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RE: Backing up your data.... Here's the best way!



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I've found the iomega Jaz drive to be pretty good (and fast) if you need to
back
up (and store separately) up to 1G of Data.  The Jaz is essentially a Zip
drive 
on steroids (media cost is relatively steep)

Jim

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Subject: Re: Backing up your data.... Here's the best way!
Author:  "dcountach" [SMTP:countach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] at EXCHANGE
Date:    11/12/98 10:47 PM


>Subject:          Backing up your data.... Here's the best way! 
>   Date:          Thu, 12 Nov 1998 03:42:03 -0500
>   From:          "Mason" <Mason99@xxxxxxxxx>
>     To:          "Omega-list@xxxxxxx com" <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx> 
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>
>Disk Image will make a copy of any partition & save it to any other 
>partition or drive, & restorable from an easy window like DOS format.
>Every 
setting for every program is saved, read about it at: >www.egghead.com  $69
>
>Mike M.
     
The backing-up of data to a second hard drive has been mentioned here 
before, even by me.  I used to think it was a great idea.  And I still 
do, for short-term backup.  But I have twice had crashes wherein both 
disks were lost; once Windows95 seemed to devour itself and the D; 
drive.  Some of the data was recoverable.  The second crash was not so 
lucky.  THe C: drive physically died, but I also lost the data on the 
D:.  I don't know how that happened.
     
Although daily backup to a second drive is probably OK, you should 
frequently backup to another system or removeable drive.  I use CD-R. 
(Even at 650MB it is not always enough :-)
     
You've been warned.
     
dionc