Saving Files

[Guest Zygy]

In addition to saving my files on the computer I also save them on CDs.

Recently a CD with very important files on it developed a fault, which

resulted in the CD showing empty.

The whole idea of saving files is that if my computer crashes (as it did, so

that I had to reinstall Windows loosing all my data) I will still have all

my files on the CDs, but if these fail as well how else can I save the

Files?

[Guest FromTheRafters]

Redundancy - use more than one CD.

 

I use USB drives and CDs because method redundancy

also has its advantages.

 

"Zygy" <zygy@microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:uIouj0jvIHA.1936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue">

> In addition to saving my files on the computer I also save them on CDs.

> Recently a CD with very important files on it developed a fault, which

> resulted in the CD showing empty.

> The whole idea of saving files is that if my computer crashes (as it did,

> so that I had to reinstall Windows loosing all my data) I will still have

> all my files on the CDs, but if these fail as well how else can I save the

> Files?

> </span>

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

"Zygy" <zygy@microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:uIouj0jvIHA.1936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue">

> In addition to saving my files on the computer I also save them on CDs.

> Recently a CD with very important files on it developed a fault, which

> resulted in the CD showing empty.

> The whole idea of saving files is that if my computer crashes (as it did,

> so that I had to reinstall Windows loosing all my data) I will still have

> all my files on the CDs, but if these fail as well how else can I save the

> Files?</span>

 

This is why you don't rely on one backup set, and why you peridically verify

them. This problem isnt' new, and has existed for all backup media types.

 

HTH

-pk