On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 9:59 PM, John Paine <johnapa...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Most retail electronics places sell 4GB drives for about $15 or less. Get > one QUICKLY and save your documents, etc. You may wish to work only from the > flash drive and save a duplicate on the hard drive. I don't know much about > the hard drives, but I would suggest that the date/time thing is from a bad > PRAM battery. > > Best of luck, > John > John you get what you pay for with those cheap flash drives read the article I posted it isnt the only one stating that caveat speed, longevity, and security cost more and I dont mean encryption when I say security, I mean being secure in knowing what you think you put there is actually there when you go back to get it
and I also think the OP should replace the pram bat before trying anything else Al -- I'm a PC (mac, dvr, phone, and more....) AND I RUN LINUX!!! Jerome K. Jerome - "I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
