cantankerous
Gawd
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- Nov 15, 2006
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I do audio based work and am extremely weary regarding the size of a particular directory which holds months and months of work I could never get back. I have backed it up once among 3 DL Blu ray discs but find this far too long and cumbersome to maintain. I am needing an alternative backup method to bring me a peace of mind that all my hard work can be retrieved should something go wrong with the drive the contents currently resides on.
What would one recommend? I was thinking of getting the WD My Passport, that was until I found out you cannot specify a particular directory to keep auto backed up. This is a real shame as I have no care to backup odds and ends from my OS drive, but instead 3 directories solely that are found on a separate drive from that of my OS. I was looking for a method where files would be backed up only if their contents changed, otherwise would be left alone.
Is there any external solution (or software) that I could use where I could choose which directories get backed up and have them auto backed up when changes are made? Again, I don't want the software to think all mp3s, pictures etc are important and flag those regularly for backup.
I would appreciate any help on this matter. I would like to pick something up in the very near future to put my mind at ease. I am a cheap bastard but don't mind paying for quality if I need to. I must have reliability and dependability, my audio work is my life and extremely important to me.
Thank you.
What would one recommend? I was thinking of getting the WD My Passport, that was until I found out you cannot specify a particular directory to keep auto backed up. This is a real shame as I have no care to backup odds and ends from my OS drive, but instead 3 directories solely that are found on a separate drive from that of my OS. I was looking for a method where files would be backed up only if their contents changed, otherwise would be left alone.
Is there any external solution (or software) that I could use where I could choose which directories get backed up and have them auto backed up when changes are made? Again, I don't want the software to think all mp3s, pictures etc are important and flag those regularly for backup.
I would appreciate any help on this matter. I would like to pick something up in the very near future to put my mind at ease. I am a cheap bastard but don't mind paying for quality if I need to. I must have reliability and dependability, my audio work is my life and extremely important to me.
Thank you.