On Sun, 2007-12-09 at 21:03 +0800, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > On Dec 9, 2007 6:53 PM, Morgan Olsson wrote: > > > > I keep a Windows 2k + SP4 + upgrades base install of 2GB on a > > DVD in an file in parallels format. If my windows I run in the parallels > > emulator crash, i have it reinstalled in minutes. > > > > Such would be impossible using vista... > > > > I do not really trust DVDs even though I do occasionally do backup > using DVDs. Nor do I. While they work pretty well for a while I've noticed that after only a year or two some burnt DVDs start becoming suspect. I do use them for backup, but only short term backups. > External USB HDDs are pretty cheap now. At home, each of us (my > wife, her brother and I) uses one computer and each of use has one > external USB HDD: 160GB, 250GB and 320GB. Hehe, HDDs are also my backup medium of choice. I've got a large USB HDD at home that's only plugged in during the weekly backup. It usually carries 6 or 7 or my latest backups at one time. Occasionally I backup to another hard drive that I carry with me to work, that's my offsite backup. I have 15+year old hard drives that have been sitting in a box for many year that still work fine (although what use is a 100MB hard drive these days! :) TTYL -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist