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exrernal hard drive backup size

Sep 1, 2006 6:34AM PDT

I am looking at purchasing an external drive for backup purposes. What is a recommended size for a backup drive. My hard drive is 55G and with about 29 used.

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That size, 3 drives with write protection.
Sep 1, 2006 6:45AM PDT

Some of the tenants about backup is that we need to have one to backup to. Another with the copy in a write protected state and the last copy not in the same building or city.

That means we need 3 drives. And they need a write protect switch to keep the contents safe.

Bob

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Hard drive size
Sep 2, 2006 4:58AM PDT

Thanks for the info, but the question was not answered. Also, this is for a home system so I don't belived the multiple drives/locations are necessary.

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It's the size of what you need to backup.
Sep 2, 2006 5:35AM PDT

Plus it doesn't matter if for home or business. The tenants of proper backup do not change.

If you want more proof that backup is usually disregarded we only need to read other members posts about trying to recover files or accidental wipeouts of the backup (hence the need for the write protect switch.)

Bob

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Backing up a desktop or notebook ?
Sep 9, 2006 3:40AM PDT

What software will you be using to back up your system ?

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I find. . .
Sep 9, 2006 11:11AM PDT

that backing up only what I can't afford to loose is the easiest.

I have a 60 Gig Maxtor in an external case. I drag and drop my favorites, emails, sounds, pictures, movies, etc. I then burn them to a DVD disk.