Hardcopies of Articles.

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   eugbugposted 3 years ago

   How many of you have hardcopy printouts of your articles? I don't yet, but I need to make some. It's the only reliable backup method.

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      bravewarriorposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      I don't print my articles. I have them all on Word, including links and pics in each and their placement. I have a 5T external hard drive hooked to my computer that all my pics, docs, and spreadsheets are backed up to, in addition to my laptop's hard drive. That way, if my computer becomes corrupted, full, or inoperable, I have all my work on the external and can transfer to a new computer if need be. I've had to do that in the past and it's a lifesaver.

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         eugbugposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         I have mine on my computer, an external hard drive and in the cloud. However I still don't trust electronic storage, it's so fragile. Paper lasts hundreds of years. Also there's always the danger of a ransomware attack.

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            bravewarriorposted 3 years agoin reply to this

            True. I don't trust the cloud because it's web-based. I have absolutely nothing on the cloud. I think our hard drives and external hard drives are less susceptible to hackers, especially if you have a strong antivirus system in place. You basically have to click on a link thru email to have your computer attacked by a hacker. Unless, of course, you're a major corporation that provides a service to a mass population, as has occurred several times recently. You and I aren't big enough for those types of hackers. What we need to be wary of are those who con us into stealing bank account information.

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               eugbugposted 3 years agoin reply to this

               There's always the danger of dropping your notebook and then dropping the hard drive taking it out from where it's stored..... I think I'd rather drop a stack of paper. OCR works fairly well for reading text from scanned pages.

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                  bravewarriorposted 3 years agoin reply to this

                  I don't take my laptop anywhere. It stays on my desk in my home office. I keep a (paper) notepad in my purse for when I'm compelled to jot down notes and have papers in my office containing thoughts that come to my mind until I'm ready to actually write.

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   Jodahposted 3 years ago

   I always write my articles and poems in notebooks by hand first, then transfer to word on my computer, and back up on ext. hard drive. Too much work to print out all my articles….over 500.

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      bravewarriorposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      I hear that, John. I don't have 500 articles, but I have tons of other stuff on my computer that I access: photos, resumes, cover letters, budget spreadsheets, tax spreadsheets, etc. I don't want any of those stored in cyberspace. Don't trust it!

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         MizBejabbersposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         Five years ago I finally bought an iMac desk computer. I thought I would love it, but I really don't. Everything goes to iCloud. Everything. I tried saving just to desktop, but then I discovered that desktop was saved in the cloud. Now I keep getting messages that I need to delete photos, emails, etc. or buy more space. I usually go through and delete stuff I really don't need to keep anyway. They have quite a racket going. I need to buy another backup drive I guess.

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            eugbugposted 3 years agoin reply to this

            Are files not stored in both locations; in the cloud and on a drive and synced?

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   eugbugposted 3 years ago

   Anyway three copies should be the absolute minimum. I remember once upon a time when I used to develop software, some code got deleted from a hard drive and the backup was damaged when I tried to access it.

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      bravewarriorposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Ouch! I haven't encountered that and hope I never do.
      
      Then, maybe for peace of mind, it would behoove you to print hard copies of your work. At the very worst, you'd have to re-type the text into an online format. But then you could create a circle that may never end.
      
      Nevertheless, better to be safe than sorry. Do what your gut tells you.

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   jansharesposted 3 years ago

   No hardcopies. But I always start with a word document so all are saved and backed up on my desktop. However, since we have to keep editing and the HP editors keep changing stuff, we never really have the updated article anyway, right? But I guess it's good to have the original as the author. Maybe on zip drives?

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      MizBejabbersposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      That's a good idea, but the larger ones are nearly as expensive as backup drives.

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   Miebakagh57posted 3 years ago

   I don't keep 'print' copies of my articles. Never. That's easier to be stolen. But all my hand written copies or original drafts that I preserved.                                          Before my 12 ins laptop was stolen, I don't make copies of all my articles into an external disk. Now, the option available to me is the publish copies on Hubpages. I can download them when I got another laptop before 2021 runs out.

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   theraggededgeposted 3 years ago

   Just want to point out... when your articles are published, they are 'in the cloud', i.e. on someone else's server

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