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On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 00:16:27 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) said
this thing:

For major updates, I always do big back ups (drive images) just in case
and when I have time. Minor upgrades, I just do them. I always do
frequent data back ups.

I've a daily back-up that runs with the most crunky and ancient backup
program around (I mostly keep using it because a) it works, b) I don't
want to have to migrate, and c) the stored data is easily read by
other systems). Although that's mostly data that's being protected.
I'm less concerned with application/system back-up; if something goes
wrong there I prefer just to reinstall entirely rather than depend
restoring to an older version.

It helps that I store data and programs on separate drives, though. So
many that, between the different drives and partitions, I've used up
almost all of the Windows drive-letters ;-)



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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 00:16:27 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) said
this thing:

For major updates, I always do big back ups (drive images) just in case >and when I have time. Minor upgrades, I just do them. I always do
frequent data back ups.

I've a daily back-up that runs with the most crunky and ancient backup program around (I mostly keep using it because a) it works, b) I don't
want to have to migrate, and c) the stored data is easily read by
other systems). Although that's mostly data that's being protected.
I'm less concerned with application/system back-up; if something goes
wrong there I prefer just to reinstall entirely rather than depend
restoring to an older version.

It helps that I store data and programs on separate drives, though. So
many that, between the different drives and partitions, I've used up
almost all of the Windows drive-letters ;-)

Yep, separate drives and take them offline and out of home when done in
case something happens at home!
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On Wed, 3 Jun 2026 00:16:02 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) said
this thing:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 00:16:27 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) said
this thing:

For major updates, I always do big back ups (drive images) just in case
and when I have time. Minor upgrades, I just do them. I always do
frequent data back ups.

I've a daily back-up that runs with the most crunky and ancient backup
program around (I mostly keep using it because a) it works, b) I don't
want to have to migrate, and c) the stored data is easily read by
other systems). Although that's mostly data that's being protected.
I'm less concerned with application/system back-up; if something goes
wrong there I prefer just to reinstall entirely rather than depend
restoring to an older version.

It helps that I store data and programs on separate drives, though. So
many that, between the different drives and partitions, I've used up
almost all of the Windows drive-letters ;-)

Yep, separate drives and take them offline and out of home when done in
case something happens at home!

There's the old rule of thumb that you should always keep THREE copies
of your data on TWO different types of storage media and keep ONE copy off-site.

If you use an cloud-based backup solution, that takes care of the last
two rules (cloud counts as media ;-), and then just have a second
home-based backup onto backup HDDs and you're good. Make one of the
two methods daily (or more) and the other weekly or monthly to
minimize the workload.


Having so many old computers hanging around serves as a third backup
for me; every six months or so I sync the most crucial data (my Usenet postings? ;-) to the older PCs. In at least one instance, this
actually helped me recover a file! It was found on my oldest computer.
See? I knew I kept all that archaic hardware around for a purpose!


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