i have a 1TB RAID5 (4 250GB drives) volume... i partition this in windows
and have a 100GB "C" partition, and "D" is the rest of the TB. and i also do
full image backups every week or so... im confident that im protecetd!


:)







"Henry Jones" <henry@TheCheckIsInTheMail.com> wrote in message
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>I have been reading posts from people who upgrade, do clean installs,
>etc... then they complain about losing their data. Where is it? My data
>is gone.
>
> Even if you don't upgrade, your hard drive could crash and all your data
> could be gone in an instant. Do you back up your data?
>
> I have 3 hard drives in my PC. The C: drive, I only have applications and
> the OS on it. I also have a D: and an E: drive. I put all my data on the
> D: drive and then I copy what I have done to folders on the E: drive. If
> my C: drive goes down, I can reinstall the OS on a new drive and my data
> is safe on D: and E:. No problem.
>
> If my D: or E: drive goes down, I have a copy on the other drive. Still
> no problem. Further still, my important data, my MP3's, movies, etc.... I
> burn to CD or DVD when I get enough to fill one. I store these at my
> parents house just in case my house burns down. You never know..
>
> I am safe with my data, my data is important to me and sometimes data is
> more valuable than the hardware it is on. For instance, I am a software
> developer, so my custom software is worth thousands of dollars to me and
> my customers. It is worth the time and effort to back up what I have.
>
> If your data is important, you should take a few minutes out and make sure
> that your data is safe.
>
> Just my two cents worth...
>
>
> Henry
>
>