Storage Hoarding

[anysia]

I have to admit, I have become a hdd storage hoarder. I don't mean I keep each and every file or program I have ever made or installed. I mean getting larger hard drives to make images of the systems, and for storage of installation files, video files, photographs etc. I guess it has to do with having once had a complete loss of data because of a

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[stephbg]

*whimper*

What do you use to create disk images/ghosts/clones/whatever?

[anysia]

Acronis True Image.

I tried Norton Ghost... Don't bother.

[ginmar]

My sister! Yeah, I'm addicted to thumb drives. I love to store stuff on them and pass it back and forth; it's so convenient.

[anysia]

I have a few of those thumb drives. Love em for quick transfers from one computer to another. I also have a Stakka, which makes storage searches so much easier.

[ginmar]

Oh, shiny! Try the corsair voyager flash drives. Those things are wonderful.

[anysia]

corsair voyager flash drive

Very nifty. I remember when a 128 MEG thumb drive was more expensive than those! :o

[halspacejock]

Within reach I have 31 hard drives in cradles (none smaller than 80gb, the biggest two 1tb), half a dozen 8gb memory sticks, and four 2.5" drives (200gb and up)

Yes, I do a lot of backing up. I'd say 80% of it is duplicated, but we have 6 PCs and 4 laptops around the house in constant use, and I like to image the entire hard drive for all of them from time to time, as well as running daily sync backups.

Sounds familiar, but on a larger scale

[anysia]

I don't have quite that many of them, but I do have duplicated back ups. I learned the hard way, never rely on any computer's "recovery discs", as I have yet to have one actually work.