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To: Gary Ng who wrote (60848)	7/20/1998 12:25:00 AM
From: TTOSBT	Respond to of 186894

"The HP SureStore CD-Writer Plus 7200e is a reliable external kit that comes with a towering stack of useful software, including an intuitive program that makes archiving files easy. Its average mail-order price of $401, however, makes it the most expensive IDE model in our roundup." TTOSBT

To: Gary Ng who wrote (60848)	7/20/1998 12:41:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Gary - Re: "CD-R is so cheap these days that I can't find a better alternative in terms of cost, speed and reliability." From a media cost standpoint, I agree. However, I wrestled with this decision and came up with a very workable idea (for me at least). I bought a second Hard Disk Drive (8.4 Gigabytes) and installed it in a removable cartridge than can slide in and out from the front of my computer - still working off the IDE connection. This gave me 8.4 Gigs of backup capacity for only $277 (when I bought the drive). Today, the same drive - an IBM - costs only $209. And the BACKUPs are fast! AT full Hard Disk speed. One day, however, I will get a a CD-R or CD-RW drive. Paul