Finally had cause to use recovery software.

465GB  HD wiped and formalled.

After crying and kicking the cat i had a go with Recuva.

 

Must say i'm impressed at the amount of files it's managed to retrieve. Admittedly the've been renamed and install packages opened up but i can live with that.

 

So, well worth a go with if the need arises.

465GB  HD wiped and formalled.

Police knocking @ the door?

Police knocking @ the door?

Not quite.

 

Thank fck for dropbox though. at least some stuff was safe

i need to seriously look at my backing up, maybe a christmas project.

 

Any recommendations on an automated set-up.

 

usually goes to plug in hard drive or usb, but not done it for a while, shameful really.

 

 

Sounds like a lucky escape Andy.

i need to seriously look at my backing up, maybe a christmas project.

 

Any recommendations on an automated set-up.

 

usually goes to plug in hard drive or usb, but not done it for a while, shameful really.

 

 

Sounds like a lucky escape Andy.

I use acronis for auto and planned back ups. Good product normally.

Unfortunately something turned off the auto backup schedule some while back - and as usual - i hadn't noticed.

Sunday my C drive crashed. this was an OCZ SSD and used just for the OS. That bit was reasonably easy to recover from Acronis images

Data was/is on a separate Traditional hd. Loooks like it got wiped by windows when sorting out the new C drive SSD.

 

So, once up and running, careful setup of acronis will be a top priority.

thats been recommended on here before i think, i need to look at something, wing and prayer is not always the best approach, lol

thats been recommended on here before i think, i need to look at something, wing and prayer is not always the best approach, lol

It has it's quirks but i'd say ot's the best of the mainstream packages out there and quite reliable.

The schedule failing is down to a conflict in windows i think. Also, i should have been checking  to make sure.

 

Like you say, wing and a prayer is not to be trusted.

We don't rely on 1 method just in case 1 fails. All our servers use

1) VMware vSphere replication

2) applications own replication

3) veeam backup and replication

4) SQL in built backup / replication

We do real time and point in time and replication over 3 hosts on 2 sites to try and cover every possibility of failure.

I think acronis is great software but at £700 per server license and with so many servers it is cost prohibitive.

**** a brick.

 

wing and a prayer and a usb pen it is then lol

We don't rely on 1 method just in case 1 fails. All our servers use

1) VMware vSphere replication

2) applications own replication

3) veeam backup and replication

4) SQL in built backup / replication

We do real time and point in time and replication over 3 hosts on 2 sites to try and cover every possibility of failure.

I think acronis is great software but at £700 per server license and with so many servers it is cost prohibitive.

I'd agree, and it's possibly not the best solution for your setup.

But for the average setup it's a good, simple and painfree option.

**** a brick.

 

wing and a prayer and a usb pen it is then lol

Hang on Adi.

 

For what you need your looking at £30 ish per licence.