http://matthewbotos.com/blog/2006/05/25/disaster-recovery Nature, sports, & event photographer for hire in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. Blogs on the intersection of technology & modern life. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:35:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://matthewbotos.com/blog/2006/05/25/disaster-recovery#comment-8 Matthew Botos - Blog Mon, 29 May 2006 20:31:37 +0000 http://matthewbotos.com/index.php/?p=41#comment-8 <p>[...] Merle commented that my comptuer problem had reminded her to do her own backups, so I thought I’d share my methods: [...]</p> [...] Merle commented that my comptuer problem had reminded her to do her own backups, so I thought I’d share my methods: [...]

]]> http://matthewbotos.com/blog/2006/05/25/disaster-recovery#comment-7 Matthew Botos - Blog Mon, 29 May 2006 20:20:58 +0000 http://matthewbotos.com/index.php/?p=41#comment-7 <p>[...] It took the better part of a week, but my computer has finally recovered from a scrambled partition. All my data is intact, though I was very happy to have a complete backup of everything that mattered. The experience, in addition to convincing me never to use a partition editor on anything but a blank drive, also made me think a bit more about data portability. Without another Linux system, some of my contacts and passwords still wouldn’t have been accessible. Exporting custom data to a common format would be a good addition to any backup scheme. [...]</p> [...] It took the better part of a week, but my computer has finally recovered from a scrambled partition. All my data is intact, though I was very happy to have a complete backup of everything that mattered. The experience, in addition to convincing me never to use a partition editor on anything but a blank drive, also made me think a bit more about data portability. Without another Linux system, some of my contacts and passwords still wouldn’t have been accessible. Exporting custom data to a common format would be a good addition to any backup scheme. [...]

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