garym;566328 Wrote: 
> That's what I assumed (basic UPS). Thanks. I don't worry about this for
> my windows machines as it's never been an issue and I'm good at
> diagnosing any windows systems issues should any arise (and I have
> plenty of data backups off the grid!), but I'm such a newbie at linux
> that the mounting, unmounting, etc. etc. is all a mystery to me (thus
> far) and I wanted a little extra insurance on screwups....

The main thing would be trashing the drive or the power supply --
motherboards are usually safe, the P/S gets to act like a giant fuse in
such cases.  But power nasties can be painful on drives.  The power
supply won't really isolate them -- too much mechanical stuff that
reacts badly to power cycling.

I'd still keep a backup, of course...  I have too much time spent in
ripping and tagging to want to lose my music.

I don't worry about the Windows machine: it's been dead for ages
anyway...  :)


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