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In news:%23uqmz24bFHA.584@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
Lavert <b_lavert@bellsouth.net> typed:
> Ken And All Others Who Responded To My Request:
>
> Thank you all for your responses. I should have said on sale
> at
> Office Depot.
Thanks. That sounds much more likely.
> I am looking for portability as much as anything. I
> know 4GB will fill up quickly. Since I do not have but 3GB on
> hard
> drive I think it will suffice.
It will suffice for a single backup, but you will have no ability
to have more than one generation of backup at a time. I'm
personally unhappy with that degree of protection, but if you
think it's adequate, it's your choice.
> In addition to Windows XP Home
> Edition, I only have three other applications on board. Thank
> you
> all again.
You didn't say how big the drive is. You may have only 3GB on the
drive at present, but it's unlikely that you will have so little
on it for long. If it were me, I wouldn't want to invest that
much money on such a small backup device; my prediction is that
you'll outgrow it much sooner than you think.
--
Ken Blake
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> in
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>> "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in
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>>> In news:%23CLEGx2bFHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
>>> Lavert <b_lavert@bellsouth.net> typed:
>>>
>>>> Anyone know anything about I/O Magic 4GB USB 2.0 Micro
>>>> Drive?
>>>> On
>>>> sale at Home Depot for $99.00. Am considering this one for
>>>> backing
>>>> up my hard drive. Thnaks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I know nothing about it (and am surprised to hear that Home
>>> Depot
>>> sells such things), but let me ask how big is your drive? If
>>> you're actually thinking about about backing up the drive
>>> (not
>>> just a few files on it), 4GB is probably *way* too small.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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