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I'm having success with a combination of a SimpleTech 80GB external drive
(fits in a shirt pocket, runs off USB, $130) and Microsoft's SyncToy (one of the few pieces of MS software that does what it's meant to and no more). Strictly speaking this isn't a pure backup solution: my problem is that I work on a couple of machines in the office and a couple at home, and I want to make sure that I've always got the latest version of data, programs etc. to hand. By syncing regularly with all these machines I avoid version problems plus I get a pretty robust distributed backup (also I can cycle to work as I'm not lugging a laptop). Robert On 5/31/06, Nicholas Thompson <nickthompson at earthlink.net> wrote: > > All, > > some months ago my tech people "rehabbed" my "old" xp machine and told me > to stop being such a damn fool and back up my documents more often. So, I > thought I better try to do that. So last night I tried both Iomega backup > and Windows back up and they didnt work. Called the techs this morning and > asked for help and they said, "Oh silly you! You arent trying to back your > machine to a dvd/cd burner are you? XP doesnt DO that!" Silly me. > > Does anybody have a utility that backs up to CD? Also, could some body > remind me of the name of the screen capture utility that you guys told me > about. The "rehabb" seems to have obliterated that as well. > > Nick > > > > > Nicholas Thompson > nickthompson at earthlink.net > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Enickthompson> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wedtech mailing list > Wedtech at redfish.com > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/wedtech_redfish.com > > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/attachments/20060531/1804251e/attachment.htm |
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Some people seriously use a version control system like SVN. You could
keep a SVN repository of your working directories on the portable harddrive. On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 04:29:39PM -0600, Robert Holmes wrote: > I'm having success with a combination of a SimpleTech 80GB external drive > (fits in a shirt pocket, runs off USB, $130) and Microsoft's SyncToy (one of > the few pieces of MS software that does what it's meant to and no more). > > Strictly speaking this isn't a pure backup solution: my problem is that I > work on a couple of machines in the office and a couple at home, and I want > to make sure that I've always got the latest version of data, programs etc. > to hand. By syncing regularly with all these machines I avoid version > problems plus I get a pretty robust distributed backup (also I can cycle to > work as I'm not lugging a laptop). > > Robert > > > On 5/31/06, Nicholas Thompson <nickthompson at earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > All, > > > >some months ago my tech people "rehabbed" my "old" xp machine and told me > >to stop being such a damn fool and back up my documents more often. So, I > >thought I better try to do that. So last night I tried both Iomega backup > >and Windows back up and they didnt work. Called the techs this morning and > >asked for help and they said, "Oh silly you! You arent trying to back > >your > >machine to a dvd/cd burner are you? XP doesnt DO that!" Silly me. > > > >Does anybody have a utility that backs up to CD? Also, could some body > >remind me of the name of the screen capture utility that you guys told me > >about. The "rehabb" seems to have obliterated that as well. > > > >Nick > > > > > > > > > >Nicholas Thompson > >nickthompson at earthlink.net > >http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Enickthompson> > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Wedtech mailing list > >Wedtech at redfish.com > >http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/wedtech_redfish.com > > > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 8308 3119 (mobile) Mathematics 0425 253119 (") UNSW SYDNEY 2052 R.Standish at unsw.edu.au Australia http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks International prefix +612, Interstate prefix 02 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Robert, I use Sonic RecordNow: www.sonic.com/products/Consumer/RecordNow/ It's pretty much built for this purpose.
Although I have gotten XP to do this, it's a big pain. David dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. www.BreeckerAssociates.com Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Holmes To: FRIAM Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] [WedTech] stupidest question ever asked on wedtech I'm having success with a combination of a SimpleTech 80GB external drive (fits in a shirt pocket, runs off USB, $130) and Microsoft's SyncToy (one of the few pieces of MS software that does what it's meant to and no more). Strictly speaking this isn't a pure backup solution: my problem is that I work on a couple of machines in the office and a couple at home, and I want to make sure that I've always got the latest version of data, programs etc. to hand. By syncing regularly with all these machines I avoid version problems plus I get a pretty robust distributed backup (also I can cycle to work as I'm not lugging a laptop). Robert On 5/31/06, Nicholas Thompson <nickthompson at earthlink.net> wrote: All, some months ago my tech people "rehabbed" my "old" xp machine and told me to stop being such a damn fool and back up my documents more often. So, I thought I better try to do that. So last night I tried both Iomega backup and Windows back up and they didnt work. Called the techs this morning and asked for help and they said, "Oh silly you! You arent trying to back your machine to a dvd/cd burner are you? XP doesnt DO that!" Silly me. Does anybody have a utility that backs up to CD? Also, could some body remind me of the name of the screen capture utility that you guys told me about. The "rehabb" seems to have obliterated that as well. Nick Nicholas Thompson nickthompson at earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson _______________________________________________ Wedtech mailing list Wedtech at redfish.com http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/wedtech_redfish.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/attachments/20060531/9c192c76/attachment.htm |
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Microsoft bought a company called Folder Share foldershare.com. It takes
