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To: QwikSand who wrote (9149)	10/24/1999 3:42:00 PM
From: Michael G. Potter	Respond to of 14778

My 2 cents on back-up media: When I built my computer this spring, I decided to install an LS-120 drive instead of a floppy. I also installed a 8.4G HD, a DVD-ROM drive, and a CD-R/RW drive. All my IDE channels are now full, but I like my set-up. The LS-120 drive is handy for backing up files that are larger than a standard floppy but much too small to use a CD-R for (for example, my Quicken files). I have an LS-120 drive for my Dell laptop at work as well and this lets me easily bring Powerpoint presentaions home to work on. I also take advantage of my higher speed connection at work to DL files and the LS-120 is great to bring them home. I use my CD-R/RW drive to store big files like pictures. I have a 2 1/2 year old and have scanned a bunch of pictures. I burn them to a CD-R and then wipe them from the HD to save space. I also have made a CD-R of all the current drivers for my system's cards. I've updated that once already (burned a new CD-R and chucked the old one). I'm not too concerned about the operating system and programs, I have the disks for all of them. I'm more worried about data and I try to make a back-up once a week or so (more if I make a big change to a file). Usually the LS-120 drive is fine for this. DriveImage is a good program, I just haven't seen the need to buy it. I really like my DVD-ROM drive. I've attached a X-10 DVD Anywhere to the TV out of my Voodoo3 3000 card and now I can watch DVD's on my TV if I want, or on my 19' monitor. The DVD-ROM (a 5x Sony) does fine as a CD ROM drive as well. I just built myself a box to experiment with Linux on. I don't see much need for it in the average user's home right now. I like to fool around with computers, but Linux (I'm using Red Hat 6.0 and GNOME) is a pain to configure. I was considering using it on my old machine so I could network my home lan to an ASDL or cable modem, but I'm pretty happy with NAT32 (http://www.nat32.com) which is a windows program. Michael

To: QwikSand who wrote (9149)	10/24/1999 5:37:00 PM
From: Stuart T	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

I have not tried this by why not make the CDR that has the image on it a bootable CD with DI and the actual image. I may have to give it a try.