RE: COMP: toys

Linda,

I've got two 512 MB ones, and those wouldn't come close to backing up the
data on my PCs here. I use them for carrying files around that I use on a
regular basis at client sites. Very cool! If you use Windows 200 or XP, you
just need to plug them in. I don't work on Macs, but I understand that you
just need to plug them in there also. Windows prior to 2000 need a driver
for these to be useful.

They appear as a removable drive on your machine, and you can copy files to
and fro as you would copy to a floppy or other removable media. With later
machines, you can even use them as a boot drive!. I am thinking about
getting one just for that purpose.

\\Steve//
No. Virginia, Zone 6/7

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On Behalf Of Linda
Mann
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 5:45 PM
To: iris- talk
Subject: [iris] COMP: toys


I didn't know that little keychain style storage devices were on the
market.  I've gotten very sloppy about backing up files, mostly because
I didn't have anything that had large enough storage space for all the
photos I've accumulated.

So I gave in and went to wally world to buy a CD burner & discovered 256
Mb Lexar JumpDrives for $80.  That will store a copy of nearly
everything on my PC.

Amazing technology - it's a tiny little do-dad about 3 inches long (with
the cover on) x about one inch wide and less than half an inch thick.
Easy to lose in the mess on my desk!

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