To: evand AT scn DOT org
Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DOS utilities)
Message-ID: <19970527.190556.5031.0.chambersb@juno.com>
References: <Pine DOT OSF DOT 3 DOT 96 DOT 970527183108 DOT 5908A-100000 AT beta DOT tricity DOT wsu DOT edu>
From: chambersb AT juno DOT com (Benjamin D Chambers)
Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 22:07:50 EDT
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On Tue, 27 May 1997 18:35:49 -0700 (PDT) Evan Dickinson
<evand AT beta DOT tricity DOT wsu DOT edu> writes:
>
>
>On Tue, 27 May 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:
>[snip]
>> 
>> Another thought against this method...
>> 
>> What if the "special file" gets corrupted or deleted, and there
>> is no way to recover it?  Keep in mind, this file could have as
>> many as 50 or more directory paths in it...
>> 
>> I rest my case.
>
>I restore my backup.  Files that important are worth keeping a backup 
>of.


How many new users do you know who blithely go on using their computers
for months (ok, they're not exactly _new_ anymore :) and then - CRASH!!!

"Backup?  Well, uhhh, I think I got around to it sometime...  Uhh... 
Maybe their in that box..."

The best parachute in the world won't save you if it's opened after you
hit the ground :)

...Chambers

(Notice I said 'best', not 'biggest'!  Bigger is quite often worse, not
the other way around!!!)