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On demand backup drive.
I have to make my backing up more frequent.
Right now I use a double dock, with a 5 1/4" drive. I bought one whose advertising said it turned off when it wasn't getting input, but afterwards, when I tried to get the software the ad said was needed, someone there admitted there was no software and it didnt' do it!!!** Is there a 5 1/4" dock that will turn off when not in use. I have the impression that those 2 1/2" backup drives do indeed turn off when I'm not backing up. Do they? All of them? Any that you recommend? Any you recommend against? (I wanted the HDD image to be made to a 5 1/4 so if there were a problem, I could just swap HDD's. That would work, right? But most of my backups are just data files (not part of a disk image). and I can't stand to have the drive spinning 24/7 when I only back up for 10 minutes once a day or less. And I can't reach the switch without standing up and going around the desk.) WRT my email backups, if there is a crash (and I just had several) the program rebuilds the table of contents but does a half-baked job, and if I back that up, I no longer have a backup of a good toc. Some software keeps more than one generation of backup. Any recommendations? **This is the second time advertising lied to me. Back during dial-up and call waiting, a modem claimed to let me know when someone was calling me, but after I bought it, it didn't work either and someone on the phone admitted it didn't work. TIA |
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