Hey guys,
Remember to backup important files on your computers. We never expect to lose our computer or files or Hard Drive. It happens in the blink of an eye. You dont want to lose 'everything' on your computer. So here is some helpful hints to help be prepared against the worst that can happen.
Backup as much as possible on important programs. You can save 'parts' of main programs, such as FS. Things to backup include your FS config file, scenery config file, your aircraft notes that FS saves the hours on, modules, etc.
I also suggest saving your scenery, aircraft, and gauges folders, but that can get huge. For me its in the gigs, but I have an alternate HD that I can send them over to. This can be done at night when you are sleeping, moving over Addon Scenery, etc. This is good for planes that have lots of repaints so you dont have to redo all to get the repaints.
Things can also be saved to CD and DVD. DVD's can hold over 4 Gigs of data, so they can hold a ton of your backups. CD's can also be safe from power spikes and HD failures, which I also highly recommend. Its too bad we dont have DVD's that hold 10 or 20 Gigs, but 4 is better then none. You can also store things on portable HD's. There are some they sell at Costco and BestBuy that are called Books and Personal Drives, designed to be hauled around with you at work, school, etc.
For developers, remember to save your Gmax and Max files. Both scenes as well as your program files. I have 2 backups of Gmax as well as CD backups. I have several Gigs of scenes. So keep backups of your data so that you can easily replace it in quick order in case of a system failure.
Here is another. When I download planes and programs that I really like, I drag copies of the Zip files into a folder called 'Important Programs'. This is a storage center that I will backup to another HD and DVD as well. I then have all my fave programs ready to go when I lose the HD or system.
Always always always be prepared.....
Bill
Remember to backup important files on your computers. We never expect to lose our computer or files or Hard Drive. It happens in the blink of an eye. You dont want to lose 'everything' on your computer. So here is some helpful hints to help be prepared against the worst that can happen.
Backup as much as possible on important programs. You can save 'parts' of main programs, such as FS. Things to backup include your FS config file, scenery config file, your aircraft notes that FS saves the hours on, modules, etc.
I also suggest saving your scenery, aircraft, and gauges folders, but that can get huge. For me its in the gigs, but I have an alternate HD that I can send them over to. This can be done at night when you are sleeping, moving over Addon Scenery, etc. This is good for planes that have lots of repaints so you dont have to redo all to get the repaints.
Things can also be saved to CD and DVD. DVD's can hold over 4 Gigs of data, so they can hold a ton of your backups. CD's can also be safe from power spikes and HD failures, which I also highly recommend. Its too bad we dont have DVD's that hold 10 or 20 Gigs, but 4 is better then none. You can also store things on portable HD's. There are some they sell at Costco and BestBuy that are called Books and Personal Drives, designed to be hauled around with you at work, school, etc.
For developers, remember to save your Gmax and Max files. Both scenes as well as your program files. I have 2 backups of Gmax as well as CD backups. I have several Gigs of scenes. So keep backups of your data so that you can easily replace it in quick order in case of a system failure.
Here is another. When I download planes and programs that I really like, I drag copies of the Zip files into a folder called 'Important Programs'. This is a storage center that I will backup to another HD and DVD as well. I then have all my fave programs ready to go when I lose the HD or system.
Always always always be prepared.....
Bill