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On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Tim Murray
<tlmurray -at- techknowledgecorp -dot- com> wrote:
> Except "most people" don't know about organization and recording information
> that makes backups and reinstalls easier, later.
That explains why tech comm should be paid the big bucks. ;-)
When my dad backed up his system in preparation for a clean install,
he didn't realize that only half of his folders made it to the
external drive. In addition to having a scattered folder and file
system, he also didn't verify the backup before formatting his drive.
Let this be a lesson to y'all. No whoops is good whoops.
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