Re: Computer Backup

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:19:45 GMT, Elliot Richmond
<xmrichmond@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:59:14 -0500, Bob Giddings <bobg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


I've got an extended warranty I want to use for this, but I need
to back up everything again before hand. Any time you send off a
laptop for repairs, the HD often gets wiped even if they don't
need to.

I am thinking about buying a back up HD system, and wonder what
you guys are using for that. I've always just backed up critical
files, but then I've never before experienced a crash like this
last one. I couldn't even get to DOS on the hard drive. No safe
mode. No system restore. A black screen of death.

I second the USB hard drive. However, I would suggest Fry's which is
on N. Mopac between IH35 and 183, close to Parmer Lane.

XP has a handy backup utility built in:

Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools --> Backup.

Just don't shoot it if it acts squirrelly.


Elliot Richmond
Itinerant astronomy teacher

As long as it doesn't actually crap in my coffee cup, it should
be safe.

Bob


http://www.arcatapet.net/bobgiddings
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