Complete PC Backup Best Practice Query

What is best practice for performing regular system disaster recovery
updates of this utility?

Is it acceptable to simply delete previous backup prior to performing
new backup or should I simply leave previous backup in place and let
system perform simple update?

"Iain" <> wrote in message
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> What is best practice for performing regular system disaster recovery
> updates of this utility?
>
> Is it acceptable to simply delete previous backup prior to performing new
> backup or should I simply leave previous backup in place and let system
> perform simple update?

To do backups properly you need at least two backup devices.
You make a full backup and then take it off site.
Then you make a backup on the other device and swap that with the first one.
Repeat frequently.

If you are running a business you will want at least a weeks worth of daily
backups so that you can recover files that were changed and shouldn't have
been or were deleted. This is in addition to weekly backups, all kept off
site.

dennis@home wrote:
> "Iain" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> What is best practice for performing regular system disaster recovery
>> updates of this utility?
>>
>> Is it acceptable to simply delete previous backup prior to
>> performing new backup or should I simply leave previous backup in
>> place and let system perform simple update?
>
> To do backups properly you need at least two backup devices.
> You make a full backup and then take it off site.
> Then you make a backup on the other device and swap that with the
> first one. Repeat frequently.
>
> If you are running a business you will want at least a weeks worth of
> daily backups so that you can recover files that were changed and
> shouldn't have been or were deleted. This is in addition to weekly
> backups, all kept off site.

Interestingly, we use Gmail. Since Google allows 4GB of mail storage space,
zipped data files, sent as attachements, can be easily handled. Off site,
easily available.

An alternative is to FTP the backups to a sekkrit folder on your website.

Windows Live Hotmail supports 5 GBs of storage and Windows Live SkyDrive
supports 1 GBs of online storage. Not bad.
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"HeyBub" <> wrote in message
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> dennis@home wrote:
>> "Iain" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> What is best practice for performing regular system disaster recovery
>>> updates of this utility?
>>>
>>> Is it acceptable to simply delete previous backup prior to
>>> performing new backup or should I simply leave previous backup in
>>> place and let system perform simple update?
>>
>> To do backups properly you need at least two backup devices.
>> You make a full backup and then take it off site.
>> Then you make a backup on the other device and swap that with the
>> first one. Repeat frequently.
>>
>> If you are running a business you will want at least a weeks worth of
>> daily backups so that you can recover files that were changed and
>> shouldn't have been or were deleted. This is in addition to weekly
>> backups, all kept off site.
>
> Interestingly, we use Gmail. Since Google allows 4GB of mail storage
> space, zipped data files, sent as attachements, can be easily handled. Off
> site, easily available.
>
> An alternative is to FTP the backups to a sekkrit folder on your website.
>

"HeyBub" <> wrote in message
news:...
> dennis@home wrote:
>> "Iain" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> What is best practice for performing regular system disaster recovery
>>> updates of this utility?
>>>
>>> Is it acceptable to simply delete previous backup prior to
>>> performing new backup or should I simply leave previous backup in
>>> place and let system perform simple update?
>>
>> To do backups properly you need at least two backup devices.
>> You make a full backup and then take it off site.
>> Then you make a backup on the other device and swap that with the
>> first one. Repeat frequently.
>>
>> If you are running a business you will want at least a weeks worth of
>> daily backups so that you can recover files that were changed and
>> shouldn't have been or were deleted. This is in addition to weekly
>> backups, all kept off site.
>
> Interestingly, we use Gmail. Since Google allows 4GB of mail storage
> space, zipped data files, sent as attachements, can be easily handled. Off
> site, easily available.
>
> An alternative is to FTP the backups to a sekkrit folder on your website.
>
http://www.carbonite.com/ looks good for internet offsite storage.
However I am not sure I would trust one service.