Archiving

[mad_railman91]

How do you archive what kind of CD do you use and where can you get them? because when my computer is fixed I would Like to transfer my content over to that computer and the more I think about it the more it wories me
thankfully
Nick

 

[PatrickTaylor89]

I'm assuming here that you're using TRS2006 or one of the TC versions....If you want to transfer content from one computer to another, the best way to do it is to simply copy the "local" folder from within your TRS directory. Then, just paste the contents of that folder into the local folder on the other system. No need to archive.

I'd also suggest copying the assets.tdx and assets.bku files as well. The procedure will work without them, but if you don't have them, everything that you've disabled and re-named in CMP will be reset to it's original state. One of these files is located within the "cache" folder, but since I don't have TRS installed at the moment, I can't check it out.

As for CD types, it's really up to you and what kind of CD drive you have on your system. Anything will work, but if your local folder is quite large, it may be too big for one CD, so you'll have to copy it in two sections.

Good luck.

Patrick

 

[bl4882]

I went out and purchased a portable hard drive. It plugs into a USB port and will accommodate up to 160 gigabytes of data. CDs may not be a good solution. I'm a bit of a packrat, so my local folder is up to about 18 gigabytes. That translates to a whole bunch of CDs. If you want to backup to an optical disk medium, I'd recommend DVDs.

But the portable hard drive has the advantage that you can literally plug in your local folder to any computer you might move to. I back up once a week and figure that my C drive and my portable drive are very unlikely to fail at the same time.

Bernie

 

[mad_railman91]

were can I get a portable Hard drive and it sounds like it is very expensive

 

[bl4882]

Hi,

They're really not that expensive when you consider what you get. I got mine for $100 on sale, but it holds all of my data files as a perfect mirror of my hard drive. My guess is you could get one for even less than I paid, but I got a big one because of the business use. Just make sure you get a portable drive, not an external one. The portable drives are made to be very robust and for moving around. Any decent computer store should have a good selection.

I know a c-note is not chicken feed, but when you stop and think what you might lose if the worst happens, it really is worthwhile. Also, if you have friends who are into computers, they are easy to share. Just don't put anything private on it if you do share.

Bernie