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Subject:Re: PageMaker vs Word From:David Manney <dmanney -at- BABSON-BROS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 14 Jan 1998 16:25:30 -0600
> Melissa Hunter-Kilmer wrote:
> "... but I have never, ever had a problem with my files, and I always
> store them on
> the server."
>
> In a networked environment, where else but.
>Are you saying that one should always store one's files on the server?
>Does this give anyone else a shiver down their spine?
>Tracy
Even though it sounds illogical to do this, it is a smart thing to do. Too
many times a co-worker has had their hard drive crash, thereby losing a ton
of data. If you were to save items on a server, a systems tech should be
savvy enough to do a daily backup which would keep at least a recent copy
of your jobs.
Regards,
David Manney
Technical Writer/Illustrator
Babson Bros. Co.
dmanney -at- babson-bros -dot- com
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