Re: What happens when I get some work (an oddyssey)

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>Ruthie,

>

> Have only one thing to add about computer disasters:

>

> Tape backup, tape backup, tape backup!

>

You got it, Ken! I've had my ups and downs with tape backups over the years

but still use them. Currently I'm using an Iomega Ditto Max internal tape

backup system. We also just purchased a CD-R and I'm going to use that as a

backup to the backup. I'll make a master backup with the CD-R of all our

systems here and set that aside, probably away from home, just in case. We

chose the CD-R instead of a CD-RW because we'd like to be able to read the

CD on any system, not just our own CD-RW. It will also be our primary

backup for the laptop because our portable tape backup is so stinking slow I

don't use it as I should and it using the Zip drive with the laptop is

almost as annoying. Making a backup with our Iomega Ditto Max drives, which

are in two machines here, over our network never seems to go as well as I'd

like thus I'm not confident enough of it. The CD-R will resolve that

problem/worry. The portable tape backup system is one we've had for a

couple of years but we hardly use it anymore, prefers customers and

friends to be responsible for the backup of their system, this way we're not

blamed AT ALL for ANY problems.

Fun, fun fun!

CUL,

Ruthie

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