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Jesse - Mar 27, 2008 2:02:02 pm PDT #5348 of 25501

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I am feeling very pleased with myself! I am currently backing up my stuff en masse for the first time ever. I got a LaCie, because I thought I remembered people mentioning the brand here, and it was the cheapest. Good call?

Isn't CompUSA a real place?

-t - Mar 27, 2008 2:06:27 pm PDT #5349 of 25501

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I've been very happy with my LaCie drives.

CompUSA is no more. It is an ex-chain.

Jesse - Mar 27, 2008 2:08:35 pm PDT #5350 of 25501

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

You can see how often I shop for technology.

megan walker - Mar 27, 2008 2:09:31 pm PDT #5351 of 25501

"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

CompUSA is no more. It is an ex-chain.

It's just resting.

Or is it pining for the fjords?

DXMachina - Mar 27, 2008 2:09:38 pm PDT #5352 of 25501

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I like the LaCies, too.

§ ita § - Mar 27, 2008 2:24:03 pm PDT #5353 of 25501

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I wish I could pull off a Time Capsule solution for my mixed OS network. But after this HD replacement, I really need *something*. I have a cursed touch when it comes to hard drives, especially boot partitions.

I just want something simple and behind the scenes.

Jesse - Mar 27, 2008 3:03:56 pm PDT #5354 of 25501

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OK, this is possibly a dumb question, but do I need to keep the backup drive plugged in, or can I just keep it in a drawer?

Tom Scola - Mar 27, 2008 3:05:51 pm PDT #5355 of 25501

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

In a drawer, so long as you don't forget it's there, and never back up your computer again.

Jesse - Mar 27, 2008 3:07:10 pm PDT #5356 of 25501

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Awesome. I am now terrified, so should be good to remember to back up.

amych - Mar 27, 2008 3:07:41 pm PDT #5357 of 25501

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

If you're organized enough to fire up the backup each time by hand, you can keep it in whatever drawer you want and plug in when needed (but note that it's a really easy way to forget to do backups) (reaches for backup drive). If you're making your backups run automagically, it should be plugged in.

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