Mike Nelson Pedde on Nostr: npub1hvzjv…qmle9 My computer is backed up and my external hard drives are backed ...
npub1hvzjvzfmclu5l5zk65fxye5cgt7e0qvs6rcn60z72v9hy79mmpzq4qmle9 (npub1hvz…mle9) My computer is backed up and my external hard drives are backed up. In addition, I have a folder called Installed that has the installation files for every software program on my computer. Those get replaced with updates. Also in that folder is a file called Licenses, which lists the software keys for every piece of software on my computer.
Rebuilding my system: Install Windows, re-install software (also a good time to ask, "Do I still use this?") then restore data from backup. Time consuming but reasonably effortless.
One of my profs (let's say forty years ago) told us that he had a class where they gave all of the students a stack of pages to type in, waited until they were approaching being done, then cut the power to the room. At that they said, "Let's talk about backups."
Rebuilding my system: Install Windows, re-install software (also a good time to ask, "Do I still use this?") then restore data from backup. Time consuming but reasonably effortless.
One of my profs (let's say forty years ago) told us that he had a class where they gave all of the students a stack of pages to type in, waited until they were approaching being done, then cut the power to the room. At that they said, "Let's talk about backups."