[WriteLog] Hard Drive Failure, THANKS

Bill Turner wrt at dslextreme.com
Thu Jul 8 12:28:32 EDT 2004


On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 10:15:33 -0400, Gary Ferdinand W2CS wrote:

>I'm trying to guard against one backup (containing undetected, logically bad
>data) overlaying a good backup (containing the original data) and my merrily
>thinking all is well...

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A good point.  This is why it is not good to re-write over a previous
backup until a long time has passed and you're sure the older copy is no
longer of value.  It is too easy to overwrite a good file with a bad
one.

Don't ask me how I know.   :-) 

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Bill, W6WRT
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