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To: dg_flier who wrote (11050)	8/5/2000 10:22:37 PM
From: mr.mark	of 110652

terry, i think others here may have better backup systems than mine, but i'll kick in my two cents. i've been using iomega 1gb ext jaz drive for 3+ years and like it fine. i can get almost 2gb on a storage disk via compression, and i can carry over seamlessly to a second disk for full system backups. incremental backups are obviously much faster because they add only those files that have changed since last backup. i installed a pci scsi card. data transfer is about 30-40 minutes for 2gb. jaz drives also come in 2gb size. i like the flexibility of the jaz in that i can make rescue disks that, when used with a boot floppy, will restart me in windows in case of a bad crash. and i also use the jaz disks for lots and lots of normal file storage that isn't in the category of full system backup. i shuttle the drive between two machines at home, which requires that i have the scsi card in each box, and i keep a power supply and cable hooked up to each computer for quick attachment of the external drive. like i say, it isn't the hottest way to go, nor least expensive, but it works fine for me. :) mark

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