[muglo] Re: lost

on 21/1/02 17:28, Jim Taylor at hawk@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> 
> This has not been a good day. First thanks Chris, I knew it would be
> something simple.
> Here's something tougher. Trashed something I shouldn't have and dumped the
> trash. Went to Norton to untrash it. found file but norton says I can't save
> it back to my hard drive, it should be saved to a disc. Since i have a G4
> and, of course, no place for discs, what do I do now? Why did I get rid of
> my typewriter? jim

Set up a RAM disk (Memory control panel) that is large enough to store the
file (unless your file is too big in which case you'll need to find a buddy
and network your computer to their's).

NO BACKUP???!!!!

CD-RW drives are _dirt_ cheap nowadays. If all you have in your G4 is a 24x
CD-ROM you could easily get it replaced by a Sony 8/4/20 CD-RW for $100 CDN
+ tax! IDE Sony drives boot and are 100% Mac compatible (since that's what
Apple often uses in their machines) Give Terry Steeper (519-294-0648) a call
and he could probably do it for you in a matter of minutes (and for a
nominal fee compared to your typical computer repair huckster).

You also have the choice of getting an internal IDE Zip drive (100 MB or 250
MB). Not recommended though (drive is more $$$ than even top-of-the-line IDE
CD-RWs): they're WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too expensive (and, unreliable in the
long run). Media will cost you an arm and a leg. Each 250 MB ZIP disk = $25.
Each 700 MB CD-R = $0.50 (plus will work in _any_ CD-ROM). 0.7 GB * 50 = 35
GB for the cost of 0.250 GB in ZIPs. I recently picked up 25 blank CD-Rs for
$10.

Anyway, you could also go with a FireWire or USB (or SCSI) CD-RW or ZIP
drive. They're more expensive (2-3x) but have the advantage that you can
move them to other machines simply by unplugging. I'd replace your internal
CD-ROM with a CD-RW. It's cheap, effective and gives you a built-in backup
solution (and it sounds like you desperately need one... I try to back up my
important stuff every two weeks and minor stuff every month (I have a 2 GB
partition on our department's network drive that I also use to store
stuff)). When backup media costs $0.40+tax/700 MB I have no qualms about
backing up every two weeks! Consider the headaches you save with FORTY
cents. The amount of food the typical person wastes in a day exceeds that,
probably by a factor of 10 (crumbs, unfinished dinner, rotten food that gets
thrown out, junk food (that requires extra trips to the gym anyway), etc.).

Eric.



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