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Since: Dec 28, 2006
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:31 am
Post subject: This is Your Year-End Conscience Speaking....
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I know this little reminder doesn't apply to most of you but...
This morning I read an article in the local paper about memory failure. It
brought back a very unhappy memory from a year or so ago. I was doing
something on our less than one year old PC when the hard drive light came on
steady as the machine started convulsing. Within seconds every thing we had
put on the machine during the past six month or so vanished. We authorized
two attempts to restore data at a cost of about $100, to no avail. I had
been negligent in backing up data for six months.
In addition to personal business and financial records we lost every photo
that had been loaded into our very well organized photos directories. This
included more than 500 shots from two trips - one to Tennessee and Smoky
Mountain NP and one to Rocky Mountain NP (during the annual Elk rut). The
Smoky trip loss alone was a blow because we had a few of those
once-in-a-lifetime shots of fog; wet, winding roads; and several of the
bears that frequent the area.
Lessons learned:
1) Back up MONTHLY at a minimum - More often if you have added important
information.
2) About once a quarter put a CD or DVD backup in your safety deposit box or
other location outside of the house.
3) When traveling back up to your laptop and then to CD/DVD daily if
practical. If no laptop, drop into a local library and use a machine. Some
might charge a small fee ($1 or so).
4) Clean your memory card after each backup and start over. Failures
occasionally start to show during formatting.
5) If you need 2GB of memory, carry two 1GB cards (or two 512's if you
normally need 1GB). That way a single card failure might not wipe you out
completely.
Admittedly the last two items came from the article I read. However, we had
practiced #4 before.
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 10:45 am
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> Lessons learned:
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> 1) Back up MONTHLY at a minimum - More often if you have added important
> information.
One of my favorite sayings is "If you can't afford to make backups, you
can't afford to have data." It can also be expanded to "If you don't have
time to make backups, you don't have time to have data."
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:06 pm
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RonB wrote:
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> 5) If you need 2GB of memory, carry two 1GB cards (or two 512's if you
> normally need 1GB). That way a single card failure might not wipe you out
> completely.
Nice piece of advice Ron, and great timing. I've been considering the
purchase of an 8GB card for shooting extensive week-end projects. Now
you have me reconsidering.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:35 pm
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Steve Wolfe wrote:
> > Lessons learned:
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> > 1) Back up MONTHLY at a minimum - More often if you have added important
> > information.
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> One of my favorite sayings is "If you can't afford to make backups, you
> can't afford to have data." It can also be expanded to "If you don't have
> time to make backups, you don't have time to have data."
>
> steve
Here we say "If it's digital and only exists in two places, it doesn't
exist anywhere at all".
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:00 pm
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RonB wrote:
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> 5) If you need 2GB of memory, carry two 1GB cards (or two 512's if you
> normally need 1GB). That way a single card failure might not wipe you out
> completely.
I had a SmartMedia card fail recently, after a year of reliable operation.
The cards are so small, it would be neat if a camera had 2 memory slots
and the option to either 1) fill then up sequentially or 2) put a copy
of each shot on both cards. I'll bet some people (e.g. wedding
photographers) would find that very worthwhile. >> Stay informed about: This is Your Year-End Conscience Speaking.... |
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:37 am
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On 12/30/06 8:00 PM, in article
lYCdnSP96P3ihArYnZ2dnUVZ_tvinZ2d.DeleteThis@comcast.com, "timeOday"
<timeOday-UNSPAM.DeleteThis@theknack.net> wrote:
> RonB wrote:
>>
>> 5) If you need 2GB of memory, carry two 1GB cards (or two 512's if you
>> normally need 1GB). That way a single card failure might not wipe you out
>> completely.
>
> I had a SmartMedia card fail recently, after a year of reliable operation.
>
> The cards are so small, it would be neat if a camera had 2 memory slots
> and the option to either 1) fill then up sequentially or 2) put a copy
> of each shot on both cards. I'll bet some people (e.g. wedding
> photographers) would find that very worthwhile.
>
Canon Eos-1DS Mark II has just what you are looking for.
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 3:57 pm
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George Kerby wrote:
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> On 12/30/06 8:00 PM, in article
> lYCdnSP96P3ihArYnZ2dnUVZ_tvinZ2d.TakeThisOut@comcast.com, "timeOday"
> <timeOday-UNSPAM.TakeThisOut@theknack.net> wrote:
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>>RonB wrote:
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>>>5) If you need 2GB of memory, carry two 1GB cards (or two 512's if you
>>>normally need 1GB). That way a single card failure might not wipe you out
>>>completely.
