http://www.itsecpackets.com/blog/2009/03/16/my-hard-drive-failure/ A Progammer explores the IT Security field; offering packets of useful information he picks up along the way. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:34:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.itsecpackets.com/blog/2009/03/16/my-hard-drive-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Ron Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:25:42 +0000 http://itsecpackets.com/blog/?p=86#comment-273 It wasn't so recent , it's a IMAC from Feburary 2006 - AppleCare just ran out. Bummer. You know Apple just a did a refresh on the IMAC line , they are looking real nice ..... ;-) It wasn’t so recent , it’s a IMAC from Feburary 2006 – AppleCare just ran out. Bummer. You know Apple just a did a refresh on the IMAC line , they are looking real nice …..

]]> http://www.itsecpackets.com/blog/2009/03/16/my-hard-drive-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-272 jake Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:49:35 +0000 http://itsecpackets.com/blog/?p=86#comment-272 ...also, you're the second person I know to experience a total Mac hard drive failure on a recent (presumably) model. I wonder... …also, you’re the second person I know to experience a total Mac hard drive failure on a recent (presumably) model. I wonder…

]]> http://www.itsecpackets.com/blog/2009/03/16/my-hard-drive-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-271 jake Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:48:18 +0000 http://itsecpackets.com/blog/?p=86#comment-271 I also recommend Mozy to back up to the cloud. Mozy has a simple price plan for home users and is very flexible for the enterprise. It's by EMC, so you know it's industrial strength. My work PC (laptop) is backed up to a Western Digital My Book, which was $89 for 650 gigs at Costco. My main family PC which has my precious, precious photo collection has the added security of a RAID 0 (mirrored) array. I also recommend Mozy to back up to the cloud. Mozy has a simple price plan for home users and is very flexible for the enterprise. It’s by EMC, so you know it’s industrial strength. My work PC (laptop) is backed up to a Western Digital My Book, which was $89 for 650 gigs at Costco. My main family PC which has my precious, precious photo collection has the added security of a RAID 0 (mirrored) array.

]]> http://www.itsecpackets.com/blog/2009/03/16/my-hard-drive-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Barry Schwartz Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:41:30 +0000 http://itsecpackets.com/blog/?p=86#comment-270 Yea, I use Time Machine & SuperDuper for incremental and mirror backups, respectively. Plus, I use Amazon S3, a raid NAS device and so on for other types of backups. But for my personal computer, mostly Time Machine (throughout work day) & SuperDuper (nightly). Yea, I use Time Machine & SuperDuper for incremental and mirror backups, respectively. Plus, I use Amazon S3, a raid NAS device and so on for other types of backups. But for my personal computer, mostly Time Machine (throughout work day) & SuperDuper (nightly).

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