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Melba's Jammin'

In article >,
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>
> > (Steve Pope) wrote:

> >> So you never keep backups older than a month?
> >
> >That's pretty much right. I've never seen a need. In my brain it's
> >sorted out that if I crash, I'd want to be back to where I was just
> >before the crash. I do a full backup, then incrementals nightly until
> >I decide I should clear some space on the drive. Then I trash all but
> >the last full back up and the incrementals that followed it. I do some
> >folders weekly instead of nightly.
>
> I could envision a scenario where I inadvertently delete something
> and don't notice I did so for six months.
> Steve

Now I'd put that in the category of "if you haven't worn it this season,
you don't need it." '-)

I had my Entourage (MS mail client for Mac) database crash once. It was
one way to clear out my mailbox (I save way too much). A year and a
half later I was looking for something I KNEW I'd received by mail and
knew I wouldn't have trashed. I finally figured out that it was lost in
the crash. The earth kept spinning.
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-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
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