PSA: Back up your important computer stuff.

[Droopy]

You guys know that series of stories I've written called Stories From the Road, right? I've got 25 of those little deals together, plus some poems, a few longer works of fiction, and some other important documents on my computer. I would be devastated if I were to lose those. So, every once in a while I back up those documents. I also created a disc with those stories on it that I'm giving to one of my relatives.

I was reminded about that when I saw something about someone on here getting a new computer. I'm probably getting pretty close to needing a new one as well. Mine is over 5 years old. Now I don't have to worry about losing anything in case something bad happens.

[Tuttle]

1. I thinking of getting a NAS

Network Attached Storage device: they act like a file server but go out and automatically backup important directories on your computer (and other computers) on your network. Lots of times, they are configured with RAID which is a multi-disc; reduntant backup - the theory being that the odds of a disc failure are higher than they should be but with RAID, one would need ALL discs to fail to lose important data. They come in a variety of bells and whistles but they generally store more than 1TB (terrabite = one thousand gigabites). They are now well within reach of home users $$$-wise.

Tut-tut

[leeroysphitz]

2. You could use WinZip to compress and archive important documents

Then split the archive into 1.4 mb chunks and load them onto a series of numbered floppy discs.