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L Goodwin writes:

>  The USB drive option is interesting. I know thumb drives are not
>  considered a good long-term storage solution, but for daily
>  backups, I could rotate a couple of 2GB+ USB drives (until data
>  grows too large). 

	And if you've been retiring undersize IDE drives to a back room
....


			Robert Huff