Hey Everyone, I bought an external years ago as a backup but never used it often enough. After my new computer chunked on me I started using it. To add sillieness I have one extra step. I keep all of my old computers. So far I haven't had one get a devestating virus or hardware problem. So I have 2 home computers (Dinosaur and Newus Toyus) and 1 external hardrive (brick) plus laptops. About once a month I backup Newus Toyus to my brick. Then about a week after that I plug the brick into the Dinosaur. I click copy paste and walk away for a few hours. Rinse and repeat. So I've got 3 complete copies on 3 seperate hardrives. I backup the laptops less frequently. Ya I'll loose about 1-2 weeks worth of work, but that's better than crossing my fingers at the computer shop. This is also free (er after I bought the brick) than online backup websites. I also don't like my info floating on the net. Later all Z
--- On Sat, 12/19/09, Sam Young <[email protected]> wrote: From: Sam Young <[email protected]> Subject: [Texascavers] hard drives To: "texas cavers" <[email protected]> List-Post: [email protected] Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 12:01 PM There are services which can retrieve data from blown hard drives but you will not get all of it back and it costs $$$. ........ Sam Because they crash, too, Rod. I have a $150 100GB ext. HD paperweight with a bunch of data that is lost now. Mark
