Big companies like that do daily, weekly and monthly backups, their weekly and monthly backups get sent to a secure location where they are guarantied against loss. Russell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Cohen" <steve208321@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 5:56 PM Subject: [amayausers] Backing up files >I was never a fan of backing up files on CD-ROM and leaving them around in >a CD case if the hard drive crashes. Take Sept. 11 as sad as it was. I bet >less than 10% of those companies grabbed their backup tapes before they >went running out of the building. They started businesses back up from >nothing. No records of customers or anything. My point is if a natural >disaster occurs, you not only loose all your files on the computer, you >also loose your backup files as well. The best solution is to backup >offsite. One company I know is http://www.drbackup.net (There are others >out there if you google off-site backup) Should your shop burn down, you >still have your files saved, just go buy a new computer and machine and you >are back up and running. Without your files, you have to start everything >over again. > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the next generation of Hotmail and you could win the adventure of a > lifetime > http://www.imagine-msn.com/minisites/sweepstakes/mail/register.aspx