Commuting - At the half...I have no idea...7.25K

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naisme
07-02-04, 09:28 AM
I've had the great privalege to learn a wonderful lesson, back up your computer, at least save all important information on a disk, so you can retrieve the information. Well, I had done that with my bike log up until June, then half way through June with a truckload of miles logged, I am attacked and some jerk wipes out my hard drive, and I lost all, ALL my information, I would love to say I have enough miles to be on track for a 15K year. Ain't going to know now. I mean I can guess, but that isn't coming home after work and logging the cycle computer miles after every commute.
So, if it's important, write it down and back it up. It's a hassle, but I've had to learn the hard way.

prabbit
07-02-04, 10:55 AM
I learned the hard way many years ago. So, I can commiserate. I know have a script that runs every evening at a predetermined time that backs up any file that has changed and certain directories. It copies those files to a different hard disk (important in case the other hard disk crashes!). I then periodically copy the files from the second hard disk to a CD. And because I'm paranoid, I keep a copy of that CD at work in my desk and sometimes in my safe deposit box. That way if the whole computer is stolen or burns in a fire, I can recover my data. Hopefully, I'll never have to use the backup's backup.