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##003 ÄÍðZhit Axis Nation presentsðÍÄ W () W ##
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## BACKUP DOs and DON'Ts \||/ ##
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## Written by: Intelligent Wise IQ _/\_ ##
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## Dated: (Date Written) ##
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## Greets to: CoP and Guido Sanchez for making this all possible! ##
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ThisClaimer: This is for educational, destructional, and anarchial purposes..
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If anything happens to you, I AM responsible... but remember I KNOW where you
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LIVE!!! You can distribute this in any way (ZIP, by hand), but DO NOT EDIT
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THIS file!! If you happen to pull out your EDIT prog and work on this, PLEASE
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leave the opening screen, and add your additions at the end of the file...
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Reproduced from PC Magazine June 11, 1991, with permission from
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Chantal Lavelant, PC Magazine, PO Box 54093, Boulder, CO, 80322
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[BACKUP DOs AND DON'Ts]
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[_DO_] Plan a backup strategy and stick to it. If you accumulate
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backup disks haphazardly, you'll waste floppy disks, tapes,
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and hours trying to find the file you need.
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[DONT] Use foreign or graphics characters in your filenames unless
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you're certain you backup software will process nonstandard
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filenames. Some programs treat nonstandard filenames as if
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they were corrupted and won't back them up.
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[_DO_] Keep at least one full backup set in deep storage for six
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months to a year, even if you recycle floppy disks and tapes
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in your other backup sets. The file you most want to recover
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may turn out to be the one that you deleted three months ago,
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and your recent backups won't have any trace of it.
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[DONT] Keep all your backups in one place, and don't leave them all
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in the drawer under your computer. A thief might decide to
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help himself to some disks when he walks off with your
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machine.
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[DONT] Use data compression when backing up files that have already
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been compressed with software like PKZIP or ARC. You'll only
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lose time by forcing the compression routine to make a futile
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attempt at compressing the file further.
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[_DO_] turn on the error correction and verification options in your
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backup program. Most of today's advanced programs use error
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correction to duplicate data in more than one part of a disk,
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and can successfully recover files from damaged/magnetically
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weakened floppy disks.
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[_DO_] Use 3.5" floppy disks instead of 5.25" floppy disks for
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backups if your machine uses both sizes. The smaller disks
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are sturdier and less damage prone.
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[DONT] try to economize by using generic floppy disks for backups
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or by trying to format 720k disks to a 1.44 capacity. The
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money you save is worth less than the data you'll lose.
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[_DO_] set your backup program to preserve detailed logs of every
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backup. The program will need them when you want to
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recover a specific, older version of a lost or modified file.
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[_DO_] use your backup program as a fast and cheap way of transfering
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files between two computers; many program allow you to perform
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backups without switching off the archive bit. This option
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lets you use the backup program's speed and compression to
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pack as many files on a few disks -- without preventing them
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from being backed up in your next incremental backup.
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[DONT] trust your backup program unless you test it in realworld
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conditions. Perform a small backup with your usual memory
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resident software installed. Restore the files to a different
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directory and run DOS's COMPARE command on the original and
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restored set. If they match, you can sleep easily.
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[_DO_] retest your backup software after installing any new RAM
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resident software. It's probably impractical to run backups
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only from a clean DOS, but if you run into any difficulty with
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TSRs, it may be the only safe course of action.
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[_DO_] perform your backup software's hardware compatibility test
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after installing any new expansion boards of hard disks in
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your system. Most advanced packages support high-speed DMA
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transfers that can be subtly affected by newly added hardware.
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[_DO_] consider purchasing a tape drive if you have more than 30MB
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of data on your hard disk. Large floppy-disk backups can
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be so tedious that you'll avoid them at all costs. A good
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tape drive can back up your entire disk while you're having
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lunch.
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[_DO_] run CHKDSK before backing up. If any files have been
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corrupted, you may be able to use a disk utility to recover
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at least some of your data, and you may be able to recover
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more from the set of old backup disks that you're about to
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overwrite.
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[_DO_] make at least two fresh backups (and test on) before
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formatting or replacing your hard disk.
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[_DO_] use the password protectiong or encryption when backing up
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critical data if your program provides that feature. If
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not, lock up your backups in a secure place.
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| > | | BACK UP YOUR FILES NOW!!!!
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[END OF ARTICLE]
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