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Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 09/27/67 11:42
In line...
On 3/15/2006, Ken Moiarty managed to type:
> Okay, "erase" wasn't the definitive term. I should have written, "hard
> drives are vulnerable to corruption by magnets". Now I do not know this from
> personal experience; only from what I've read (ostensibly by an authority on
> the subject, if I recall).
Sure, if you try heard enough, you could erase a hard drive (a few bits
or many). Drives can also die while sitting on a well-isolated shelf.
But so can DVDs. Meanwhle, I've mostly had good luck with both.
>> an external hard drive coupled with a robust drive imaging program such as
>> Acronis True Image is an > excellent option
>
> Acronis True Image, eh. A better choice in your opinion than, say, Norton
> Ghost, I take it?
I like Acronis better, but I just meant to give an example, rather than
an endorsement. You should use what you like or what the reviews you've
seen encourage you to use :-) *But* you should use *something* (which
is, for sure, what you're saying).
>> you are truly unlikely to carry your hard drive near a field strong enough
>> to erase it.
>
> Oh I believe you! But you see, when it comes to any rare and unexpected
> catastrophe (you know, the ones we didn't plan for) it's very often the most
> 'unlikely' and unforeseen of events which precipitate it. <g>
Unfortunately, most anything is subject to such contingencies. The pros
are big on using more than one solution and storing some of that stuff
off-site as well. Murphy, of course, is lurking in a dark corner
somewhere...
> Ken
>
> I like to drive fast sometimes, yet at all times with care.
I like to drive fast, but I also like to come to a full stop at stop
signs. If you look hard enough, you can find other inconsistencies in
my behavior and preferences as well :-)
BTW, my spell checker doesn't like your name. Mine either, for that
matter. IMO, it's not a great spell checker...
> "Gene E. Bloch" <spamfree@nobody.invalid> wrote in message
> news:mn.7b7b7d63c27904c2.1980@nobody.invalid...
>> On 3/15/2006, Ken Moiarty managed to type:
>> <SNIP>
>>
>>> Hard drives are vulnerable to erasure by magnets. They are therefore not
>>> an ideally secure back up medium.
>>
>> My advice: don't take the hard drive with you when you go in for that MRI
>> or on your visit to a cyclotron.
>>
>> Seriously: an external hard drive coupled with a robust drive imaging
>> program such as Acronis True Image is an excellent option. Furthermore, you
>> are truly unlikely to carry your hard drive near a field strong enough to
>> erase it.
>>
>> Gino
>>
>> -- Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
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>>
>>
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