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You can use those old drives from old dead computers that accumulate around the house (well at least in my house). It has an eSATA jack as well as a USB2 connection. I went thru the 20 or so drives I had stacked in my storage room and found a lot of old files I was glad to find. Plus they can act like Huge flash drives since i have one of these by all three of my computer setups so I can copy something on one machine and move it to another with no problem. Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 242 0911 Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ DXBase bug reports: email to [email protected] Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Crownhaven <[email protected]> wrote: > Whoever said buy two drives was very smart. I had an external HD and > backed up faithfully. I got up one morning and the external HD had > died. I now use an external drive and thumb drive. BTW, the .bat > program that was described is a great idea. Someone wrote one for me > but I can't figure out how to get it going again with the new external > drive. > > Steve, N4JQQ > > Jim Dawson wrote: > > That was a bargain. My first hard drive was a 10 MB drive for $1200.00! > Yes, 10 > > MEGA byte. Thought I'd never fill it. :) > > > > Then I found some pull out 30MB Micropolis full height drives for a bit > less. > > > > Jim - K9DD > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tony - KD4K" <[email protected]> > > To: "'Bill Parry'" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "'DXBase List'" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:52 PM > > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Backup backup backup > > > > > > > >> If you watch Fry's Electronics sales you can do better. > >> I purchased a 1TB external (USB) Seagate drive from Fry's > >> For $69.95 about 2 weeks ago. I have a local Fry's, don't > >> Know what the online prices are. > >> > >> I remember giving $350.00 for 30MB internal Seagate drives. > >> Had 2 of them on my first IBM type computer and swore that > >> I would never need more drive space than that. > >> > >> 73 de Tony, KD4K > >> Happy New Year > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] > >> On Behalf Of Bill Parry > >> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:20 PM > >> Cc: 'DXBase List' > >> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Backup backup backup > >> > >> My son tells me that there is a real nice way of keeping your computer > >> backed up. It is called RAID. He tells me that if you know how, you can > set > >> up a second drive and it will be a complete duplicate of your boot > drive. > >> If the C drive goes down, then the Raid drive takes over and boots up. > This > >> seems to me to be much better than a backup or mirror, because if you > lose > >> your drive you are still in business. I saw a WD 500 Gig drive for > about > >> $50...now I have got to get some smart guy to set up the RAID for me. > >> > >> Yes I understand if you get a lightning strike you may lose both drives > but > >> there is always some risk in life isn't there. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] > >> On Behalf Of Peter Dougherty > >> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 6:56 PM > >> To: 'Neal Campbell'; 'FireBrick' > >> Cc: 'DXBase List' > >> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Backup backup backup > >> > >> Great minds, eh! I hadn't seen your reply when I posted my message with > the > >> same information! > >> > >> ----------------------------------- > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Peter, > >> W2IRT > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] > >> On Behalf Of Neal Campbell > >> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 7:50 PM > >> To: FireBrick > >> Cc: DXBase List > >> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Backup backup backup > >> > >> I do not know how many of you are aware of a very nice program/service > >> called Dropbox. The software sets up a folder on your hard drive and > >> anything you put in it is file transferred to the Dropbox servers in the > >> background. Any computer you install the program on (and it can handle > >> Windows and Mac OS X systems) will get a copy of that folder. Its > amazingly > >> quick. I can drop a file (or update a file in the dropbox folder), walk > >> downstairs and its already there on my computers downstairs. > >> > >> You get 2 GB of storage free (I believe) which is one humongous logfile! > >> > >> Give it a try, I use it to back up almost everything (including the > source > >> code for DXBase!) > >> > >> > >> Neal Campbell > >> Abroham Neal Software > >> www.abrohamnealsoftware.com > >> (540) 242 0911 > >> > >> Amateur Radio: K3NC > >> Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ > >> DXBase bug reports: email to [email protected] Abroham Neal > forums: > >> http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 6:07 PM, FireBrick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> I know it's too late to help you...but the best thing you can ever > do.... > >>> backup your .mdb files. > >>> > >>> And DXBase has a way to do it for you.... > >>> > >>> Got to the DXBase Program group > >>> Select the DXB Utility option > >>> Select File Backup from the left side choices. > >>> > >>> I use a stick drive J:\DXBASE > >>> You want to save all your .mdb files... > >>> > >>> It isn't hard, but you must do it manualy. > >>> I tried to have Windows Scheduler but didn't seem to work right. > >>> > >>> Now there are some cheap even free, automatic offsite backup systems. > >>> > >>> Trust me, I've lost my stuff, backups saved my ...butt! > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------- > >>> Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you > >>> turn down the volume on the radio? > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------- > >>> TOWER/WEBCAMS and Weather Page > >>> @ http://hhweather.webhop.org > >>> > >>> ______________________________________________________________ > >>> Dxbase mailing list > >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] > >>> > >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > >>> list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >>> > >>> > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> Dxbase mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto:[email protected] > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> Dxbase mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto:[email protected] > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> Dxbase mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto:[email protected] > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> Dxbase mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto:[email protected] > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Dxbase mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
