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Pixar almost deleted Toy Story 2 (2012)

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Re: Pixar almost deleted Toy Story 2 (2012)

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Post by ltbarcly3 »

dingosity wrote: post #4

This is a great example of why it's a good idea to always test your backups.

I came to make this snide comment as well! Nobody tests their backups though, I've only ever seen it done inadvertently when the backups were used as part of the development process.

Re: Pixar almost deleted Toy Story 2 (2012)

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Post by jefftk »

More details on Quora: https://www.quora.com/Pixar-company/Did-Pixar-accidentally-d...

The ending is sad -- that intrepid recovery mostly didn't end up used:

And then, some months later, Pixar rewrote the film from almost the ground up, and we made Toy Story 2 again. That rewritten film was the one you saw in theatres and that you can watch now on Blu-Ray.

Re: Pixar almost deleted Toy Story 2 (2012)

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Post by yakubin »

ltbarcly3 wrote: post #5
dingosity wrote: post #4

This is a great example of why it's a good idea to always test your backups.

I came to make this snide comment as well! Nobody tests their backups though, I've only ever seen it done inadvertently when the backups were used as part of the development process.

BTW how do you test a personal workstation backup? I don’t have backup workstations to rotate between by backing one up, restoring on the other, working and then cycling between them in this manner. How do you test the restore procedure without risking destruction of the original?
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