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To: mr.mark who wrote (20284)	6/7/2001 1:30:06 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110653

Mark Twain once wrote that if a cat sits on a hot stove-top, it'll never sit on another stove-top again -- even a cold one. I once encountered a completely destroyed system. The user proudly presented me with the back-up tape, and said it was current, having done his duty with it the previous evening. As you probably guessed, the tape contained one day of data files --- No system, no programs, no history. He wasn't entering the correct commands and he'd been creating one-day backups for years. This was a case of human error in two parts: One, his back-up procedure was flawed; and two, his back-ups were never put to the test. Cheers, PW.