From: "David J. Syrotiak" <syrotiak-AT-comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:31:46 -0400
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] video


Mathieu is absolutely right!

All important files should be backed up on hard media. It's cheap  
enough and the media is readily available. I also recommend disk  
imaging as a form of data backup. If a problem arises you can access  
the most recent disk image and reload your entire hard drive back to  
the point before you had a problem. "Time Machine" is a fantastic  
program for disk imaging on a mac. It's also automatic.

Sincerely,

David J. Syrotiak
syrotiak-AT-comcast.net



On Mar 22, 2009, at 7:40 PM, Mathieu René wrote:

> I feel I have to raise a warning sign following what David said  
> about making
> backups on an external drive.
>
> If you care for your data enough to back them up, make sure you  
> save them on
> static media, such as DVDs, and preferably not on rewritables.
>
> In 2006 when we made the short puppet film, our tech team had an 80  
> Gig
> external hard drive, which was used to copy the data from the HD video
> camera, and from there they made backups immediately. The hard  
> drive expired
> while they were backing up, and we thought we had lost 75% of  
> everything we
> shot! Some were panicking and giving up already. I insisted on  
> calling some
> of my contacts, and two of them gave me the same tech guy's  
> coordinates,
> almost saying he could perform miracles. He did. He got everything  
> back from
> the drive!  But how close we came to not having a film at all, after 6
> months of hard work! I don't trust hard drives as much as before,  
> since that
> event.
>
> Back Up Your Files!
> That includes in-progress pics, family pics, even random footage  
> that you
> think interesting.
> You never know how handy it can get later on. Of course,a fter a  
> few years,
> sorting through those will be necessary. I'd toss a lot of the  
> stuff that
> hasn't been used or thought of in 5 years.
>
> And when you back up, label every single disk clearly, including an
> inventory on paper if possible, which will save you time next time you
> search for something in your archives.
>
> Of course, that's all in the ideal world. I don't claim to do all  
> these
> steps.
> But my most important files are on disks with proper titles.
>
>
>
>
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