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To: Patrick Slevin who wrote (40262)	3/26/2004 12:41:43 PM
From: Jerry Held	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110652

Hello Patrick: My neighbor just backed up a huge file (60Gig) onto a 80 Gig USB harddrive. I don't know the name of the manufacturer but just letting you know that the option does exist. Jerry

To: Patrick Slevin who wrote (40262)	3/26/2004 2:05:48 PM
From: RMP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

I use a 120 GB Maxtor (7200rpm). It has one USB and two Firewire (1394) ports. Once you back up your large files and load the OS and applications it would be a good idea to regularly creat an image (exact copy) of your drive on a regular basis. This way if anything gets messed up you can easily restore everything. I image my machine weekly and it has saved my but many times in the past. I use Drive image 7.0 to create and restore from the external drive.

To: Patrick Slevin who wrote (40262)	3/26/2004 3:18:48 PM
From: Nemer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

backup drive here is one from Dell ... now, I know there will be better prices than this, but this is similar to what you'll need accessories.us.dell.com of course, with all the money you won at the golferballcountryclub betting on St Joe's, the two hunnert is a mere pittance

To: Patrick Slevin who wrote (40262)	3/26/2004 3:28:37 PM
From: Nemer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110652

backup hd .. knowing how verrrrrry busy you are I thought I'd find a cheaper one for you ... 200 G and a hard drive enclosure shop4.outpost.com shop4.outpost.com 160 G for $89.99 ($20+$50 MIR) - Seagate ST3160023A - @ BestBuy on sale 03/21-03/27

To: Patrick Slevin who wrote (40262)	3/26/2004 5:12:57 PM
From: malibuca	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110652

Once you have resolved your immediate problem regarding backing up your existing hard drive, it would seem that your situation is one that would merit consideration of a RAID 1 configuration. It is a relatively inexpensive solution. It is not difficult to do and you would essentially have a mirror image of your hard drive at all times without having to worry about backing anything up. If ever your main drive crashes or otherwise malfunctions you can just replace it with the mirror drive and you are good to go, again. I have this set-up on one of my computers where I have a lot of data stored that is very valuable and also would be a huge hassle to constantly back-up.