Re: On demand backup drive.

On 6/22/2020 3:46 PM, micky wrote:
> I have to make my backing up more frequent.
> 
> Right now I use a double dock, with a 5 1/4" drive.  I bought one whose
> advertising said it turned off when it wasn't getting input, but
> afterwards, when I tried to get the software the ad said was needed,
> someone there admitted there was no software and it didnt' do it!!!**
> 
> Is there a 5 1/4" dock that will turn off when not in use.
> 
> 
> I have the impression that those 2 1/2" backup drives do indeed turn off
> when I'm not backing up.  Do they?  All of them?  Any that you
> recommend?  Any you recommend against?
> 
> 
> 
> (I wanted the HDD image to be made to a 5 1/4 so if there were a
> problem, I could just swap HDD's.  That would work, right?  But most of
> my backups are just data files (not part of a disk image). and I can't
> stand to have the drive spinning 24/7 when I only back up for 10 minutes
> once a day or less. And I can't reach the switch without standing up and
> going around the desk.)
> 
> 
> 
> WRT my email backups, if there is a crash (and I just had several) the
> program rebuilds the table of contents but does a half-baked job, and if
> I back that up, I no longer have a backup of a good toc.  Some software
> keeps more than one generation of backup.   Any recommendations?
> 
> 
> **This is the second time advertising lied to me. Back during dial-up
> and call waiting, a modem claimed to let me know when someone was
> calling me, but after I bought it, it didn't work either and someone on
> the phone admitted it didn't work.
> 
> TIA
> 
Given that good practice would call for keeping the backup in a safe 
location -- a media safe for example -- what is the importance of this 
shutdown ability? There are certainly any number of USB3 docks around that 
have a power switch and, if the drive in the dock is to be used for backup 
only, clicking 'safe removal' and then flipping the power switch on the 
dock after the backup shouldn't be that onerous.

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