A painting of me

Michael Tsai's MacBook Pro sounds like it gives him as much trouble as Shima's iBook. ⇒

   6 February 2007, early morning

He offers advice on backing up your data -- advice Shima should really follow.

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  1. I had a heart attack when I realised my portfolio wasn’t on the external. I think I need to back up things every week on a CD. External devices aren’t as reliable.

    by sh!ma on February 6 2007, 12:00 pm   #

  2. You can’t fit that much stuff on a DVD or a CD though. I think hard drives are the way to go. Another good option is off-site online back up like what you can do with Amazon S3.

    by ramanan on February 6 2007, 12:09 pm   #

  3. My portfolio is only 3Gs.. is that too big for a DVD? :s

    by sh!ma on February 6 2007, 12:50 pm   #

  4. A DVD is 4.7 gigs. So your portfolio would fit for now, but I imagine its just going to get bigger and bigger, not smaller. I should buy you SuperDuper or something so you can clone your hard drive to the external.

    by ramanan on February 6 2007, 12:53 pm   #

  5. What if I promise to keep my portfolio 4.6Gs and never let it get bigger? :D

    What is a superduper? :s

    by sh!ma on February 6 2007, 1:02 pm   #

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