Indeed. So is there anything you'd recommend
for backing up Windows? Particularly on the
Mac? I'm curious. Its such a huge drag having
to reinstall anything on Windows. I'd hate to
run out of my Jaws authorizations etc, not to
mention losing important files. I know Acronus
comes with some computers, but its unfortunately
totally inaccessible. Just wondering.
Justin
On Jul 20, 2010, at 7:21 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> Other than the fact that your personal,
financial, and confidential projects for
clients would be stored on a server out on the
Internet where anyone that works at Drop Box
can surf through your files, hackers could gain
access through an as-yet undiscovered security
flaw, or the company could close shop and take
your backups with them, nothing, really.
*smile* Besides that, you can't image entire
computers to/from Drop Box or any of those other online backup services.
>
> Also, I currently have about 4TB of permanent
backups. Transfering that to/from an online service would take quite a while.
>
> Bryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dominique
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 6:15 PM
> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Relationship of audio
files to CWP projects in a data recovery situation
> Importance: High
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> What about drop box?
> http://www.dropbox.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Justin Kauflin
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 8:55 AM
> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Relationship of audio
files to CWP projects in a data recovery situation
>
> Bryan, just curious, what do you do to back
up your Windows partitions or drives? You're
right, Time Machine works great, but I know
Windows System Restore isn't getting the job done...:)
>
> Justin
> On Jul 14, 2010, at 2:44 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
>
>> Kevin, the audio files are just .wav. If they can recover them, you
>> can
> import them in to a new project. However,
while you'll have the recorded audio, without
the project, it will be up to you to line all
of them up in terms of time. Remember that
those recordings are of clips, not tracks. One
track could consist of any number of clips.
>>
>> I won't nag you about backups, since the need is painfully obvious
>> now,
> I'm sure. The thing is that, while there are
many ways to backup your computer, you need to
find a way that requires little effort. Backing
up the computer is something that must happen
frequently (once every few days, or once a week
at minimum for a business). If backing up the
computer is an involved project with lots of
steps and screens, you won't want to do it, and
you'll unconsciously avoid it. Even if you must
pay more cash, get something that is as automatic as possible.
>>
>> I'm not sure what to suggest on Windows, though. The Mac has a tool
>> called
> Time Machine built in to the OS. It's pretty
powerful: kind of like a combination of system
restore and a drive imaging tool. You can go
back in to backups to get individual files, but
you can also completely restore the computer
from a backup. Since it uses incremental
backups, if you want a specific file, or if you
want to restore the whole computer, you can
select any date when you previously ran the
backup for the restore. While it's powerful,
though, it is brainless to operate. You only
set it up once, when you first start using it.
After that, all you need to do in order to
update your backup is to plug in the external
hard drive. The Mac knows that the drive that
has been attached is your backup drive, and
automatically starts updating it with any files
that have changed since the last backup.
>>
>> What I do is to get the backup drive out of the safe on Mondays when I
>> get
> up, and attach it to the computer. I go
shower, eat breakfast, and, by the time I get
back, it has finished updating the backup.
Then, I just disconnect the drive and put it
back in the safe. It is hardly a bother working
this way, so I don't feel tempted to avoid it.
I have a second off-site drive that I keep in
case of disaster. About once every month or so,
I take my backup drive to the off-site location
(can be the house of a trusted friend, family,
or bank safety deposit box), leave it, and
bring the one that I previously left there back
home. Once home, I update its backup, and put
it back in the safe. This way, if a computer
dies, I never lose more than a week of data.
Even in case of fire, all of my business
records and projects are protected on the
backup drive in the safe, and I lose no more
than a week. If the backup drive itself fails,
I can replace it and create new backups from
the functioning computers, and lose nothing. If
there is a horrific disaster that completely
destroys my house, I have the off-site drive,
and, with insurance, will be back up with
computers in a few days, using my off-site
backup, and losing no more than a month of data.
>>
>> This is a lot of protection for a little bit of effort. Hopefully, you
>> can
> work out something similar for the future.
>>
>> Bryan
>>
>> From: Kevin Gibbs <mailto:kevjazz@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 8:45 PM
>> Subject: [ddots-l] Relationship of audio files to CWP
> projects in a data recovery situation
>>
>>
>> Guys,
>> The worst has happened. I had a hard disk crash and I
> may need to have some CWP files recovered
whose audio is in the general audio folder
instead of its own per project folder. If I
send the drive to a pro data recovery service
and they're able to recover data selectively,
is there any way to direct them to the audio
files that relate to the cwp file being
recovered if they don't have Sonar themselves?
>> It doubt it's possible or even practical to cherry-pick
> things this way. I just thought I'd ask.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
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