Re: Prime Film Scanner

**Pat Meadows p*@meadows.pair.com**

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 17:43:56 -0500, you wrote:

>My two cents worth - yes you should get a dvd+/- burner that can handle cdrw and dvdrw.  I also recommend an external hard drive as well, if you want to store images on disk.  If the operating system crashes, you have lost access to all the data. 

Well, no.  Not really.  Someone who knows how can take the
disc out and put it in another PC with the same operating
system although this isn't usually necessary.  Usually a
knowledgeable person can repair the operating system fairly
easily.

My husband is a PC consultant and does this routinely, for a
modest charge per hour.

> If the data is stored separately and backed up periodically, you are in a much better position.  You can reload the operating system/applications without fear of losing data.  You can have a pc customized to have a removable cartridge with disk for both the operating system and the data disk.  I did this with mine. Was I ever happy I did this when one of the op systems died, I just pulled out the case, put in the alternate, and was back up in 2 minutes. 

This is true, of course.  A second hard drive within the PC
offers almost the same degree of security (not quite the
same degree of security, because the PC could get fried by
lightning).

Pat
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