<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">How about being paranoid, once upon a time I used to work for an office in the USAF that published the weekly flying schedules for the SR71, U2, T38 and KC135 aircrafts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This was in the days of 5 inch floppy disks.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Well every Friday at noon I would always back up this schedule.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A printed copy was produced every Friday afternoon and literally the whole based depended on this schedule.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">Well a couple of months after I got transferred to another office and was walking back through my old office.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My replacement had not bothered to continue the practice of backing up the flying schedule and you guess it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The folks from the base IT department were there attempting to find the lost data.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the end they had to rebuilt the complete scheduled from the ground up.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It took the whole weekend and many hours of extra work.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">The moral to this story is to always back up your data.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When you update your computer and or software always keep the previous versions on another computer and make copies for you new computer to use.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And only when you are really comfortable with the new computer and or software I might then entertain the thought of migrating to the newer versions.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">Eugene</FONT></SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: LinLouVan@aol.com<BR>To: or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 10:19:51 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific<BR>Subject: Re: [or-roots] Test - Backing Up<BR><BR><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000>
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<DIV>What a great idea Eugene! And people tease me about being organized!</DIV>
<DIV>Linda VanOrden</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 2/2/2010 10:16:40 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, eugenemelvin.roots@comcast.net writes:</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">One of the things I enjoy about reading emails on this list and others related list I subscribed to is the fact that I am always learning something new.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">And I know we have all heard about backing up our data.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But I do not believe I have heard anyone suggest backing up web sites that are important to you.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">Since I have four computers, two for home use and two for travel including researching I am a firm believer in the use of portable hard drives.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have six of them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Two in a safe deposit box at all times.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And I rotate them at least once a month.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">So If I find a web site on this computer that I want to revisit I save it here and then part of my monthly or pre travel check list it to back everything up on a least two portable hard drives and secure one hard drive and take another one with me when I travel.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">Below are the steps I take to access the folder containing the web sites important to me.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I then copy and paste the complete contents of this folder to a new folder on my portable hard drive.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">I hope this helps.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">C:\</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">C:\Documents and Settings</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">C:\Documents and Settings\user</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">C:\Documents and Settings\user\Favorites</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">C:\Documents and Settings\user\Favorites\FAMILY RESEARCH</FONT></SPAN></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></div></body></html>