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Date:	Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:54:02 -0700
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Backing up

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jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net wrote:

> How do others back up, i.e. with what software, etc.?

There was a time when I had backup utilities and tape drives. Those
days are long gone.

The easiest backup today is a storage box on a P-P. I must assume that
by now everyone has at least one old left over computer. A P1 works
fine with OS/2. I have an AMD 550 that runs current OS/2. And I have
had OS/2 see drives larger than the BIOS could see.

The old computer is free. I just bought two 500G HDDs for $80 each.
Simple routers are about $40, maybe less. 4OS2 for copying only the
files that have changed is free.

Then just copy your entire computer to the storage box. And you have a
backup that is real files, no compression. If you want one file or a
whole tree just copy it to where you want it. A decent file manager helps.

Ray

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