AIM UK

[ls7550]

Hi Tom.

How secure is your backup arrangement against protection from a younger member of the family ?!!!

Main HD trashed, so he used the SPARE PC's HD as a replacement (the one I kept backups on). He installed op system, which involved reformatting etc.

I came home and - Ahhhhh!!! - Oh well, no problem, I'll just restore from the DVD that I also keep (less frequent) off-site backups on - only to find it COULDN'T BE READ.

Fortunately I did have some older backups that helped with the restoration, but they were pretty old. The rest has been a hard slog to get back to somewhere close to the setup and data record that I previously had.

Best regards.

Clive.