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> CompUSA has a 20 gig external USB disk drive for $200. Not as fast or
> powerful as an internal drive, but sure is easy to hook up, and
expandable.
> It would certainly be faster than a tape drive, and you could easily swap
> between computers.
A thought I had recently is instead of tape backups or an extra hard disk or
an external hard disk, computers are cheap enough to buy a second computer
(or use an old computer if you have a spare around). Then, there was a review
of LapLink for USB where the author proposed this. As well as file transfer,
LapLink also has remote control ability, so he made the point that you don't
need to hook up a monitor and keyboard to the backup computer. Rather you can
remotely control it from the main computer. The point of this is that if your
main computer stops working, you have a spare ready to go. It is better than
backups which have to be restored. If you keep both computers set up and back
up your files to the backup computer, if something goes wrong you can switch
to the backup computer just by switching your monitor and keyboard.
Rather than spend $200 for an external hard drive, look for a cheap computer
for $400 or $600, and then I think the LapLink is around $150 additional. I'm
not quite at the point of running out and doing this myself, but the prices
of computers are at a price level where this starts to look attractive. It is
an interesting idea.
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