I've got an 80GB 2.5" drive that I bought for a portable USB that I am going to stick in. Then I will get a bigger 2.5" drive to put into the USB case.
My backup solution is twofold. All my data is backup with JungleDisk to my Amazon S3 account. So even if the worst happens and my house burns down, I still have everything I need. S3 is pretty cheap to, like $0.10/GB per month I think. I also use SyncToy from Microsoft to sync the Jungle Drive data on both my main PC and laptop so I can access it from both places. Secondly, I use Acronis True Image to do images of my system weekly. I keep the original fresh install once I have everything perfect and then do a differential each week. That way if I screw something up I can go back to a previous image. I usually keep about 2 months worth of images. ----- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Are there any incompatibility things that I should be on the look out > for? > > Or are most notebook drives pretty much interchangeable? > > That unit sold with 30/40 GB drives, there might be a BIOS limitation on > going much larger. I would guess an 80Gb would work. Get a 7200 RPM > drive, it's worth the extra $. > > Get two drives and keep an up to date image on the second drive: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290208228552 > If you shop around, you may find it even cheaper. Be sure you are > getting the PATA version. > > Between full images, you can copy email folders, etc. to the second > drive. If the internal drive fails, just pop in the second drive. Back > up and running in a few minutes. > > I replaced my laptop drive well before it could go bad, and use it as > the second drive. It's seldom turned on, so it should last a long time. > And the upgrade from 5400 to 7200 was a nice bonus. > > Also, never move a laptop while it's powered up. I know there are > commercials with someone sitting on the couch with the unit in their lap. > The big print giveth and the fine print taketh away. All of the fine > print that comes with laptops, that I've read, say not to move it while > it's running. > > Regards, > Al >
