Re: [PCTECH] Backup data from a laptop

[Greywolf Computer Services <greywolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Any thing you do that is going to be fairly simple will cost you 
something.  If I was doing what you want to do, I would look for a used 
parallel port tape backup drive like the Iomega Ditto drives.... or 
something similar.   A quick check of Ebay showed at least one with two 
tapes for under ten dollars when I looked.     Another thing you could do, 
is get a PCMCIA CDRW drive.  Again, used ones wouldn't be too much.  You 
don't need the newest hardware to work with that older machine.

At 01:55 PM 1/23/04, Peter Vidal wrote:
> Hi list!
>
> I need to help a friend who has a laptop at his church to project images 
> with MS
> PowerPoint only.  It has Win/98 with a lot of unneeded stuff in there.  It is
> giving a lot of trouble at this time.  I told him about initialize the HD and
> replace the OS.  The only trouble we have is that it only has a CD reader 
> and a
> floppy drive 3.5.  How can I do a backup of all his user data without be
> involved in any extra cost?
>
> Obviously, I just have five floppies in a little box somewhere...
>
> Ready to receive advices...
>
> Best regards and a much better weekend for all!
> Peter Vidal

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