the files on multiple machines and synchs them over the internet. Foldershare creates a webpage with your machines and selected files, and continually scans, so any change in one is immediately propagated to the others if they are on the internet. I've been using it for several months and it is fine. It even deletes files on all machines that are deleted on any one. From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of David Breecker Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 3:43 PM To: robert at holmesacosta.com; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] [WedTech] stupidest question ever asked on wedtech Robert, I use Sonic RecordNow: www. <http://www.sonic.com/products/Consumer/RecordNow/> sonic.com/products/Consumer/RecordNow/ It's pretty much built for this purpose. Although I have gotten XP to do this, it's a big pain. David dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. www.BreeckerAssociates.com Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Holmes <mailto:[hidden email]> To: FRIAM <mailto:Friam at redfish.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] [WedTech] stupidest question ever asked on wedtech I'm having success with a combination of a SimpleTech 80GB external drive (fits in a shirt pocket, runs off USB, $130) and Microsoft's SyncToy (one of the few pieces of MS software that does what it's meant to and no more). Strictly speaking this isn't a pure backup solution: my problem is that I work on a couple of machines in the office and a couple at home, and I want to make sure that I've always got the latest version of data, programs etc. to hand. By syncing regularly with all these machines I avoid version problems plus I get a pretty robust distributed backup (also I can cycle to work as I'm not lugging a laptop). Robert On 5/31/06, Nicholas Thompson <nickthompson at earthlink.net> wrote: All, some months ago my tech people "rehabbed" my "old" xp machine and told me to stop being such a damn fool and back up my documents more often. So, I thought I better try to do that. So last night I tried both Iomega backup and Windows back up and they didnt work. Called the techs this morning and asked for help and they said, "Oh silly you! You arent trying to back your machine to a dvd/cd burner are you? XP doesnt DO that!" Silly me. Does anybody have a utility that backs up to CD? Also, could some body remind me of the name of the screen capture utility that you guys told me about. The "rehabb" seems to have obliterated that as well. Nick Nicholas Thompson nickthompson at earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson <http://home.earthlink.net/%7Enickthompson> _______________________________________________ Wedtech mailing list Wedtech at redfish.com http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/wedtech_redfish.com _____ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/attachments/20060531/c205967c/attachment-0001.htm |
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I''ve been trying to get as much of my stuff onto the net as possible (mail,
calendar, project manager, contacts etc.) but this is the one part that stumps me. I'm usually tinkering around with a couple of GB of data files and my broadbands (home and office) just wouldn't handle that regularly. Until I can get truly fat pipes, looks like I'll be carrying around this external drive. Robert On 5/31/06, Douglass Carmichael <doug at dougcarmichael.com> wrote: > > Microsoft bought a company called Folder Share foldershare.com. It > takes the files on multiple machines and synchs them over the internet. > Foldershare creates a webpage with your machines and selected files, and > continually scans, so any change in one is immediately propagated to the > others if they are on the internet. I've been using it for several months > and it is fine. It even deletes files on all machines that are deleted on > any one. > > > > *From:* Friam-bounces at redfish.com [mailto:Friam-bounces at redfish.com] *On > Behalf Of *David Breecker > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 31, 2006 3:43 PM > *To:* robert at holmesacosta.com; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity > Coffee Group > > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] [WedTech] stupidest question ever asked on wedtech > > > > Robert, I use Sonic RecordNow: www.*sonic* > .com/products/Consumer/RecordNow/<http://www.sonic.com/products/Consumer/RecordNow/> > It's pretty much built for this purpose. > > > > Although I have gotten XP to do this, it's a big pain. > > David > > > > dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. > www.BreeckerAssociates.com > Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 > Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Robert Holmes <rholmes62 at gmail.com> > > *To:* FRIAM <Friam at redfish.com> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 31, 2006 4:29 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] [WedTech] stupidest question ever asked on wedtech > > > > I'm having success with a combination of a SimpleTech 80GB external drive > (fits in a shirt pocket, runs off USB, $130) and Microsoft's SyncToy (one of > the few pieces of MS software that does what it's meant to and no more). > > Strictly speaking this isn't a pure backup solution: my problem is that I > work on a couple of machines in the office and a couple at home, and I want > to make sure that I've always got the latest version of data, programs etc. > to hand. By syncing regularly with all these machines I avoid version > problems plus I get a pretty robust distributed backup (also I can cycle to > work as I'm not lugging a laptop). > > Robert > > On 5/31/06, *Nicholas Thompson* <nickthompson at earthlink.net> wrote: > > All, > > > > some months ago my tech people "rehabbed" my "old" xp machine and told me > to stop being such a damn fool and back up my documents more often. So, I > thought I better try to do that. So last night I tried both Iomega backup > and Windows back up and they didnt work. Called the techs this morning and > asked for help and they said, "Oh silly you! You arent trying to back your > machine to a dvd/cd burner are you? XP doesnt DO that!" Silly me. > > > > Does anybody have a utility that backs up to CD? Also, could some body > remind me of the name of the screen capture utility that you guys told me > about. The "rehabb" seems to have obliterated that as well. > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > nickthompson at earthlink.net > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Enickthompson> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wedtech mailing list > Wedtech at redfish.com > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/wedtech_redfish.com > > > ------------------------------ > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/attachments/20060601/99b0e85b/attachment.htm |
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