Non shell-related unsolicited endorsement:

I highly recommend an internal ZIP (or similar) drive and a free program
called Quick-Sync which automatically backs up in the background all the
files in one directory. No more need to schedule back-ups...

 At 02:46 PM 8/15/99 EDT, you wrote:
>I have been down the better part of a week with bad cells in my hard drive.
>Had to get a new computer and lost some of the data on file, including some
>incoming e-mails. If anyone out there is looking for a response from me and
>has not received it, please resend to my e-mail address at
>[log in to unmask] Lesson learned. It may take time and be a pain, but
>always back up your important files on a floppy, or now they have those zip
>drives. Especially if you have your shell collection listed in a data base.
>The thought of having to obtain and reenter all that data is mind boggling.
>
>Frank Walker
>Gems From The Sea
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John Wolff
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