Re: Large HDD without backups?

John
You are right; typically, a user's hard disk contains mostly items that
are non-backup worthy. I suggest that you use a backup program such as
Relative Rev Backup, that lets you select the data you really want to
backup.

Also having a single copy of the data is not enough, since when a file
gets unnoticeably corrupted it can overwrite the last good copy of that
file, leaving no backup to restore from.

Therefore, it is mandatory to keep several copies of the important
data, and to keep them for a good period that will allow us to notice
the problem. This function is well managed by Relative Rev Backup
--
Joe
http://www.datamills.com
Unattended backup to disk with version management

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