Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc.

["denton" <denton@oregontrail.net>]

I must strongly agree with Rick on data backup....
At this qth, we clone our hard drives to an external closure on a regular 
basis. I have done this for almost 10 years now, and it has saved our necks 
more than once!!
I also replace the hard drives in our pc's typically every year or year and 
a half....as cheap as new hard drives are, to my thinking there is simply no 
excuse not to do so.
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From: "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 1:36 AM
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc.

> PLEASE LET ME CLARIFY ONE POINT AND APOLOGIZE FOR MAYBE OFFENDING SOME
> PEOPLE...
>
> When I said in my post below "stupid enough" I was ONLY referring to 
> people
> who do not back up data on hard drives, not to people who do not keep
> multiple copies of CDs or DVD.
>
> It is not a well know fact that CDs and DVDs suffer from drop out.  Most
> consumers still rely on the original STRONG marketing message that data
> would be safe for 25 years on these media.  It is unfortunate, but the
> manufactures never came out and publically warned people, once it was
> learned that you probably will lose data within 25 years.
>
> With [hard] disk drives, it is a different story.  The storage 
> manufacturers
> and vendors have been advertising the need to run backup for about 15 
> years
> now and ALL of them include free backup software with their external 
> desktop
> drives.  If you're not backing up your data now days, you are driving a
> Ferrari on a wet road without wearing your seatbelt and with the airbag
> turned off.
>
> THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR NOT BACKING UP IMPORTANT DATA TODAY!
>
> So apologies if I offended the wrong people with my previous post.
>
> 73
> Rick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP
>
> " Well I've spent an awful lot of time trying to help some of the 0.3% of
> the
> customers who lost data on relatively new drives and were foolish enough
> (interpret that to be stupid enough) to think they did not need a backup
> copy of their important data."
>
>
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