I've been lax about backups, and last night I GOT BURNED!
My backup battery was down, and the main power ran down, and I lost a lot of stuff!
I've always thought, "Oh, I've got all the software and I could put it back on if I needed to," so I never really worried much about backing up.
Oh, yeah, I've got the software, but it's going to take FOREVER to figure out what's still there (on SD anc CF) and what's gone, and to get all settings back how I like them.
The only things that are irreplaceable are some notes and things, so it's not a TERRIBLE disaster, but still! I've got my work cut out for me tonight!!
So, please, for your own sanity's sake----BACKUP!!!
I use my x50v extensively. After getting burned a few times (always at the wrong time of course) I finally bought SPB backup. I have it an auto backup once a night (2:00 am) and I save 7 copies. I cannot stress that this has saved me multiple times.
There are other backup programs also. The built in backup program also works too.
What we really need is for someone to port rsync to the Axim. Then we can have it automatically connect to a network for backup.
Actually, just port Linux to the Axim and we won't need to port rsync - it will be usable just by compiling it. And many of the other useful Linux programs will also just work with a compile.
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If I was VirtualBox, I could load my virtualization module into Hannah and boot up another kernel in the same address space.
Persistant storage helps with lax backup habits. :) Nonetheless, I still synchronize my device at least once a day to at least safeguard my PIM data.
Yes, persistent storage does help when your battery drains, but backups are still a godsend when you are forced to hard reset or when your device decides to do one for you!
I've used Sprite for years but had limited success when restoring. I just did a clean (hard) reset last weekend and the Sprite backup on my PPC's card would only reload some data and gave me errors when complete. After four tries (clean resetting after each one) I finally used the Sprite backup on my PC and it worked although it was a backup made weeks earlier.
I've had this same type of failure on older PPC's with Sprite but it's still better than not backing up and reloading everything, program by program by program and don't forget to register each one all over again. :waaa:
Yes, persistent storage does help when your battery drains, but backups are still a godsend when you are forced to hard reset or when your device decides to do one for you!
Buying backup software is not a one size fits all strategy. My critical data is stored within the PIM database and various files that are synchronized back to my PC. As long as I synchronize regularly I am covered. When I hard reset (which has happened a few times) all I really lose is game saves and software configurations.
I think sometimes restoring a backup after a hard reset is not always the best plan. I'm an odd bird who feels like it probably is better to reload the software systematically after a hard reset because that approach may be the best way to address the reason why a hard reset had to be performed in the first place!
Buying backup software is not a one size fits all strategy. My critical data is stored within the PIM database and various files that are synchronized back to my PC. As long as I synchronize regularly I am covered. When I hard reset (which has happened a few times) all I really lose is game saves and software configurations.
I think sometimes restoring a backup after a hard reset is not always the best plan. I'm an odd bird who feels like it probably is better to reload the software systematically after a hard reset because that approach may be the best way to address the reason why a hard reset had to be performed in the first place!
Many good points raised...I too sync my PIM data regularly and like to do periodic hard resets just to clean up the system so never have to worry too much about hard resets. However, I always keep a self-executing backup for the times when my device decides to hard reset and I am away from my own PC.
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