[AT] Here we go again

[Jim & Lyn Evans]

Now take the CDs and store them offsite.  Maybe your safe deposit box.  I
have a bunch of CDs stored in a zip lock bag in my shop.  If the house ever
burns down I still have a backup of my pictures, finances, etc.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Bob McNitt
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:42 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Here we go again

>Larry,  store all those pics on CD NOW

Larry -

If I could add to Charlie's advice about storing your images on CD (or DVD)
...Something I got in the habit of several years ago might also be worth
consideration.

I purchased a 20-gig external hard drive that I store backups of just about
ALL of my critical or important programs & data on. I also usually keep
images & videos on either CDs or DVDs to save space and make them readily
available. 

Case in point happened just yesterday when the hard drive on my #1 Dell
desktop PC crashed. I already have a new replacement hard drive on the way
(www.geeks.com). Once I install it and the OS, I can copy all my external
folders & files to it and thus get back to a semblance of normalcy without
losing hardly anything.

We seldom consider what happens when a hard drive crashes, but it can be
devastating to lose all the data that may have taken years to accumulate,
and much of it -- like images -- will be gone forever unless there's a
separate backup storage system in place.

Bob
In snow upstate NY
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