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It is the Third Day of the Month: Back Up Your Genealogy Files

3 Jul 2023 7:20 AM | Anonymous

Today is the third day of the month. I usually post a message on the first day of the month reminding everyone to make backups of their genealogy files (and other important files as well). However, the first day of July fell on Saturday and I normally don't post new articles on the weekend. So, here it is: this is this month's reminder article.

Oh, yes, after you make the backups, test your backups! You wouldn't be the first person to discoiver your backups didn't do what you thought they were doing at a time when you desperately need to recover something!

If you are not familiar with my "normal" monthly reminder messages, you can read a recent one at: https://eogn.com/page-18080/10151012. Othrwise, consider this article to be your monthly reminder. 

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  • 4 Jul 2023 11:24 AM | Anonymous
    Please write an article on how to test backups.
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    • 5 Jul 2023 7:59 AM | Anonymous
      —> Please write an article on how to test backups.

      The quick answer to that is “it all depends” on what program you used to create the backups.

      Each backup program has its own method of creating the backups. The only way to test the backups is to first read the instructions for your backup program and then follow that. For instance, a backup made with BackBlaze on a Windows system will require a very different “test” from a backup made with Time Machine on a Macintosh.
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