Comments on: Lessons in Backing Up – The Journalspace Disaster

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:00:54 +0000

@Ajith – Aaahh – at least I know I’m not going blind ;-)

By: Ajith Edassery

Ajith Edassery — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:24:38 +0000

Dumb me :) I visited with my wife’s profile and that had a white border around it as well… It just shows the current visitor’s profile… Nevermind

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:49:39 +0000

@Ajith – Sorry about the PC.

I don’t see the ‘halo’ – I’m not sure what you mean.

By: Ajith Edassery

Ajith Edassery — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:31:29 +0000

I do not have a test system 'now' since my PC crashed :lol: but I used to do that once in a couple of months. From time to time I also do a manual back up of the entire folder stucture and DBs. Ajith Edassery´s last blog post - SEO Challenge ‘09 - Week 1 Update

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:33:05 +0000

@Ajith – That is a really good point – we make our make our backups but do we ever test them. Plus testing a WordPress database backup is a pain – you have to have a test site or make a new installation and import the data to make sure the backup is accurate. Do you have a system for testing backups?

@Natural – Sounds good – as long as you are backing up whatever you don’t want to lose then you’re fine.

@Wesley – I know you’ve been having problems with it. I think part of the issue is that you are trying to backup too much. You could start by organizing your files and then backing up a couple of directories. I only backup My Documents and Application Data because everything that I will need is in those two folders. I don’t even worry about licensed programs because the serial numbers are in a text file in My Documents and I can get the program back.

By: tjonsek (Tawnya Jonsek)

tjonsek (Tawnya Jonsek) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:18:31 +0000

Have you backed up lately? http://tinyurl.com/7bu4yj

By: Wesley

Wesley — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:25:45 +0000

The hardest thing is remembering what to back up! There are so many things that hadn't even occurred to me... Gmail, music... and even if you do manage to think of them all, backing up so much stuff, and then keeping it all updated is just such a hassle. I've been working on getting all of my hard drive date backed up for months now, but the back up continually crashes (meaning I have to start over) and takes so long to back up so much. Plus, the backup always slows down my computer a lot. Wesley´s last blog post - PETA Donates Toilet Paper To School

By: Natural

Natural — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:25:31 +0000

i back up SOME of my data, to a flash drive or if it’s a document, i’ll email it to myself at several email addresses so i’ll have it, they can’t all go down. i don’t back up my hard drive. i think i have my important stuff and the rest are programs that i can reinstall. my photos, i use a free online storage, CD and flickr

By: Ajith Edassery

Ajith Edassery — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:57:06 +0000

One thing we learned in risk management is that restore testing is as important as backup. I mean, many of us are very religiously back up data on a regular basis but do we ever test a complete restore from the backup until something bad happens? Btw, why my photo in the mybloglog widget is having a white hallow around it :lol: Only I have this and I noticed this 'spirit' like looks of mine on couple of other blogs as well. Ajith Edassery´s last blog post - Alexa Rank Update Problem and Workaround

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:50:51 +0000

@Shirley – I have mine scheduled for 11:30pm. On most nights I’m not using the computer at that time. If I am, I’m not working on anything important.