> =?UTF-8?Q?J=c3=b6rg_=22Yadgar=22_Bleimann?= <yaz### [at] gmxde> wrote:
>> ...but then I accidentally deleted all *png files in the POVnroll
>> project directory - and among them also the level 1 mosaic, cumbersomely
>> screen-copied from the Amiga emulator! So I will not be able to resume
>> my work, unless I do it all over again! Perhaps not all - a partial
>> version of it is on my friend's harddisk, but I have to phone him to
>> e-mail it to me, he does not regularly check his e-mail...
>
> Take backups!  Take backups!  Take frequent backups!
>
> And be sure to back them up to a different device--another hard disk, the cloud,
> something.  One POVer did his backups to the same disk, and lost every single
> one of his scene files.  All of them.  GONE.
>
> I have had my hard disk crash *twice*.  I'm sold on external backups.
>
> I once accidentally erased my user directory after getting my working
> directories mixed up.  I'm sold on external backups.
>
> Can't afford an external hard disk?  Live on sandwiches for a month.  It's worth
> it.
>
>

A backup to the same drive is NOT a backup at all but a copy, it's just 
a waste of space.

If it's on a single device, it's not backed up.

If it's in a single location, it's not backed up.

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