Re: Backing Up and Storing Files

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Jul 31, 2005, at 5:05 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
the computer doesn't have sufficient USB/Firewire connections to  
keep them
both plugged in;

FireWire devices daisy chain up to 64 units on a port, so that's not  
a problem. I might not have enough cables, however. ;-)

by removing one it's not susceptible to the electronic and
mechanical glitches that can fry a drive; unplugged means it's not
spinning, reducing mechanical wear; unplugged means the drive can  
be stored
off premises ....

Yup.

Godfrey