It is 1 am, I am sitting at work, waving a hard drive in the air...

[Indy_Guy_77]

Originally Posted by indyjoe

Windows Backup is a quick way to get the drive backed up.

Accessories -> System Tools -> Backup

Backup Wizard and Backup Everything on this computer. If you do that periodically, you will get most things you need.

I use a scheduled task to backup the system files that are usually locked when you want to copy them, and then backup everything else with with RSync to a Unix box. That took a while to setup.

I'd love to use windows backup... But, strangely, that option isn't in my system tools folder.

[dblagent]

Originally Posted by techres

I would agree, but for THE DRAMA.

Student cries at my counter and goes. I work 2 hours trying to get data (for which I will not be paid if no data is retreived). Then enraged father from Cali calls and chews me for the failure of his daughter to backup. Get off the phone without cussing, then 20 minutes later divorced mom calls from NY to blame dad for making her daughter cry when she was five and then to blame me for being a man who also makes girls cry.

Get off the phone to get a drink and check myself.

Then boyfriend calls...

My god, I have had the exact same experience MANY times working on computers in Bloomington! I swear, you can almost call what they are going to say next before they say it, amazing stuff. I also love all the items that look like they were ran over, but they have no idea what happened to it. Magic musta shattered the screen, broke the ipod, obliterated the camera - you get the idea.

The best time of year is just starting too! The only other time more fun is the very end of the year when they need it RIGHT NOW for the finals or whatever. Good times.