Keeping content safe from deletion

[Greenlizard0]

There's another thread out which was started by somebody where 75gig of his/her stuff was deleted accidently.

I was wondering whether there was a way to ensure that all my data is safe from such circumstances? I have a seperate hard drive with all my stuff e.g. music/pictures/video's etc and I would hate to lose it!

I used to when letting other people go on my machine convert all my files to "read only", but I can't do that now as i've got far too much!

 

[SiriusB]

Backup

SiriusB

 

[wilders]

I got a cheap external 250gb drive which I have all my important stuff backed up to....you never know.....and they're pretty cheap too!

 

[Greenlizard0]

Apart from backing up - are there any other methods?

 

[Mason64]

dont delete them?

split ya hard drive in to two and put all important files on there?

 

[jhmaeng]

If you're using NTFS, set the NTFS security permissions on the parent folder/drive so that only your own account has access. Then make a separate (Guest or "User" type) account that other people can use.

 

[Greenlizard0]

The trouble is, it is very rarely that other people use my computer, such that I only have one account here and not even a login.

I have looked at "All in one secret maker" but that's not free

 

[BigBoy]

make sure fast user switching is turned on and just click start>switch user and login as guest. done deal then