No difference except that the likelyhood of both failing at the same time is pretty slim. A hard drive backup is just as safe as a CD backup, Tape backup, or zip backup. No media is immune to failure. Spider -----Original Message----- From: 24hoursupport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:24hoursupport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of GaryLetC@xxxxxxx Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 2:44 PM To: 24hoursupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [24hoursupport] Re: Wilson--hard drive back up In a message dated 1/20/03 8:35:26 AM Central Standard Time, ZIMMERLI@xxxxxxx writes: << I backup on an external drive. I can almost guarantee you that one crash and you'll swear it is the best $99 you ever spent! >> Am I missing something here? Why is an external drive less likely to crash than an internal one? Gary - Users can unsubscribe from this list by sending email to 24hoursupport-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at http://webpages.charter.net/chizotz/ - Users can unsubscribe from this list by sending email to 24hoursupport-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at http://webpages.charter.net/chizotz/