At 6:45 AM +1100 11/10/2009, Stewie de Young wrote: >I personally install a second hard drive in all my desktop computers .
Good to have extra drives for backup, but keeping them hot (powered, spun up, and/or mounted) leaves them vulnerable to both hardware failures and software "attacks". >When I have enough data to fill a DVD or CD I burn that to disc and >store it in her garage, usually wiping the data off her drive. Temperature controlled garage? Burned optical media are quite temp & humidity sensitive. >A bit too far you think No. Sounds like a decent strategy to me. Everyone should keep a set of backups off-site; even if it's just stashed in a friend's sock drawer. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
