How good are your backups ?

I am using a server where my backup files are save

Thats the sort of thing that would make me nervous. She obviously has a lot of important data on the PC, but the backup is kept on the same PC

Think Disaster recovery. Or in simple terms, what if one day that PC was no longer there, how much of a problem would that be?

I think we are in an interesting period of history, we are becoming more and more dependant on computers, for home (digital photos, music) and business, but the tools we are using aren't really that far down the evolutionary tree.

I wonder if in the future, backing up the data will become part of the buying process. ie I need a computer, MS Office, and online back area etc. Maybe it will be home insurance companies that will become the guardians of our data, and you get xyz storage space when you take out your home policy...

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If you doe use a usb stick as part of your backup dont pull it out in a hurry as you will be sorry.

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Musing related to the topic ....

If your laptop dies on you, can a techie get the data on it back for you? I'd got the impression (from the PC Clinic shop in my village) (s)he could.

Equally well, I've been told that PCs are less vulnerable than laptops because the programs can be stored on your C drive and all your data on the D, E and F drives ... therefore if the C drive programs go down, you've still got the data safe. Is this advice accurate please?

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Depends how it died. If it's that the battery has gone fizzlepop, then yeah, the data should still be on the disk and a techie can yoink it out, plug it into another machine, and retrieve the files. If the disk itself is the bit that died it starts to get a bit more tricky.

Storing data on a secondary disk in the same computer is an extra layer of safety within that machine. However the machine is still a single unit and no more secure from theft, fire, flood or rogue elephants than a machine with only one disk. Always back up to an entirely separate location - either a reputable backup service, or a physical external disk that is stored in a different room or even a different building from your computer.

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Well in my old office, we had top store the data in a External HD every Friday and take it home.
But what if the building was burnt on thrus but you will not lose much as you may be have has some back up on hd.