Re: IDE vs.SATA HDs


"willbill" <trek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mike Fields wrote:
>
> > "Steve King" wrote
>
> >>"Jona Vark" wrote
>
> >>>. You can recreate the install of the OS and all of the apps and
drivers
> >>>and all.. no need to write that to a back up ..
> >>>
> >>>All you ever really need to back up is irretrievable data.
> >>>
> >>>Acronis Drive Image? Imperative?
> >>>
> >>>naw.. that's overkill.
> >>>You must be paranoid.
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> LOL!
>
>
> >>You may be discounting (or not considering) the time factor. The other
> >>inconveniences and costs of backing up the system drive and application
> >>software are worth it to people who cannot or do not wish to devote the
> >>hours to reload, reupdate, reinstall, etc.
> >>
> >>Steve King
>
>
> > One issue that sort of got overlooked is the system configuration. If
> > it is mostly a generic system, then it is fairly easy to get back with a
> > clean install. If it is more extensive (video editing, visual studio
with
> > patches etc + all the little utilities many of us have around), then it
may
> > take days (if ever)
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> "if ever" is exactly right!
>
> not to mention that it's stressful
> and a total PITA
>
> fwiw, i believe very little of what this
> Jona Vark dude (dudette?) has said on the
> important issue of backup

And right you shouldn't. It isn't advice.. I am just stating what I do
around here with 12 PCs and a hell of a lot of data. If I actually had to
back up each and every one of them I wouldn't have any time to work. So the
best solution is to isolate replaceable data such as programs, sdks,
upgrades from irreplaceable data. Never the twain shall meet. Even with
comnplete failures of root volumes I have no problem getting back up fairly
quickly. Sure it might be a little quicker with Ghost but if you think about
the effort to deal with ghost on a lot of machines.. its not worth it.

Never save ANYthing on the root drive. Don't use the local projects folders
for apps installed on the root drive.
Save every single relevant download in a downloads folder. I burn CDs of
downloaded apps with their serial numbers and a copy of the email receipts I
got when they were purchased online.

Set system restore points religiously
I do not use Microsofts conventional maze of directories for anything. If
something ends up there which does happen,I did not put it there, so it is
likely to be some cookie or other crap that MS wants there..

I am in awe of the rediculously large number of files that usually exist on
our PCs. I had a sasser attack on my machines only yesterday. three of them
aquired the virus.During the virus scans I noticed some 100,000 files on my
machine. Mostly crap from IE and MS's dearth of files kept from installs,
and just about anything you touch on the web. I long for the days when
porograms didn't reach out of their directories to store files in other
places. And the OS didn't generate an endless list of worthless *** on your
HD.


I certainly think it is complete overkill to have extra drives to backup
root drives to.


This is NOT advice. Just a solution I finally arrived at.




>
> on the issue of the OP's subject title,
> IDE drives have no present disadvantage
> (performance wise as well as the robustness
> of the connectors) and continue to be
> a better choice (imo) as a current boot
> drive (on recent mobos) and especially also
> for "dropdown" use of the HD with older
> PC mobos you may have



IDE drives have a couple of major disadvantages.

The cables are not shielded and emit noise bigtime.
The cables interrupt AIR flow bigtime and are nearly impossible to run well
without having extra length .
Sure.. they finally came up with the round ide cables bit who wants to run
40 wires when they can run 5 or 6.? Too late I'm afraid.
As far as the robustness of the connector.. That's the very thing that makes
bending pins so easy if they are not removed correctly. And there are no
pins to bend on the SATA cables.
They are slower. 150mbps vs 100/133mbps
They are hot swappable.
NO JUMPERS!

oh.. the other disadvantage is.. they'll be impossible to get in 18 to 24
months.




dude.. dudette.. dud. Whatever.







>
> bill
>
>
> > to get back to where you had it "tweaked" to.


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