Comments on: Good office setup for a writer

By: jk

jk — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 12:44:57 +0000

Excellent point about the backup but I can assure you David backs his work up religiously. I back my writing projects up every day and also use the Public Folders on my hosted Exchange Server to back them up for access from any of my computers and Pocket PC.

By: dimiz

dimiz — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 12:27:15 +0000

no backup!!! he is writing books on a laptop(!) without mentioning anything for backup. The simple thought makes me faint. Disks can and will die suddenly, no matter how new they are or who made them. Laptops can get stolen, dropped on the floor, coffee can get poured into them. A virus could corrupt the file system. The files may even be accidentaly deleted. If all you do is check mail and browse the web, this is not too big of a problem, but if you are into creating any form of content, you must be crazy not to back up your info. And no, burning cd-s for backup doesn't work. What works is to use a USB memory drive. They are cheap. Put one in the USB hub and forget about it. Install SecondCopy (http://www.centered.com ) and let it make copies of your files every two hours. It's a great piece of software, it can even keep old versions of the files. I have been using this setup for a while, and it gives peace of mind. Regards.

By: UPC or Pocket PC?

UPC or Pocket PC? — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:38:46 +0000

By: Tech for writers

Tech for writers — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:38:46 +0000

By: jkOnTheRun: Good office setup for a writer

jkOnTheRun: Good office setup for a writer — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:38:46 +0000