So Glenn, what is your retention policy on that information?  Does
that data on the wordperfect 4.1 docs really have a 12 year retention?
What kind of migration plan is in place?

Though I ask this mostly "tongue in cheek" the principles we discuss
here with regards to our work lives applies to our personal
information as well.

On 9/30/09, Glenn Sanders <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Trudi - that's my practice.
>
> For my home setup (desktops and laptops on a mixed wired / wireless LAN), I
> use drive imaging software to copy entire hard drives onto other hard drives
> or separate partitions (it's faster that way) (weekly or monthly depending
> on rate of change and loss impact) then I copy the drive images to external
> hard drives so I've got at least two copies in different buildings, and then
> periodically to DVD. So I've got copies of everything back to about 1997.
>
> None of it on USB sticks or SD cards.
>
> That doesn't overcome the software change over time - some of those files
> are WordPerfect 4.1!
>
> The software I use is Terabyte Unlimited's BootitNG for the drive image
> backups (pretty geeky, Acronis is easier but less flexible), Teracopy to
> copy 2gb drive image files from one drive to another (Windows Copy is
> unreliable at that extreme especially to USB drives).
>
> Each person is responsible for their own day to day backup, either to
> separate physical hard drives (interal or external) or USB stick. I use
> FreeBackup4 to simplify this.
>
> But I still don't know the longevity of SD cards, sorry. Best assume it's a
> year or so.
>
> Cheers
>
> Glenn
>
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> previous or present employers or clients. I don't know. If I'd asked
> and they'd agreed, I would have signed it "Harry Peck and Co and
> Glenn". Or whatever. But I haven't, so I didn't.
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