Hi Thomas, the old drive I had was actually similar to a phone or ipod in
that it was a square device, but thinking about it now, it was more trouble
than it was worth, it sat on a small base, like a docking station, and had 2
usb cables plugged into it, and the other ends went into my computer. What
I'd really like, is one that's more like a tiny memory stick, where you just
take the cap off the end and slide it in to a single usb port, but I don't
know which make is the best, or where would have them in the uk. I struggle
to trust sites like ebay and buying products which are used. I also have a
really ancient perkins brailer, but the keys are jammed lol. The only other
way I can think of to back up my keys, is to have a sighted person write
them down for me.
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Ward
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 4:10 AM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam?
Hi Lori,
That's strange, but what I have learned the hard way is one should
always make backups of their backups. Especially, if it is something
very important.
for example, here in the US a USB flash drive is under $20 in US
dollars so is probably less in pounds. I have a couple of them I keep
in my desk drawer just for extremely important information like
product keys so even if my main backup system gets damaged in some way
I have an alternative source to go get that data. Perhaps you can
consider something similar in the future.
I know this will sound extremely harsh, but in a lot of cases it isn't
the responsibility of the company or individual who sells you a
product to replace your product key if you lose it. Corporations like
Microsoft charge big fees if you lose your product keys therefore it
is in the end user's best interests to find a way to backup that
information in multiple ways to avoid paying for new keys. If you
don't safeguard that information then it will cost you money to get
new keys. We are fortunate that most audio game developers aren't
quite that strict about key replacement policies and perhaps that is
why so many blind customers are extremely lax about their keys, and
just assume if something happens they deserve a free key replacement
even though in the real world that kind of service would be rare.
On 8/30/14, loriduncan <lori_dunca...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi, it is totally wrong. I got Super Egghunt Pluss for Christmas last
year,
and had all my keys saved to my portible hard drive as well as my c drive.
The c drive got infected with a really bad virus, meaning I had to get it
replaced, and when i inserted the back-up drive to put my keys back into
the
computer, I was told the drive was corrupted, so ended up losing
everything
anyway.
What he should consider is a key retrievel system, with so many keys
allowed
per year.
From Lori.
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