once every month... __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Jun 30, 2005, 06:52 PM	#11
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	CD, getting a DVD soon though.. __________________

Jun 30, 2005, 07:03 PM	#12
Shadow Lady Avril Fan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere in colombia, okok, bogotá city :p Posts: 1,262 Rep Power: 0	CD, I should get a DVD-writer but im waiting for next gen (i had DVD already thou) __________________ Oblivion ftw

Jun 30, 2005, 07:16 PM	#13
Daim DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 69 Rep Power: 0	i used my dads external maxtor disk 120 gb for backups and stuff and to store stuff but it crashed, the only thing it does now is beeping so im f*cked =P

Jun 30, 2005, 07:26 PM	#14
Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,111 Rep Power: 0	dvd drive for sure i used to have a cd drive and it would take soooo long and id have like 20 different cd's and now i can use 1 or 2 dvd's to backup all the stuff that i need __________________ R.I.P 8/8/04 4/21/08

Jun 30, 2005, 07:29 PM	#15
Stop It HHs' Resident Kitty Lover Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Biggleswade, UK Posts: 1,431 Rep Power: 78 System Specs	I use a combination of a second Hard Drive with a CD writer drive, I shall upgrade to a DVD recorder when needs be, until then Im happy __________________ Sig Courtesy of Mousey

Jun 30, 2005, 08:11 PM	#16
BaZoon DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	i burn all my dvd:s but i have a 200gb mediadrive and a 200gb game/insallalionfiles drive... 10gb in partition for system... and.... a 300gb external drive......... so i guess it will do for now __________________ Abit IC7 Intel P4 3.2 Ghz 1 Gb Twinmos 400Mhz 2XMaxtor DiamondMax Plus9 7200rpm 200Gb Western Digital External HDD 300Gb Asus X800XT PE/ CPU/GPU Cooled by Zalman Reserator 1

Jun 30, 2005, 09:12 PM	#17
Sonata DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hot as hell in summer Posts: 284 Rep Power: 0	I voted DVD Burner but I use Power Quest Deploy Centre to keep x64 and 32 bit images on my second hard drive. When it takes my fancy I re-image my computer using boot floppies in a couple of minutes. I keep meaning to burn a copy of these images to DVD.

Jun 30, 2005, 09:13 PM	#18
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,843 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	DVD RW all the time......works fine with enough storage space for my needs. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Jun 30, 2005, 10:06 PM	#19
El Kapitano Most of the 7 dwarfs in 1 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 947 Rep Power: 0	250Gb SATA Drive as storage, DVD for Archival and 1Gb flashdrive or various sizes of SD Cards for transport.

Jun 30, 2005, 10:58 PM	#20
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	I just use a couple other partitions for important stuff. Now that I have a dvd rw, I will probably start using that. __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Jul 1, 2005, 12:25 AM	#22
Sargentwhitey Has a JOB.. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,473 Rep Power: 0	I usually don't backup, but since my secondary drive is larger then my Boot drive, I use that when I need to. Like I will soon, since I'm moving over to PCIe, rather cheaply too. __________________ Mobile:Intel Celeron M 1.5GHz, 40GB WD, 1GB PC24000, Intel Mediocre Graphics 2, SB Audigy 2 Notebook

Jul 1, 2005, 01:51 AM	#24
Zelig HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,187 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	I also use a combo of slower backup hard drives and DVDs for my backups... __________________ --

Jul 1, 2005, 03:01 AM	#25
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	Combination of DVD Writer and 40GB IDE HDD. Interested to know whats brought about this bizarre choice of polls?

Jul 1, 2005, 04:32 AM	#26
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	external all the way..... __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Jul 1, 2005, 05:49 AM	#27
gadabout Im Zaphod Beeblebrox Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 89 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Internal Storage. I have 4 internal HD's. So I use my 30GB for Windows, 80GB for games, 60GB for all of my files, and my 40GB I have partitioned into 2-20GB, one for WinXP64 and the other for "let's test this OS". I am looking to get a 200GB network HD to put all my files, so my GF and I can access all the files in one location. __________________ AMD64 X2 3800+ 2GB DDR400 Dual Channel 250GB SATA Seagate \| 500GB SATA WD (WAS an external HD unit, until closure failed) DVD+/-RW Dual Layer w/ Lightscribe \| Plextor DVD+/-RW Dual Layer ATI MSI RX3870 OC Edition PCI-E 2.0 Windows 7 64bit

Jul 1, 2005, 06:12 AM	#28
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	5 1/2' Floppies! .... J/K! Useally CDRs and DVDRs, I also some times use a secondary partition __________________

Jul 1, 2005, 06:38 AM	#29
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 191 System Specs	I primarily use a DVD writer for permanent backup, and the external hard drive for temp backup. Here's a question I would like to ask everybody: what programs do you guys use along with these devices? For me, - hard drive backups (images or cloning) = I usually use Ghost or Acronis (I find Acronis the best for NTFS spanned images, and SATA cloning as Ghost can mess up real fast. One thing about Ghost is that it if you clone a Dynamic partitioned drive it will undo it, and turn the partition back into a Basic one.. very useful as trying to convert a Dynamic disk back to a Basic one, or importing a Dynamic disk can have some rather.. um.. bad consequences if it messes up) - email/favs/settings/specific folders/misc = Genie Backup Manager Pro - straight file copying (folders/files) = Total Commander (newer version Norton Commander) Edit: should have mentioned I use Nero for backing up data to DVD. __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick. Last edited by Tipstaff; Jul 1, 2005 at 11:23 PM.

Jul 1, 2005, 08:44 AM	#30
toddsmack2k It Never..... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,173 Rep Power: 0	BenQ DVD writer! __________________ [color=blue]*Bleeding From the Inside Pouring Out, The* *DriverHeaven* Spiral, We Shall Never Let Go Of.[/color]