Do you backup your home system?

[psycho_terror]

I don't typically make images because after the image is restored I find that I end up spending a lot of time installing all the windows/software updates that have come out since I made the image and the whole process is just about as time consuming as a format and re-install.

why not just schedule automatic image creation every week or so?

[Compxpert]

Wow i'm first person to vote raid0 is all i need.

Only places I backup to are other internal drives on my computer. Its a method that has worked for me since I first started doing it over 5 years ago. Never had a drive that instantly died on me that had valuable date on it. Though I have had a couple of drives that threatened to go bad that I've pulled data off and backed up.

[kingdingeling]

I voted I backup to an external HDD, but not regularly... there's nothing precious I have on my computer that needs immediate backups.

[neddamttocs]

I chose: I backup to another system.

 

My main system usually get backed up once every three weeks, to my NAS (hence other system)

[WhenKittensATK]

No backups too cheap to buy extra storage just to be used as backup. I use Dropbox though, a form of backup. Store all my school documents on it.

[potatochobit]

Where is the option I only back up files on my MAC?

 

 

EDIT: Oh! I also back up all my PC videos and games to CD/DVD

Edited January 18, 2010 by potatochobit

[xPETEZx]

I am abit of a backup fanatic by the look of it.

 

First, I backup all my data to the server (inc. an image on my PC), then I have a backup of all my files to my Archos Media player, which I take to my parents house, and backup onto there system there. I then also do a backup of the server to another disk, which sits on my shelf.

 

So I have about 5 copies of all my data at any one time. Including one in a different country

 

Oh and then any really important stuff (Dissertation etc) I save to MS Office Live.

 

 

I guess all this backup gone crazy came through bad experiance before. My dad lost everything when his laptop HDD failed a few years ago, and then I lost a load of stuff when my RAID 0 died (I know, my own fault) so ever since then, I like to be 5-6 times safe

 

If I had a phone with big enough storage (10GB min) I would probably backup to that too.

[fire_storm]

why not just schedule automatic image creation every week or so?

 

I don't leave my computer on 24/7 most of the time I only turn on my computer when I need to so just setting a schedule thing just doesn't work out.

 

Also over time I find that the size Windows takes up on the hard drive increases and the number of problems increases to although it's not as common in Vista/W7 it still occurs and I find that a fresh install does wonders to speed up your system and fix little problems that may start to accrue.

[Andrewr05]

It would pretty much effing suck If I lost my data, I don't have anything that important but still.

 

That being said I don't backup at all, I have my data spread between 5 hard drives but I can't think of the last time I backed up anything.

 

Probably when I built this machine...

[cirro]

I have 2 sata drives on my main PC.

 

They are partitioned out so everything can be stored like an archive.

(im really OCD)

 

[Queenz]

I'm too lazy lol

[d3bruts1d]

My Mac backs up automatically using Time Machine to a USB drive sitting on my desk. That's good enough for my photo's, apps, and documents. Because my media library is so large, I had been archiving it monthly (tar.gz) to another USB drive. Though over the weekend, I picked up a WD Passport where I'll be putting a rolling 3 month copy of the archives and leaving the drive in my safe.