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  3. September 2005

Re: PC Backup

Gary Kuznitz wrote:
> There is no substitute for a backup on either DVD's or CD's for when
> a hard drive fails.  You should defiantly do it.  

There are better solutions, IMHO ... I don't have hours and hours to
spend burning 20 DVD's every time I want to do a backup.  DVD's make
fine distribution and install media ... but as a backup media, they are
not even close to sufficient.

Personally, I would suggest backing up to a network or a USB/Firewire
attached external drive.

> Be careful.  Run a live test.  Try to remove your current drive and
> put in a drive with nothing on it.  Do a restore and see if it works.

I have ... and it works fine.


david

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