Biennial Crash Testing

[Holly Lisle]

> 	Have you considered an automatic tape backup?  They aren't expensive, 
> and any RN who can deal with a vent, art lines and the like should be able to 
> put the drive in the computer, or get one that works thru the printer port, 
> and requires no installation. 

Yeah.  I had, and have, one.  It's slow, loud, clumsy, and too small 
to back up my whole hard drive, requiring several hours and a 
couple of tape changes.  As a result, I don't use it regularly . . . and 
I can see where that gets me.  I know me.  I am religious about 
backing up my writing -- have a zip drive and save everything I'm 
writing to it a couple of times a session, just because its quick and 
easy and reliable.  I need to find something as elegant as the zip 
drive that will back up the whole hard drive.  Found this digital thing 
the other day that would back up 30 gigs at a pop (certainly more 
than I need now or am likely to need in  the near future), but it was 
a) three hundred dollars, and b) required a 5 1/2" internal drive bay 
and an open ISE slot, and c) didn't come with the cartridge, which I 
couldn't find in the store, and d) I had never heard of the maker.  So 
I'm still looking.

 I had a problem with constant crashes when 
> Windows 95 first came out.  If you have an early copy of Windows 98, you need 
> to go to www.msn.com and download the service pack, which might make it more 
> stable. 
> 
> Susie
> Tech Support 

I did.  Now my Gizmos won't work.

I hate Windows.

Holly
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