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In switching to Linux from Windows one larger steps is deciding you no longer want to run Windows and Linux in a dual boot setup on your main computer. You know, that moment when you take the Linux install disk and wipe Windows completely off the platers. Richard Querin of Renaissance Man, a long time read and supporter of Ubuntu Linux, recently took this step and summed it all up by stating, “…it’s sometimes refreshing to start with a clean slate”.
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Electrical storms or power line spikes and surges can lead to failures so be sure and protect your valuable equipment with surge protectors and/or UPS’s.I’ve lost some irreplaceable digital photos to a hard drive failure, so I know how terrible that situation can be…. However, if the data amount is large, or you want to back it up more often, you may need to find other methods.There’s always going to be a balance between how important the data is and how much it’ll cost in either time or money to safeguard it…. My Back-Up Strategies:You may think that my back-up efforts are over the top for most home users, but after the hard drive crash where I lost some irreplaceable photos I swore to never let it happen again.The two main strategies I use are: back-up and then back-up the back-up; andmake it as automatic as possible so I can’t get lazy or forget to do it.
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