Do you regulary backup your Harddisk?

@lameran (1147)
Indonesia
February 3, 2007 1:40am CST
as subject, are you backup your harddrisk regulary or not ? I'm always backup my hardrisk , but not so regulary, I usually backing it up when my harddisk space getting low, so I can get the freespace back.
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15 responses
@flikkenni (537)
• Indonesia
4 Feb 07
Sometimes i backed up my harddisk whenever i installed new software or new application, because i don't want anything harm my computer. When my harddisk in low space, I usually backed up my data in the DVD as i have dvd writer so i can make data DVD.
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@lameran (1147)
• Indonesia
4 Feb 07
wise decision from you, yes it is better backing up all data you really think it is worth to be backup, since we reall don't know when our harddisk getting damaged , and it can also makes our harddisk space free again, and ready to be fill again with files, and backup again, and fill again ^^!.
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@grudge (299)
• India
7 Feb 07
Windows XP has a great tool to backup ur HD.. Even if ur Windows is correpted or some system files r lost or and software problem , u can use the tool called as System Restore. You can find it in Control PanelSystem there is a Tab for System Restore , Xp keeps some of the space and monitors it. So just go there and when ever u find that ur Windows is running good ,just save a restore point in the System Restore. now when u do that , now even if ur Windows get crashed. just restart the PC and press F8 till u see some commands . u will get a option for Run previouly System Windows. and ur Windows is started...
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@lameran (1147)
• Indonesia
9 Feb 07
hmmm, what I'm affraid is not my windows get corrupted or I can't get in to my windows, but about my data when my harddisk defect, when my HD defect and it can't be repaired, than the disaster begin.
@usman400 (1587)
• Pakistan
3 Feb 07
It seems that u back up ur things within the same hard disk, its better to make backup on cd's if u dont have writer than u may backup ur data on web, like uploading on gmail, hotmail or yahoo
@lameran (1147)
• Indonesia
4 Feb 07
no it is not, I always backup my data on cdr or dvdr, if I backup my data on the same harddisk than its not a backup.
@erique (464)
• Indonesia
5 Feb 07
actually, i back up my harddisk if only i wanna to do some danger work.
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@lameran (1147)
• Indonesia
5 Feb 07
thats quiet good, since you make a perparation before something bad is happen. thankx for replying erique.
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@ashumit02 (818)
• United States
4 Feb 07
Backing up disk require much space and time.It is due to extra space it needed for that purpose.This is a time taking job if the ram of PC is not sufficient.Backup of harddisk also require much space in the harddisk.Due to this reason i always not backup my disk.I have make off this option from mycomputer properties.I think backup of disk is not necessary for home computer.This is required in those computer which is used for business purpose or the server.If your harddisk space is not sufficient as per rules then you need to turn off system backup and restore.
@lameran (1147)
• Indonesia
5 Feb 07
hmmm, I think thats depends on every people, for me that allready orginise all my files everytime I download or get new files, for me backing up is just wait till the space of one dvdr is almost full than I starting to backup, or sometimes if I get lazy backing up, I wait till my harddisk space is critical (often like this T__T).
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@lefty999 (147)
• Belgium
5 Feb 07
i backup every 2 month's to my external hard drive
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@lameran (1147)
• Indonesia
6 Feb 07
wow, you are very deligent lefty, the most problem I get when I want to backup is .. super lazyyyyyyy
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@istanto (8548)
• Indonesia
7 Feb 07
Nopes, I just safe my important data to one single harddisk and that disk is never get formated so it's safe.
@amitavroy (4819)
• India
26 Jun 07
Yes I have all my clients FTP files on my pc and also other valueable data. So I have made a practis eot backup the data every alternate day. So that I dnt loose a lot of data. And also my mails are very important and so I have a regular backup systrem for them.
• United States
29 Jun 07
Probably not as regularly as I should but I do have my important files copied to a disk, CD's and DVD's.
• Philippines
7 Feb 07
In the decade that I've used computers, I'v never ever backed up :-) Yes, that practice lead to several bad experiences related to data loss but I never learned my lesson. I just find the process tedious even with today's supposedly "easy to use" backup systems.
@livewyre (2450)
15 Feb 07
At Christmas I bought myself an external (USB) 250GB hard-drive, it came with backup software which runs itself daily. you just choose the folders you want backed up and it runs daily, weekly or whatever. It only saves changes, so on a daily basis it takes about 15 seconds to run and it is timed to take place at 3am. You can get 400GB external hard drives now for less than UKĀ£90 (US$165) - instant peace of mind...and you don't have to remember to do it (also there is no pile of CDR's gathering dust in my office)
@datir1 (503)
• India
7 Feb 07
yes i backup my hard disk
@slavezero (833)
• Philippines
26 Jun 07
yes i do backup my harddisk regularly, it is very much important for me to have a backup of my files just in case my pc crashes i still have all my important files safe and secure and ready to be used again. I use a cd and another harddisk as a media for my backups. i also use a freezing software for added protection for my pc.
@nexuswolf (151)
• United States
7 Feb 07
I only back mine up about every 4 times out of the year.
@SACH4ISHA (1163)
• India
7 Feb 07
i am no doing this - i am not careful about it
no not me i am not use to back up my work but i always store it in the other drive then the operating system is in so if any problem comes with the os that help to reload the os very easily