All About Chris Lowry » backup http://allaboutchris.org Web designer, punk, doctor and passionate follower of Jesus. Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:05:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Safety first http://allaboutchris.org/blog/2011/safety-first/ http://allaboutchris.org/blog/2011/safety-first/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2011 09:48:18 +0000 Chris http://allaboutchris.co.uk/blog/?p=1371 Think about all the documents, photos and other computer vitals you would lose if your hard drive died now. Wouldn’t that be a massive, massive pain in the bum?

Backup using Syncrify

In honour of World Backup Day, I am running a backup on my desktop – it’s been far too long – using my purpose built home file server and a sexy little program called “Syncrify“.

At some point, I hope to actually finish the tutorial I’ve written on setting up a home backup server. For now though, read Part One which details building the machine itself.

Until then, I thoroughly recommend you backup your own machine. Its easy to do, there’s many low tech options:

  • Copy your documents and images onto a portable hard drive.
  • Burn them onto a few DVDs.
  • Or, if they are less than 2Gig total, sign up to Dropbox, and put them there, accessible on all your computers.

Remember guys, it takes a few minutes each week/month/year (if you are as useless as me), but can save a world of heartache!

]]> http://allaboutchris.org/blog/2011/safety-first/feed/ 4 Many many plans http://allaboutchris.org/blog/2010/many-many-plans/ http://allaboutchris.org/blog/2010/many-many-plans/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 14:56:03 +0000 Chris http://allaboutchris.co.uk/blog/?p=484 So, I have finished my exams. And that leaves me a few short weeks to tackle a variety of projects. Taking inspiration from Lifehacker, I am making a list on here of stuff I am aiming to achieve.

  1. Get healthy: The next 7 weeks, my first hour of each day is exercise. Keep me accountable on this one please!
  2. A new YesIts.Us website: The Lowry Family homepage, in full technicolor. Need to update this, and create a blog for my darling wife.
  3. Install Windows 7 on my PC: I only bought it 5 months ago, and already I feel I should probably install it!
  4. Make VictorandRachel.co.uk: A wedding site for my housemate.
  5. Do some more work on Cutting Edge: my large corporate project has been put on hold, but that’s no excuse not to do anything on it.
  6. Finish CrookesOnline.co.uk: Let’s get the Crookes homepage up and running for everyone!
  7. A new NamesNotNumbers.info: Everyone’s favourite charity, soon getting a new website. Design by committee – the best way!
  8. Get my server set up: It’s working fine, but its time to get that software running properly, with regular backups, and every PC in the house being served!
  9. Redesign ChristianPunks.co.uk: This site is no longer an active portal, so let’s make it a little more fresh and helpful!
  10. Start a peer reviewed journal: Coming soon – The Online Journal of Medicine (also known as OnJoM).
  11. Get tagging: Put post tags on every post on my blog.
  12. Sleep.
  13. Walk the dogs.

Anyone else think this risks burnout? I will take regular breaks, don’t worry! And now I will leave you with what must be the world’s best CV – click the picture below to find out more…

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