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Re: Backups and a UPS--Just Saved Me TWICE!
Nice backup system, Joshua. I've been putting off setting up something for far too long. I've got one external drive that I use as an encrypted backup, but that's not going to do me any good in the...
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Actually, I should give more details. I use two drives, one for the OS the other for Documents and such. I then change all of the "preferences" folders to the Documents drive, so for example: Desktop...
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Joshua Marius, LeThe said: ...I am thinking of creating encrypted images on another drive and taking that to a relative's house, or maybe a Safe in a bank. You can never be too careful and must always...
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If the backup is kept at a business (bank, at work, online backup company, etc) a search warrant may not even be needed. Unlike a search warrant, a National Security Letter doesn't need a judge's...
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Joshua Marius, LeThe said: Actually, I was more worried about a fire breaking out at my location or somebody breaking in and just taking everything. If I have a backup at a relatives house, then all my...
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~Vel said: What kind of UPS do you have? On this system, I've got this Tripp Lite (was US$100 at a local "big box" store. It's listed on Newegg at ~$120...
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I am of course this time referring to United Parcel Service This is related to discussions in other threads about disk drive reliability and problems with the way some etailers are packaging what they...
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This is no surprise. Too bad a lot of people end up blaming the company that manufactures the product or the seller. I've seen tons of reviews on Newegg where people say "I'm never buying a Seagate...
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Thought I'd update regarding my earlier post when I said I was going to try going to an automated daily full system disk backup instead of a daily incremental backup. It's great. Has absolutely zero...
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one of the nice thing about having UPS is that one can be online "Frag'n" away in BFBC2 and a storm rolls by knocking out the power....... poooffff.... you still be frag'n ..... hehehehe I have a APC...
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Hi john, Statement: Re: Encryption "If you setup each partition/drive as an encrypted entity using something like TrueCrypt, it simplifies things, and I've found the performance is generally better...
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The full range of encryption capabilities of TrueCrypt can be found at truecrypt.org They've got quite a few different schemes to select from, different degrees of "robustness" helped along by the...
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I've got quite a list here of many custom made computers, lcd monitors, and much more stuff and how much power they use: http://www.letheonline.net/consumption.htm
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