Very Computer

hi,

I need a device to back-up the HD of my PC. (tapestreamer probably)).

I want to take a full backup every time I take a backup. I case of a
disk crash then I would restore the tape on a new disk .....(Is this
the way to do it??)
I was wondering if the Sony Storstation or the IOMEGA 2GB would be a
good idea. Any other suggestions? I have a 1.4GB HD in my
laptop.(Win95)

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Jim Reidford

Personally I'd partition my drive into programs and data and then
back up the data on a CD-R. Blank CDs are only about $1 (or less)
these days.

A method which is becoming attractive is use of "Removable HDD Racks"

Now that HDD' are becoming very low-priced, you can buy a MATCHED pair
of large HDD's (perhaps 1.5 Gb each)  and a pair of these frames and
slides.  They are very simple.  A fixed frame mounts into an unused
external drive bay in your machine. You wire to that frame as if it is
a HDD (power cable and ribbon connectors).  You mount your hdd's on the
removable slides, connect the power and ribbon cable in the frame to the
hdd. Now you push the slide into the frame which you mounted in your
machine.

All the power and ribbon connections are carried across  to the slide
via a matching set of connectors that slide into each other as you push
the slide into position.

You just set up the removable as if it is a second HDD. The facty that
it is removable shud not make any difference.

This system is very useful if you use different OS's (dos unix OS2)
or if you are a lawyer or accountant or someone who wants to  get
sensitive or important info into safe storage easily.

Hope this helps.

Charlie

Using matched pair of hdd's is important unless you want to go into
setup every time you exchange the removable hdd.

Of course, if you will only use one removable drive, this is not a
consideration.  
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I use a tape drive and also use cheyenne backup for windows 95,  I don;t
like the ease of use of the tape software could be alot better but if
your disk crashes all you do is put in the tape and a boot disk that
Cheyenne creates and it will restore the whole thing.  Been there done
that.

Rich