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CD Backup Dannie 12-28-2006
Posted by mookie on December 31, 2006, 9:51 am
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> Dannie wrote:
>> I have new PC and am backing up to CDRW. Software is Quicken New User
>> Edition 2006 R4 for which I have no CD.
>>
>> Interested in heaing from someone with my Quicken software and if I can
>> backup to DVD RW? And if ok, can I use DVD for weeks of backup?
>> TIA
>> Dannie
>>
>>
> I backup close to daily to a CD-R. It holds about one month. I use the
> option to append the date to the backup files. When the disk fills, I take
> it to the safety deposit at the bank, and start a new disk. It is easy,
> and I have multiple backups at a location that is safe, and away from my
> home. When the disks at the bank get to be too many, I bring some home,
> and put them through the shredder.
>
> I have restored from backups on several occasions, and I've even gone back
> to prior disks. Luckily, I've never lost more than a small amount of data
> when the program decided that it didn't like the downloaded data.

FWIW that is exactly what I have done for years, too. Works extremely well.



Posted by Hank Arnold on January 1, 2007, 4:23 am
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 mookie wrote:
>> Dannie wrote:
>>> I have new PC and am backing up to CDRW. Software is Quicken New User
>>> Edition 2006 R4 for which I have no CD.
>>>
>>> Interested in heaing from someone with my Quicken software and if I can
>>> backup to DVD RW? And if ok, can I use DVD for weeks of backup?
>>> TIA
>>> Dannie
>>>
>>>
>> I backup close to daily to a CD-R. It holds about one month. I use the
>> option to append the date to the backup files. When the disk fills, I take
>> it to the safety deposit at the bank, and start a new disk. It is easy,
>> and I have multiple backups at a location that is safe, and away from my
>> home. When the disks at the bank get to be too many, I bring some home,
>> and put them through the shredder.
>>
>> I have restored from backups on several occasions, and I've even gone back
>> to prior disks. Luckily, I've never lost more than a small amount of data
>> when the program decided that it didn't like the downloaded data.
>
> FWIW that is exactly what I have done for years, too. Works extremely well.
>
>

Another "Me too." I backup every time I exit Q after making updates. I
keep a daily backup file. Karen's replicator daily copies all backups to
an external hard drive. I archive to CDR regularly.... I could actually
restore back several years...

Regards,
Hank Arnold


Posted by PortStG on January 13, 2007, 1:58 pm
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Jim Henry wrote:
>When the disks at the bank get to be too many, I bring
>some home, and put them through the shredder.

Is there a particular reason why you don't just use a dedicated CD-RW
and overwrite the old data each time? (the old data will still be
there, only there'll be new data with it). Or maybe use two CD-RWs
and alternate them?

Port <----- just curious

Posted by Jim Henry on January 13, 2007, 6:40 pm
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PortStG@nospam.invalid wrote:
> Jim Henry wrote:
>> When the disks at the bank get to be too many, I bring
>> some home, and put them through the shredder.
>
> Is there a particular reason why you don't just use a dedicated CD-RW
> and overwrite the old data each time? (the old data will still be
> there, only there'll be new data with it). Or maybe use two CD-RWs
> and alternate them?
>
> Port <----- just curious

I've had CD-Rs go bad over time. I used to do it that way. After several
months, the CD got errors, and would no longer work. I replaced it, and
several months later, it was bad again. CD-Rs cost about $.10 each in a
spindle of 100. For a year, I use about 8-12. That works out to very
little expense. The data is repeated, so that even if one disk fails,
another is not all that much older. And, storing them at the bank means
that even if my computer burned up, and took the house with it, at least
I'd still have my financial data. That is more valuable than the
computer, and maybe even the house.


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