Is anybody else confused?

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>>>>> "City" == City Barber Shop <lynnal@cblink.com> writes:

    City> I think we really are of kindred spirits sister.
    >> I know only enough about PC's to be extremely dangerous.

    City> I too rush in where angels fear to tread (in the computer
    City> realm).  I would love to install some alternate OS's and
    City> have been combing the internet for information.  Alas I do
    City> not have a tape backup and am not likely to get one in near
    City> future, seeing we just went in debt for new vehicles .  I
    City> have had an idea though, (light bulb going off above head
    City> <g>) What if I copy the stuff I dont have backed up, as it
    City> it is to large for a floppy, to my husbands HD via our
    City> network hookup (I have his HD, desk top, and CD shared and
    City> on my desk top).  That way if I lose it I can restore
    City> providing I can keep my network link good.  Since he is the
    City> administrator this should be on his PC 's permissions and
    City> not mine .  Right?  Is this a valid option or is there fault
    City> in my logic?  BTW he does have his own modem and net access.
    City> Hope this make some sort of sense as eye I am getting the
    City> red glaze in my eyes about now.  Lynna Lunsford

Backup to another system is called "mirroring", and it is quite valid.
If you are running DOS or Win95, I would suggest that you make a big
zip file out of the stuff you want to mirror, and then copy that zip
file over the network to the other machine.  That will make it
automatic to get everything back in its original directory if you have
to do a restore: just copy the zip file back to your machine and then
unzip it.  Zip will also compress your files so they tie up less of
your husband's disk space.

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