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To: Kirk © who wrote (74453)	3/20/2011 9:30:42 PM
From: Sexton O Blake	Respond to of 110626

Belated reply Kirk ... So... you can probably spend an infinite amount of time trying to get the perfect mirror only to have the failure be something new... so having my data is key and I have multiple redundancy with hourly on 3 external drives, weekly on my c-drive and monthly on a hard drive I keep outside the house. Next is to get a second small drive rotate monthly with my safe deposit box or get a 32G SD for my smartphone so I can put my most important files there once a week for added backups. I backup my C: (mirror) so I can get my machine up in running once I swap a new drive in. Otherwise all other backups are merely that - I can open and rip what I need should I accidentally purge something or lose a drive. Going to a safe deposit box is one idea but sounds like a bit more physical work one should have to do nowadays. My opinion is to research internet storage facilities - such as Amazon S3. Cost is minimal based on what you need to backup and there are redundant servers across the country. I suppose a "what if" scenario is good and you still could go to the bank (assuming that is where it is) - as frequent or less frequent. In the case of the bank, if you lose something you are SOL if you are not near it - but put your stuff online somewhere you can always get at it from anywhere.