>>
>>I had a SmartMedia card fail recently, after a year of reliable operation.
>>
>>The cards are so small, it would be neat if a camera had 2 memory slots
>>and the option to either 1) fill then up sequentially or 2) put a copy
>>of each shot on both cards. I'll bet some people (e.g. wedding
>>photographers) would find that very worthwhile.
>>
>
> Canon Eos-1DS Mark II has just what you are looking for.
Figures. Got any you don't need? And some lenses? >> Stay informed about: This is Your Year-End Conscience Speaking.... |
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:24 pm
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Ron--
I always copied my photos to an external 300 gig hard drive as soon as
I finish playing with them. There was over 200 gigs worth of pictures
on that drive and my system was working very nicely until we moved in
September. I do not want to go into details but the system file for
the drive became corrupted and I was not able to access anything on the
drive. I was lucky after four months of searching I found a
downloadable program from GET DATA BACK for NTFS and was able to rescue
my shots. I burned all the pictures to DVD's and made three copies of
each, one set is with me and the other two are with friends in
different states. I now have DVD backups AND four 100 gig drives.
Never put all your eggs in one basket, something I will never do again.
Carol
RonB wrote:
> I know this little reminder doesn't apply to most of you but...
>
> This morning I read an article in the local paper about memory failure. It
> brought back a very unhappy memory from a year or so ago. I was doing
> something on our less than one year old PC when the hard drive light came on
> steady as the machine started convulsing. Within seconds every thing we had
> put on the machine during the past six month or so vanished. We authorized
> two attempts to restore data at a cost of about $100, to no avail. I had
> been negligent in backing up data for six months.
>
> In addition to personal business and financial records we lost every photo
> that had been loaded into our very well organized photos directories. This
> included more than 500 shots from two trips - one to Tennessee and Smoky
> Mountain NP and one to Rocky Mountain NP (during the annual Elk rut). The
> Smoky trip loss alone was a blow because we had a few of those
> once-in-a-lifetime shots of fog; wet, winding roads; and several of the
> bears that frequent the area.
>
> Lessons learned:
>
> 1) Back up MONTHLY at a minimum - More often if you have added important
> information.
>
> 2) About once a quarter put a CD or DVD backup in your safety deposit box or
> other location outside of the house.
>
> 3) When traveling back up to your laptop and then to CD/DVD daily if
> practical. If no laptop, drop into a local library and use a machine. Some
> might charge a small fee ($1 or so).
>
> 4) Clean your memory card after each backup and start over. Failures
> occasionally start to show during formatting.
>
> 5) If you need 2GB of memory, carry two 1GB cards (or two 512's if you
> normally need 1GB). That way a single card failure might not wipe you out
> completely.
>
> Admittedly the last two items came from the article I read. However, we had
> practiced #4 before.
>
> RonB >> Stay informed about: This is Your Year-End Conscience Speaking.... |
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:48 am
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"RonB" <rbrogan RemoveThis @cox.net> writes:
> I know this little reminder doesn't apply to most of you but...
You'd be surprised. Like flossing, everybody recognizes it's important
but few take the time to actually do it.
You give five good lessons, but the 80/20 rule applies here: If people
would simply buy a USB bookshelf drive and copy files to it, most
disasters, including the one you experienced, could be averted.
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:30 pm
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On 1/1/07 4:57 PM, in article 6L-dnYAG-p-aGQTYnZ2dnUVZ_ojinZ2d RemoveThis @comcast.com,
"timeOday" <timeOday-UNSPAM RemoveThis @theknack.net> wrote:
> George Kerby wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 12/30/06 8:00 PM, in article
>> lYCdnSP96P3ihArYnZ2dnUVZ_tvinZ2d RemoveThis @comcast.com, "timeOday"
>> <timeOday-UNSPAM RemoveThis @theknack.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> RonB wrote:
>>>
>>>> 5) If you need 2GB of memory, carry two 1GB cards (or two 512's if you
>>>> normally need 1GB). That way a single card failure might not wipe you out
>>>> completely.
>>>
>>> I had a SmartMedia card fail recently, after a year of reliable operation.
>>>
>>> The cards are so small, it would be neat if a camera had 2 memory slots
>>> and the option to either 1) fill then up sequentially or 2) put a copy
>>> of each shot on both cards. I'll bet some people (e.g. wedding
>>> photographers) would find that very worthwhile.
>>>
>>
>> Canon Eos-1DS Mark II has just what you are looking for.
>
> Figures. Got any you don't need? And some lenses?
Not today. Check bacl next decade.
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