Journal #8267 by LaVolpe

LaVolpe

Posted 11 years ago2013-10-13 11:57:13 UTC

LaVolpe

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You guys know when you've been working on something for around a month and a half straight... And then you lose it... And the only back-ups you have of it are over a month old.

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I'm going to cry.

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I am going to start backing-up like a b!tch in heat.

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At least I'm inspired to make a new yt series. (Might be just because I wanna complain about this ho XD)

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(Also, just so you guys know, I get really anti-social and stuff so I kinda disappear sometimes, but I'm still actually here, I just don't reply/talk.(think I'm getting over it now.))

Ghost129er

Commented 11 years ago2013-10-13 12:33:42 UTC Comment #67369

We know that feel... Loosing projects with crappy back up records.... I've lost about 25 high poly, highly detailed 3d aircraft models to crappy auto back up and shit...

Sorry for your loss though.

Penguinboy

Commented 11 years ago2013-10-13 12:35:23 UTC Comment #67364

If you aren't afraid of learning new things I would suggest using a version control system. Not only do you get free backups and cloud storage, you also get full revision history if all your stuff. I use Git for my stuff, it's pretty simple to use once you get the hang of it. You can create an account at GitHub (public is free, private costs $7/month) or BitBucket (private is free) and download a client like SourceTree and you're pretty much done

Happy to go into more detail if you are interested!

Tetsu0

Commented 11 years ago2013-10-13 13:06:25 UTC Comment #67362

Im a fan of google drive

and at least daily revisions.

Sajo

Commented 11 years ago2013-10-13 13:32:22 UTC Comment #67361

A month old backups? Well, I would break stuff if that ever happened to me.
I usually backup the files I work on every hour. And still I get really pissed (who wouldn't) when I have to open an hour old backup.

I often use external HDDs but Penguinboy's suggestion is definetly far more efficient. To be honest though, nobody starts doing it until they lose something very very important. So, we all been there.

Striker

Commented 11 years ago2013-10-13 13:37:26 UTC Comment #67367

Does this stuff work with DropBox?

monster_urby

Commented 11 years ago2013-10-13 16:22:33 UTC Comment #67360

I backup anything I work on via SVN now. Assembla offer free hosting for files up to 500mb, then they charge through the nose. Otherwise, if you don't mind paying for it, use repositoryhosting.com. I pay £3.50 a month for 2gb with them.

Captain Terror

Commented 11 years ago2013-10-13 17:27:30 UTC Comment #67365

it's a hard lesson to learn ;(

DiscoStu

Commented 11 years ago2013-10-13 19:10:27 UTC Comment #67368

Sadly, these things happen. But, sometimes they're good. Last time I remember it happening to me, I lost about three months of work because I had no backups. I had to start over, but the end result was even better than what was lost. So it wasn't completely bad. Bear that in mind

Captain Terror

Commented 11 years ago2013-10-14 06:22:08 UTC Comment #67366

^^
Oh yeah agreed STU. Sometimes it's shocking how much better your work is the second time go 'round

Tetsu0

Commented 11 years ago2013-10-18 19:28:22 UTC Comment #67363

Because after that you're just like..
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU..

//TURBO RAGE MODE
WORKWORKWORKWORKWORKWORKWORKWORKWORKWORKWORKWORK

The first time just turns into a practice run.

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