OT Nightmares of the Modern Age

[Don]

Hi Sarah,

It's great you are so careful--but backing up your data not your whole
system would be what cdr's would be useful for. Be aware folks that cdr's
are *not* forever. The media can "rot".


At 09:26 AM 6/5/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi John,
>
>I like that CD shredder!  Pretty neat!  A lower budget way to do the same
>thing, albeit not as thoroughly, is to make radial scratches on the back
>(not the face) of the CD, deep enough to go through the backing and flake
>off the reflective layer where the info is stored.  Do it over a trash can,
>'cuz there will be a little shower of glitter -- if you do it right, that
>is.  I still like the CD shredder.  I might consider investing in one!
>
>I used to use an external CD-RW drive for backing up my machines, but they
>quickly grew beyond what I could conveniently back up.  My backup drive is
>80 GB, and it's getting slightly stuffed.  Full backups in duplicate
>(because I always have my backups in duplicate) would be over a hundred CDs
>in a go --50 per week!!!  At that point, it would be more cost effective to
>go with the online backup service, which sounds pretty cool too.  I don't
>know how I feel about streaming my sensitive data into cyberspace, though.
>I presume it's encrypted for security... but I'm still a pretty paranoid
>person.
>
>Peace,
>Sarah
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Musselwhite" <john@musselwhite.com>
>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 8:33 PM
>Subject: Re: OT Nightmares of the Modern Age
>
>
>> At 04:15 PM 04/06/03 -0400, Terry wrote:
>>
>> >There are a number of ways to back up computer data. One drawback of
>>
>> One of the most simple is still the CD-RW. CD burners are cheap and CDs
>are
>> about 50 cents each or less in bulk. I'm backing up my system as we speak,
>> in fact. It takes three CDs. One for the system, one for Windows and other
>> programs and one for data. Windows and the system are only backed up after
>> a major change. Data is backed up every few days.
>>
>> The one real drawback is that you end up with a huge pile of CDs
>containing
>> "sensitive" data that you don't want to just throw away. The answer to
>that
>> is a "CD Shredder", available at many stores or the net for about $50. See
>> http://www.buyaleratec.com/dvshredpar24.html
>>
>>                  John
>>
>> John Musselwhite, RPT    -     Calgary, Alberta Canada
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.

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