Another purpose for backups other than hard drive failure
Dec 7, 2020 00:04:25 #
Wow did I goof today. I was making some changes to my catalogue folder structure. Converting my old way that I've been doing the last 6 or so months to my current way. I had a folder with several subfolders, one of which was shot in 1995 (named Brennan). I made a new folder, 1995, then went to the subfolder in the folder I was working in, I selected ctrl A to select the photos, then dragged then to the new folder I had created (1995). Lightroom started moving them and all of a sudden I noticed it seemed to be to many. Sure enough it was moving the main folder, not the subfolder. Somehow I had selected it. I finally got it stopped after it moved a LOT of photos, a few thousand (quick!).
Backups to the rescue. I restored my complete photo backup (which only restored the ones I moved). Then restored to my latest catalogue backup. Both were done yesterday. 20 minutes or so and I was repaired....
I'm sharing my mishap to show backups are not just for fails drives, but also for stupidity. Backups are for loss of data. In this case, I did not loose data, I just created a nightmare to try to manually go through that many photos again.
I will admit, at first I panicked. Then I told myself, don't worry, you have a good backup system, just use it.
Lesson learned for me, and I hope someone else can learn from mess up.
Backups to the rescue. I restored my complete photo backup (which only restored the ones I moved). Then restored to my latest catalogue backup. Both were done yesterday. 20 minutes or so and I was repaired....
I'm sharing my mishap to show backups are not just for fails drives, but also for stupidity. Backups are for loss of data. In this case, I did not loose data, I just created a nightmare to try to manually go through that many photos again.
I will admit, at first I panicked. Then I told myself, don't worry, you have a good backup system, just use it.
Lesson learned for me, and I hope someone else can learn from mess up.
Dec 7, 2020 03:37:39 #
Dec 8, 2020 08:19:34 #
11bravo wrote:
Yes, backups can save you from yourself... Now if life itself only had a backup...
Very true. Computers will gladly let you screw things up. Life also needs a ctrl Z key.
Dec 8, 2020 08:57:38 #
Sidwalkastronomy
Loc: New Jersey Shore
Operator error is like Murphys law. You know about it and its when not if its going to happen
Dec 8, 2020 10:03:53 #
Dec 8, 2020 10:20:48 #
Dec 8, 2020 10:28:50 #
11bravo wrote:
Yes, backups can save you from yourself... Now if life itself only had a backup...
Dec 8, 2020 10:29:31 #
Jack 13088 wrote:
Very true. Computers will gladly let you screw things up. Life also needs a ctrl Z key.
Very true.
Dec 8, 2020 10:30:18 #
Sidwalkastronomy wrote:
Operator error is like Murphys law. You know about it and its when not if its going to happen
Yup, not a matter of if, but when.
Dec 8, 2020 10:30:55 #
BurghByrd wrote:
Help with stupidity huh? I'm going to need a lot more backup drives.
Can never have enough.
Dec 8, 2020 10:49:04 #
Sidwalkastronomy wrote:
Operator error is like Murphys law. You know about it and its when not if its going to happen
When it comes to me messing up, I believe in O'Malley's Law. He said Murphy was conservative.
Dec 8, 2020 10:59:20 #
Picture Taker wrote:
GODDA have 2
Two may not be enough. I have three plus the cloud.
We hear to often about people that loose data because they had no backups. We can not stress enough, the use of backups. They are not just for equipment failure, but also for human error, as in this case.
Years ago, when I was still working, the company I worked for had a backup routine. We did a daily, weekly, and monthly. That was in the tape days. Each day we would change the tape and a person would take it home to get it off site, bringing it back to exchange it the next day. The backups were gone after hours, so would change the tape as we left for the day. Same was gone for the others.
Dec 8, 2020 11:21:12 #
Dec 8, 2020 11:23:20 #
PEBCAK
Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard.
Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard.
Dec 8, 2020 12:14:58 #
frankraney wrote:
Wow did I goof today. I was making some changes to... (show quote)
Yes, reducing stupidity AND recovering after someone walks off with your PC!
bwa
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