Why don't you backup (II)?
Michael Horowitz blogs on this topic over at CNet:
One obstacle to any backup scheme is organization. Regardless of the hardware or software involved, you need to be able to point to the files you wanted backed up. This requires some understanding of the file system and I don't see a way around that.
We struggled with this while developing Cucku Backup. When you setup Cucku we automatically include everything that most people want to backup. This works for well known folders (i.e. My Documents). It also works for common file type (i.e. all photos, regardless of where they're stored). It even works with your application (i.e. Thunderbird email is selected if you have Thunderbird installed). You can remove any items that you know you don't need.
Each item in the backup list can be edited, so if you know you don't need that Junk folder you can double-click My Documents and exclude it from the backup. If you're comfortable with the file system and know exactly what to backup you can also remove all of Cucku's defaults and drill down to specific files and folders.
One more quote from Michael's post:
Perhaps you've heard this before: there are only two types of hard disks--those that have failed and those that will.
posted by Rob on Monday, June 02, 2008
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