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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (48708)	12/17/2005 6:06:50 AM
From: thecow	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 110596

I couldn't agree more. I started using a program like Ghost (Acronis True Image) a few months ago and I don't see how I ever did without it. On second thought, yes I do see. Every few months when some new program I was trying would not work out or I had some sort of computing problem I would spend hours (if not days) trying to figure out what happened and how to fix it. Inevitably I would end up spending the better part of a day or two starting over from scratch and reinstalling everything. I now make images about every two weeks and keep them on a second hard drive. Barring a disaster that kills both hard drives, I can recover from a complete crash in less than 20 minutes. Takes about thirty minutes to make the Image and verify it and is unattended. I start the process and eat dinner or watch a 30 minute TV show and come back and it's done. I am now a devout believer in imaging!

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (48708)	1/15/2006 7:14:37 PM
From: Casaubon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 110596

I am trying to backup my critical data to a CD-RW disc. I have been trying to drag a drop a specific folder onto the disc. The files start to copy and then I get a pop up window which says the following: The file 'Thumbs.db' has extra information attached to it that might be lost if you continue copying. The contents of the file will not be affected. Do you want to copy the file anyway? The following info is displayed below that message: Thumbs.db Type: Data Base File Date Modified: 12/14/2005 8:34 PM Size: 16.5 KB I searched my hardrive for this file and came up with nothing! I am paranoid about a virus. I have scanned my computer for a virus and found nothing (though I do need to renew my virus definition service. It is out of date since oct 2005). Can anyone offer any advice or insight? TIA.