From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tue Feb 14 19:15:43 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1F2Fhjb007407; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:15:43 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1F2Fg2C026424 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:15:42 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k1ENkoFI016692 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:46:50 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k1ENkolI016691 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:46:50 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k1ENNEFI016590 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:23:14 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k1F1ptqs017265 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:51:55 -0700 X-Envelope-From: baldwinman@yahoo.com Tue Feb 14 18:51:55 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1F1ptjb017254 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:51:55 -0700 Received: from web30308.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web30308.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.200.101]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k1F1ptE1013380 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:51:55 -0700 Received: (qmail 58648 invoked by uid 60001); 15 Feb 2006 01:51:50 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=jKoaHiZOpWVZz4lgYUc2tEc5dUaaVjGS2tL2pvD6ZVhOd/u+KH6ODPWJDRiKyevAGVmgvAlDN1TWgfXKtnLtIxV+TozYjK8NEXEnYjdj6tGDLge08IgAKOEJcvlAhF1djl8iD53ERURYhoYgnf5aErnpIEp6JVSyrEqqC3pJvkU= ; Message-ID: <20060215015150.58646.qmail@web30308.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [67.8.251.36] by web30308.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:51:50 PST Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:51:50 -0800 (PST) From: Baldwin To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <200602141702.k1EH2Kgw026394@lists5.rootsweb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com X-Spam-Score: 2.287 (**) BAYES_05,FORGED_YAHOO_RCVD Subject: [ROOTS-L] Warning about relying strictly on external harddrives A caveat about using external harddrives for files. I had placed ALL my data, photos, and backups on an external harddrive USB that was less than a year old and never gave me any problems - until that is - I reformatted my computer harddrive and went to hook the external harddrive back up. In cleaning and moving my system around the external harddrive was shook too hard and stopped working. So there I sat with years of records not on the computer main drive and the external harddrive with all the back-up data now a paperweight. I checked with several tech people who said it would be a couple hundred dollars to fix the external harddrive (which I do not have as I am unemployed) so for many months I started to rebuild the data and periodically did the old hit the external harddrive and hoped it would work. Well eventually it decided to work again and I was able to transfer the items to CD. While the external harddrive is an excellent source to save memory on the main system, it is possible to lose data. I now use a new external harddrive as backup AND make a quick copy on the CD. It may be an extra bothersome step, but much better than having to beg people to resend info (if you are lucky and they are still alive) and go back to all those internet sites and download hundreds and hundreds of items. Chances are slim that you will lose data on both drives - but it can happen. CDs can also be placed in safe deposit boxes or sent to other relatives in case a fire or flood hits your house unexpectantly. -stephen