Are you paranoid with backups?

YouTube · Post by **Ileia** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:12 pm

Well, considering how bitchy my computer is (and I can't afford a brand new one), I guess, yeah. I'm paranoid with back-ups.

I have everything backed up to DVD,
I have it copied to our home file server,
And my boyfriend has a partition on his drive that he lets me keep files on.

So, at any one time, I have at least 4 copies of important files. The only thing I don't really make certain to keep files of are .vob's. I mean, they can be ripped in a matter of minutes, so it'd just be waisted space.

Tsunami Jones · Post by **Tsunami Jones** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:49 pm

I'm a bit paranoid about losing project files, so I make back-up copies of those. I've had premiere crash while saving, completely obliterating the save file, and every backup project file in the project archive.

godix · Post by **godix** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:50 pm

I have a fairly simple backup plan. It's called 'local'. When I'm done with a video I upload it to local and if my HD ever crashes I can download it again.

SuperFusion · Post by **SuperFusion** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:59 pm

ummm..... No.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 1:12 pm

godix wrote:I have a fairly simple backup plan. It's called 'local'. When I'm done with a video I upload it to local and if my HD ever crashes I can download it again.

ummm, I think this thread about the creation process before the video is done or something..

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 1:13 pm

Jasper-Isis wrote:This reminds me... I really need to back up all of the big Animasia stuff, lest I be hit with the Instrumentality Hard Drive Failure Curse...

I've never lost a hard drive before, but I can't be lucky forever. And this one has seen a good amount of abuse by me, heh...

As for being paranoid, I save my project file after practically every edit, even though I've got auto-save on. And I use "Save A Copy..." multiple times for all my videos, though I do that mainly to experiment with some editing that would interfere with a large chunk of the editing that I already had.

ctrl+s should be second nature now.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 1:28 pm

Castor Troy wrote:
ctrl+s should be second nature now.

Hah, I'd be surprised if it isn't for everyone, especially the premiere users here!

...and yet, far too many times have I wasted between 5 minutes and 2 hours work thanks to forgetting that ctrl+s

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 3:24 pm

Otohiko wrote:
Castor Troy wrote:
ctrl+s should be second nature now.
Hah, I'd be surprised if it isn't for everyone, especially the premiere users here!

...and yet, far too many times have I wasted between 5 minutes and 2 hours work thanks to forgetting that ctrl+s

set your premiere to auto save every 2 minutes, and to save 50 versions of your project.

It never fails

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 3:27 pm

Otohiko wrote:
Castor Troy wrote:ctrl+s should be second nature now.
Hah, I'd be surprised if it isn't for everyone, especially the premiere users here!

I don't think I've ever used ctrl+s. Auto-save, in addition to Premiere almost never crashing, is enough.

Knowname · Post by **Knowname** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 5:02 pm

I trust my computer and therefore it loves me

. Trust stems from a cheap Deathstar HD that has been running for 2+ years!! I have my old backups from my old hd, I only backup after I finish a video and my CDs tend to fail more often then my Maxtor hard drives. FYI, Maxtor are the CHEAPEST hdds on the planet... I still got my 8gb from '95.