CompUSA is no more. It is an ex-chain.
It's just resting.
Or is it pining for the fjords?
Can I mop your brow? I am at the ready with the fearsome brow-mop.
Wash ,'Objects In Space'
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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
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.
Jesse - Mar 27, 2008 3:13:54 pm PDT #5358 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If I were going to keep it plugged in to the computer, I would need to buy much longer cables. And there's not really much new stuff going on in the computer -- mostly I'm worried about not losing all my grad school stuff, and music. OK, I'll set myself an alarm to do the backing up.
Maybe renter's insurance next??
beekaytee - Mar 27, 2008 3:57:01 pm PDT #5359 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
Any recommendations for a usb hub? My two slot powermac means I don't keep my laCie drive plugged in...or anything besides my printer and keyboard...which is supremely inconvenient.
sarameg - Mar 27, 2008 4:03:19 pm PDT #5360 of 25501
Maybe renter's insurance next??
It's really inexpensive for peace of mind. I pay maybe $10/mo. In the time I've had it, if something catastrophic happened, it would pay itself off over gobs of times.
Which reminds me, I need to pay my car insurance. Of which the above statement is not really true.