In article >, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>Christine wrote:
>> Heya folks,
>>
>> I did it again. And I was just getting ready to back everything
>> up...I even got a new backup hard drive. But not soon enough, it
>> seems. My hard drive, or something caused my laptop to die.
>>
>> So..I lost all recipes. I have been saving tons of them from rfc for
>> years now..and if you have posted recipes in the past year or so...I
>> would love to see them again. I can't even begin to remember which
>> ones I had in my files.
>>
>> I am hoping to retrieve some of these files...but in the meantime...
>>
>
>I'm very sorry to hear this! However, there's no way I (and probably many
>others) can remember all the recipes posted in the past year, either. While
>I love my computer, this is why I always write down recipes I've acquired,
>whether I've tried them or just want to try them. Index cards are your
>friend

So's a backup CDR and/or USB thumb drive. I just can't imagine that
there are people out there who don't keep a back up of all files they
would hate to lose! It's such a trivial job it should be done daily.

Cheers, Phred.

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