Victory is MINE.
So, after a week of data recovery, I finally got all of my stuff back from the drive with the bad partition. I was able to get everything off, back it all up, rework the drive, and copy everything back over. Nothing seems to be wrong with the drive itself, but only time will tell with that.
Only takes you one event like this to re-think your backup solution. The funny thing is, most people don’t think about backing up their data until it’s too late. When you run a business, it usually comes up, but it’s not usually something people think of on their personal home computer. I’ve always said that if I lost everything in a fire or a crash or something, that I’d get over it eventually, but I’m certainly not inviting it.
I find the big picture of archiving interesting (let me wax geeky here for a moment). What I do at home with backing up my pictures and music, is really just a microcosm of huge systems employed by large organizations like law firms, and corporations, even an organization like The Smithsonian, who work toward preserving human history. I wonder what kind of systems they use to archive data? Most of consumer data storage is magnetic, but high density optical systems are starting to come down in price. Seems to me like you could make a career out of backing stuff up. I mean I’ve got about 300GB of data, with a 300GB backup. That’s pretty serious for the average person, I would think. I think about 3 years ago, I was backing up 100GB. At the rate things are going digital though, I could easily be into a terabyte within a few years (that’s about 1000GB for those who are counting). I mean, if you think about it, we used to keep photos as physical media (well, some of us still do) video is kept on VHS or DV tape (both magnetic, both prone to all of the scary issues that magnetic media have). A single 1 hour DV tape from your camcorder equates to about 20 GB when you capture it to your hard drive. That’s some serious space, people. So unless we start developing some serious compression, or really robust storage media, backing up your memories is going to start getting really complicated for the average user.
So, I’ve managed to fill up my schedule up again. Gosh, I gotta stop doing that. I’ll be honest with you, I find comfort in filling up my schedule, keeping busy. I mean, I love my free time, but I love moving forward and helping people out more, I think. I just have to keep God and my family on top of that, and that’s usually where my shortcomings are. So far, I’ve got 4 websites lined up, recording to do for my worship band, I’m in the middle of an album for Rocky’s worship project, and assorted other small projects.
Crikey.
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