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To: Zeddie88 who wrote (9142)	10/24/1999 4:02:00 AM
From: RJL	Respond to of 14778

Howdy Sue, When you make an image of your drive, it pretty much takes a 'snapshot' of everything on your drive. It will then compress it, and store everything in one file (the entire Windows install, all your programs, settings...everything). Since you have a couple of partitions already set up, you can easily image your C: after a good clean install, and store the image file on either D: or E: ... So if you're unsatisfied with your C: drive, or if Windows craps out on you, you can easily restore the image in a couple of minutes. It will overwrite the 'corrupt' install with the fresh one you had made before. All in all, Drive Image is highly recommended. Drive Copy is also quite useful when installing several boxes at the same time (assuming the configuration is the same). I use it regularily at work. For another media to backup your documents, I would go with the zip drive. It's easier to setup, and unless you make copies of programs, or archive a LOT of data on a regular basis, it should do a regular user just fine. The internal ZIP 250Mg Drives should cost about $200 CAD. If you do decide to go with a CD-RW, I recommend Yamaha hands-down. The latest SCSI model is the best burner I've ever worked with. The complete kit with a SCSI card does get a little pricey though (approx $600.00 CAD). Hewlett-Packard also makes a good IDE drive. Don't touch the Mitsumi one though. The numbers you see represent the write/re-write/read speeds of the drive. A standard drive today is about 6 write / 4 re-write / 24 read. A 4X write is a minimum. The re-write speed doesn't come into play as much, as it is used when you erase a disc. (assuming you are using CD-RW's, and not CD'R's). The read speed is irrelevant, because you normally read and copy from your discs using your regular CD-ROM. Rich

To: Zeddie88 who wrote (9142)	10/24/1999 1:15:00 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

DI, PI, DC ... 1) I make an image of Windows' partition and an image of my 'other stuff' partition. I store these images on a third, 'backup', partition. 2) I use a Zip drive, but if I could start over, I'd get a CD burner, since a CD'll hold six Zips (100s) and I could read them with my DVD. This sounds nuts, but I use a laptop and must switch Zip and DVD hardware. If I had a desktop with bays for both and could use both simultaneously, I'd view things differently. I'd recommend a 250 Zip over a 100 Zip. 3) Some re-writable CD's must be read by the drive that wrote them. Again, using a laptop, I'd want to use my DVD/Floppy away from home and would want to carry a write-once CD of my 'stable' image. At home, I'd use an external Re-writable CD-ROM and re-writable CDs. Cheers, PW.