It’s been a while since I’ve made a pest of myself and reminded everyone to backup all of their important files. I do that occasionally, and although you may not want to hear it, I’ll continue to be a backup pest regardless.
I routinely make backups of both my web sites (and their associated databases) and my home computer files. By “routinely”, I mean every single day. ...
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I had hoped that I could become less hard drive dependent by running off of Portable Apps, but my hopes were dashed today. This might be useful for some people, but the fact that the apps load and run EXTREMELY slowly makes it a deal-killer for me. If you do decide to try it out, make sure you have several hours free to install the apps. Some are quick, but some take a really long time to install.
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Yesterday, when discussing how I plan to survive my next computer crash, I mentioned that I was going to start storing music and photos on thumbdrives (USB Flash drives). Since that time, I’ve come to the conclusion that I *may* be able to run most of what I do from a USB flash drive. I’ve ordered a 2 GB flash drive and when it comes in, I intend to install a bunch of portable apps onto it. ...
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