[AT] computer problems

Bigdog dbigdog at columbus.rr.com
Mon Jan 17 07:19:46 PST 2005


Thumb drives are great for transfer of data from one computer to another.  My son will take a project from work home to work on it in the evenings and then bring the results back to work.  It also means that we both don't have to take a digital camera with us to family functions or shows.  It's a quick easy download of picture files etc.  I would not rely on it for long term storage, but I don't think that's what they were intended for.

Bigdog
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: dglass 
  To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
  Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 9:46 AM
  Subject: Re: [AT] computer problems


  I am not sure I understand what these thumbdrives are good for.  Maybe 
  they are improved now, but previously you could not put anything 
  important on them because they were unreliable and often caused peoples 
  computers to crash..  I just bought a new dual layer dvd writer for 
  $65.  It will write 4.7 gig on a 50 cent dvd or 9gig on a more expensive 
  dvd.  It also writes cd's which are about 10 cents. Both of which are 
  reliable.  It doesn't seem like you could back up much on 256 meg or 512mb.

  pga2 at hot1.net wrote:

  >Just got an ad-email from PC SupplySource for one of these.
  >They use a USB port. This one is USB 2.0 and 512Mb for $44.
  >I'm looking to get one this week.
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  >http://www.pcsupplysource.com/
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  >Phil
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  >>From    : George Willer <gwill at toast.net>
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  >To      : Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-
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  >Subject : Re: [AT] computer problems
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  >I just received my new thumb drive yesterday and played with it a little. 
  >It's an amazing device!  They call it a thumb because of its' size.  It 
  >plugs into the slot on the back of your computer and becomes another drive. 
  >Why this is important (among other reasons) is that you can get one to copy 
  >all your files to and then remove it... and even carry it on your key chain. 
  >Now your backups are safe.
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  >My son Joe introduced me to them when he was here for Christmas.  He showed 
  >my his that he says carries all the files for his universities web site, all 
  >the information for the radio station he manages, and all his personal files 
  >from several computers.  Just plug it in and go.
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  >I've been moving hundreds of files to it from my PC and then plugging it in 
  >to my new laptop.  INCREDIBLE!
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  >I just got a small one... 256 meg, and it only cost delivered about $80.
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  >George Willer
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