Using Misled Facts As Scare Tactics

[Bill_Hancoc]

I dont back up very often...since i dont have files that if i lost would be worth the time to back up...(school essays and ~100+ car pics from the internet) but i recently bought an 80gb hdd from compusa for (brace urself) $9.99 yes $9.99....right now i have more invested in an enclosure for it but it works great and i have had no problems...right now all my music resides on it for ease of partability but if anybody has quibbles about hdd's being expensive that is my story.

Originally Posted by Fruity Pebbles

I myself have had the unfortunate event of droping my laptop only to boot to a blue screen and wasn't able to fix it and have all my data lost because I didn't back it up. (Not that I could back it up any way, my dell didn't come with the Windows back up utility, and I can't really download one myself since it would be pirated software (I think?) and I would lose my A+ Certification.)

If you have an xp disk lying around you can install it from there....microsoft xp home has it on the disk but for some reason removed it from the install list...google for further instructions.

[Adam Shapiro]

Originally Posted by Bill_Hancoc

I dont back up very often...since i dont have files that if i lost would be worth the time to back up...(school essays and ~100+ car pics from the internet)

I would think school files would be worth saving. I suppose an old history essay from freshman year of high school might not be important to you in 10 years or so, but you might change your tune in college. I keep two continuous backups of all of college work, as well as a third on my desktop that I leave at home. Even if you don't necessarily need those files later they're always useful as reference.

Originally Posted by Bill-Hancoc

I recently bought an 80gb hdd from compusa for (brace urself) $9.99 yes $9.99

It's really great how cheap storage space is nowadays. I got a 200GB drive from CompUSA about 2 months ago for $60 after rebates. Granted it's not as cheap as 80GB for $10 but it's still pretty great! I just stuffed it into an aluminum USB 2.0/Firewire enclosure I got for $40 and it was up and running. Works perfectly.