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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (6898)	3/29/1999 1:26:00 AM
From: White Shoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Good advice. I back up essential files (documents, browser settings, e-mail files) on Zip disks. It seems like every couple of years I need to start from scratch in a lot of senses. It's better to start with a fresh disk rather than a 'clone' of the old one with all the old junk lying around there... but this means setting up a lot of software with preferred settings all over again... I don't really know a good way to back up all that stuff, other than painstakingly going through everything I do with my computer and saving individual files. Definitely 'cloning' a drive with bad sectors and a lot of convoluted junk (a lot of installing and uninstalling software) & old baggage seems like an unappetizing way to start fresh with a new hard drive.