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To: FLACK who wrote (33421)	5/11/2001 4:09:38 PM
From: thestockrider	Respond to of 100058

OT - more on computer setups On the two computers subject subject.... Earthlink DSL allows up to 4 connections from one DSL account. Your provider may (unwittingly) allow this. To do this: run a crossover cable from dsl modem to a hub, connect your computers to hub. One computer can be used for connecting trading applications to known data vendors only, thus can be run with minimal or no runtime anti-virus protection. This will improve speed. The other computer can have full runtime antivirus protection and be used for web browsing and accessing unknown sources. There are a number of good disk backup programs out there. I use NovaStor's NovaDisk and backup to a writeable CD. Its helpful to put programs in different folders from data; this allows restoration of applications separate from data. Applications and original configuration can be restored using a utility like Ghost. On scheduling backups, backups can be scheduled to run nightly. Backup to a different file every other day, or a different file for each day of the week. If you get your computer configured the way you want, but believe that it will go out of whack over time, there is a utility called Ghost that may be helpful. Ghost copies your hard disk to another disk. So if your computer goes whacky, you can use ghost to restore the original image. Then restore your data from the backup location. -thestockrider