Hi everyone I'd like to move the topic forward, to talk about backing up <g>
It is a good idea to have several places and means of storage for important files (any file is important if you don't want to lose it!). I have just increased the external drive for the weekly computer back up to 500 GB. Shocking to me when my first memory stick held a 'massive' 1 MB. I haven't used optical media (CD/DVD) for file back up in ages but it is the very least one can use. USB/Flash (memory sticks) hold more, it is faster to transfer and as a unit tidier than fussing with disks. >From time to time I check the data I still have on disks to make sure it is still 'there' but eventually it will be moved to another location. Uploading large files isn't practical for those on dialup (there are still a few of us with coal-fired internet!) but I have been able to use online storage sometimes, and it has sure come in handy. Lace content: With pictures on a 'stick', I can take my netbook to a lace meeting for lace show and tell :) The upshot is, free advice to anyone not yet in the habit of backing up files, now would be a good time to start. Be prepared for storage technology to change yet again - as it does. On 9/13/11, Brenda Paternoster <paternos...@appleshack.com> wrote: > Saving info from floppy to a current form of storage is very necessary if > the data is important, but a memory stick isn't the most reliable way - a > hard drive or CD/DVD is better, and/or upload to a remote server somewhere. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
