Backup

[Lurch]

I got a program called Ghost by Nortons that you can set to back up any time to another drive, If your main crashes then bang another in and it will create another drive completely with all windows Xp and every bit of info as original. Got the software from Ebay paid

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

I'd recommend anything but Norton Ghost. Cheap or not, it's ****.

Is this Hangman?

Is there a 'C' in it?

or a 'P'.....

NO!

surely not an 'S' and a 'T'??? ?:| :Blushing

 

[Lurch]

Toss?

 

[spinlondon]

I use 2 internal Hard drives, one for the operating system, and the other for my data, photos, letters etc.

I then back up weekly the Data drive to an external Hard drive.

 

[binky]

I backed up the other day and hit a lamp post

Trees are my problem - the ones in my road are right on the edge of the pavement and lean slightly out into the road, with some large knobbly bits what had my rear light cluster recently :_|

Back to question, Buffalo USB external hard drive, which I occasionally remember to do weekly.

 

[jdmjrmdam]

Top Tip!

If you backup to something local remember to take the backups off site, so you can recover your data if your house burns down, floods, or gets destroyed by aliens.

 

[Pyro]

Backing up of business files:

USB Pen Drive Yes. The USB stick is the primary data store. It is an encrypted device.

Ext HD Yes. Also, home PC and workshop PC.

Internet Backup No way, man!!

Other Paper invoices: 1 to customer, 1 to file. PDF file to backup just in case accounts software keels-over and dies. A mate of mine got caught-out by not doing backups or keeping hard copies of invoices.

Regarding the backup method, my preference is to just copy all the folders & data files to the target backup device. Storage costs are low and decrypting of files by backup software is not required. The method is a bit basic, but it works.

And do people stil keep paper backups in filing cabinets etc Yes. Life is too short to scan supplier documents and manage them on a PC. Software is available to manage this, but for a small business the costs outweigh the benefits. Taxman, VATman and accountants find it harder to argue with, or pick holes in, a followable paper trail.

 

[exbdc]

And do people stil keep paper backups in filing cabinets etc Yes. Life is too short to scan supplier documents and manage them on a PC. Software is available to manage this, but for a small business the costs outweigh the benefits. Taxman, VATman and accountants find it harder to argue with, or pick holes in, a followable paper trail.

Does anybody use suppliers who invoice electronically, by XML for example, & thus avoids hard copy invoices?

 

[kme]

My business bank (barclays) provides free (up to 2GB) remote secure storage (not mp3 or jpegs though!). My business folder on the `puter is auto backed up twice a week. There is also an external drive, for the more mundane stuff.

 

[Lurch]

Does anybody use suppliers who invoice electronically, by XML for example, & thus avoids hard copy invoices?

I was talking about this yesterday, PITA having wholesalers years behind everyone else. I've been paying all my hosting and domain accounts online and getting PDF invoices for years, most of my invoices are sent out as PDF's and most payments are taken as BACS. The only accounts I need to phone up about or call in to do are the wholesalers.

 

[PC Electrics]

I backed up the other day and hit a lamp post

Ah! So it was you then:

 

[PC Electrics]

Does anybody use suppliers who invoice electronically, by XML for example, & thus avoids hard copy invoices?

Believe it or not, CEF do have an option for emailing of invoices as PDFs.

Please don't tell me CEF are ahead of the pack?

 

[Lurch]

Believe it or not, CEF do have an option for emailing of invoices as PDFs.Please don't tell me CEF are ahead of the pack?

Not really, needs online account management to be of any use as you still have to ***** about paying it I assume?

 

[PC Electrics]

Not really, needs online account management to be of any use as you still have to ***** about paying it I assume?

I use CEF very little (mainly for convenience if I need something urgently, though I do like Doncaster cable), but I get my invoices by email and pay them by BACS. That side of dealing with CEF is easy, at least.

 

[exbdc]

I use CEF very little (mainly for convenience if I need something urgently, though I do like Doncaster cable), but I get my invoices by email and pay them by BACS. That side of dealing with CEF is easy, at least.

What's the quality like on Doncaster Cables these day? They have had recent quality probs. & weren't that competitive on price. I heard that even City branches weren't using them & they're their only customer.

 

[Lurch]

I use CEF very little (mainly for convenience if I need something urgently, though I do like Doncaster cable), but I get my invoices by email and pay them by BACS. That side of dealing with CEF is easy, at least.

I can pay most of my bills by BACS but that still needs you to look through bills and invoices, work out what you're paying and then set up the BACS, which is a PITA with some banking systems. I want to log in to the wholesalers portal, see how much I owe and pay some or all of it from there. I find it easier to buy from places I don;t have accounts via online shops as I can just click a few buttons and it's all done. As soon as you get a credit account anywhere you go back 30 years.