I'll second Mike's decision to back things up manually. There's nothing worse than trying to restore a backup only to find that it never backed up properly. If you do it manually, you'll have the extra piece of mind that it was, in fact, successful. I sleep well at night (or during the day lately). :O) Peace, GMan "The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike the mod" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 5:43 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Backing Up > Hi Sandi, > I keep the old copy of the back-up. > I always have a new copy and the last one saved. > > I do not replace the old one. > I wait until the time to create an new backup and > delete the second last one. > For instance: > I have 2 backups > Feb created Feb 1 > Jan created Jan 1 > > On March first I delete Jan and create a new one > March created March 1 > > I do my backups manually and have not tried setting > the auto backup features. > IHTH > > Mike the mod -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/