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Old 03-31-2004, 05:30 AM
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Lightbulb MY SOLUTION

I'm paranoid about loosing data, so:

Besides making data backups on CD, I had my desktop computer built with three cartridge mounted slide out hard drives.

As you can see in the photo, they are all removable from the from of the case.

I use the top one as drive C: and alternately back up on to each of the other drives EVERY NIGHT.

Using Norton Ghost, I clone an image of EVERYTHING on drive C: onto D: and then REMOVE D: from the computer. The next day, I clone C: onto E: and remove.

At any given point in time, I have two complete back ups of my entire system.

The cartridge mounts are $25.00 each sand hard drives are pretty cheap these days. Was it worth it?

The last time something went wrong, I shut down the computer, removed drive C: and replaced it with D:. Took me 30 seconds!
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