The Song Fight Bulletin Board

Sitting around scanning in some stuff for the Mrs. and it seemed like maybe a good day to ask:

QotD: if your computer melted down right now, how close to "adequately backed up" would you be? Annoyed because you have to reload stuff? Very annoyed because you'll have to recreate a lot of stuff? Panicked because you lost some very important stuff?

I think I'd be pretty close to that first category, assuming that all the backup CDs were readable. I keep up fairly well with the backups, and put them offsite over at my mom's house... I'm sure there would be a few things I discovered weren't on the backups, but the vast majority of music files, photos, journal and scans of paperstuff would be recoverable.

Charles (KA)

QOTD: The only thing that I keep backed up is my monthly customer billing. I do keep one time customer info on a separate hard drive, but if that drive fried, I'd lose updated info, but I'd still have the customer address, phones, etc. I need a better system.
My music is on two separate drives.

edit: when I say separate drive, I mean external.

QOTD: If my computer goes down I'm screwed. I need to do something about that.

There are eight computers currently running at my house. Some of them are semi-backed up to each other. Depends on which one went down what I would lose.

Let's start here...

Nothing of a lot of signficance on the win2K on the left, or the Linux machine on the right. If the laptop of the middle went, however, I just might jump off a bridge.


Next, the studio computer has the source for every Octothorpe recording ever. Nostalgic value, mostly. I would be sad, but that's mostly it.


Laura's computer has her current homework, but it's mostly backed up on a USB drive:


These three are in the "lab" and have student work on them, but that was backed up on Friday, to a thumb drive, and to each other. I try to keep them in sync, so that they all contain the same data.

SPUD


That's right. They are all at my house.

and fate would have me see this question......

i currently have 3 computers, all macs, used for a variety of purposes. my ibook, my primary "business" computer has all of sudden had a major meltdown and won't even boot up now. might be as simple as a new battery or charger, but i've got a bunch of important stuff on there that while no desperatly urgent, i have no other backup for. bummer. gah!

man, i just have to say that the Lost season finale....HOLY SHIT. still the best show on TV.

QotD: I would be majorly screwed. I have alot of songs I need to upload to my soundclick page before I lose them forever. Not to mention al my porn would be gone.

Rone Rivendale wrote: Not to mention al my porn would be gone.

Easy come, easy go. HAHAHAHAH. I kill myself.

jack wrote:i currently have 3 computers, all macs

hippie

Spud wrote:

Rone Rivendale wrote: Not to mention al my porn would be gone.

Easy come, easy go. HAHAHAHAH. I kill myself.

NO YOU DI INT!

jack wrote:man, i just have to say that the Lost season finale....HOLY SHIT. still the best show on TV.

Agreed!!!

king_arthur wrote:Sitting around scanning in some stuff for the Mrs. and it seemed like maybe a good day to ask:

QotD: if your computer melted down right now, how close to "adequately backed up" would you be? Annoyed because you have to reload stuff? Very annoyed because you'll have to recreate a lot of stuff? Panicked because you lost some very important stuff?

I think I'd be pretty close to that first category, assuming that all the backup CDs were readable. I keep up fairly well with the backups, and put them offsite over at my mom's house... I'm sure there would be a few things I discovered weren't on the backups, but the vast majority of music files, photos, journal and scans of paperstuff would be recoverable.

Charles (KA)

my computer melted down last week. it was a virus and i had to reset it to factory settings. lost it all. thank god for the songfight archive. did anyone grab any of my FAWM songs while i had them up for download? i would like to get those back.