Re: extra drive

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From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 02/18/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 22:25:14 -0600

Hemlock wrote:
> Yes you can
>
> Buy a firewire or USB type drive or external harddrive.
> When you are up on the internet do not connect the drive.
> Before you connect or copy to it it do a full virus scan.
>
> Periodically scan the external drive.
>
> I have an older Western Digital drive for photos music and other
> stuff.
>
> In 3 years I have had no problems with the 2nd drive.
>
> Hemlock

Yes you can, what?

And although your methodology is generally safe.. I still recommend backups
of what is on the external drive...

One drop and all your stuff could be scrambled into nothingness. 

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