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tahir

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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 05 5:36 pm Post subject: Iomega Zip Drives
1 x 250mb internal 1 x 250mb USB Very handy way to back files up, much quicker and easier than CD

jema
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 05 5:40 pm Post subject:
But small really! compared to disk sizes now.

tahir

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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 05 5:43 pm Post subject:
Why do you think I'm getting rid of them? Very handy for backing up your Office data and email though.

jema
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 05 5:49 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Why do you think I'm getting rid of them?

Very handy for backing up your Office data and email though.

Must admit I am backing up up files to another PC as I post, your post made me consider how sloppy I have been getting in the last month

tahir

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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 05 5:55 pm Post subject:
I back up everything at least once a week, I've been caught out before so now I take as few risks as possible.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 05 5:55 pm Post subject:
I've found a 100Mb zip drive fine for me. Cannot get hold of the disks any more.

jema
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 05 8:39 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

I back up everything at least once a week, I've been caught out before so now I take as few risks as possible.

Most of my work is static, some like this site is inherently backed up online. So it is easy to get a bit complacent. But that can so easily be fatal. Having said that I have worked from home for 10 years through numerous PC break downs, and have not had a problem.

I think part of the answer is that I have always cloned/upgraded the main hard drive every year or two, which tends to keep me one step ahead of hard drive failure.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 05 10:20 pm Post subject:
I've had a hard drive go after a little over a week. I did recover all the data but it can happen.

jema
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 05 11:20 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

I've had a hard drive go after a little over a week. I did recover all the data but it can happen.

I know it can, but the general rule for hardware is blow in a week or blow after the guarentee runs out, hence the "clone" approach is quite a good one.

mrsnesbitt

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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 05 11:23 pm Post subject:
I would like to contribute here..but am *****ered after doing another 50 lengths today.........anyhow pm me sometime, I may be a little more awake!

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