> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter L. Peres [SMTP:plp@ACTCOM.CO.IL]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 8:32 PM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: [EE]: How robust is a HDD?
>
> On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Stuart Meier wrote:
>
> *>Sorry I don't have any suggestions, but this thread has made me double
> *>check my Back-up routine....I dupe all the data files from each of my
> *>two machines to its partner over the Lan each night. Tempted now to put
> *>in a second HDD in each machine and set it to cross copy each every
> *>third night.
>
> I once took to putting a second drive into the computer to make backups (I
> am not afraid of spikes, I run through a UPS). This worked fine, until
> some sunny day one of the drives failed. It was the backup drive and it
> failed when I had just deleted some things to make room, knowing they were
> backed up.  Whatever you do, wherever you go, Murphy is watching you.
>
> Peter
>
As soon as you delete one copy, you no longer have a backup!

Mike

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