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In article <deejayDIBrEp.D8q@netcom.com>,
Jack Wilson <deejay@netcom.com> wrote:
>In article <48p1m9$48a@ill.msilink.com> somebody@babba.msilink.com (Somebody) says:
>
>If you want *real* protection, put all your critical data on a DOS FAT
>partition and use Norton Utilities to recover from disasters.  

This is a _very_ bad idea 

1.  MSDOS allocation chains are _not_ preserved when a file 
    is deleted.  

2.  Unlike unix, MSDOS stores the metadata in a directory.  If that
    directory is corrupted, you loose the metadata for the file.

3.  The MSDOS filesystem is inherently fragile compared with 
    a unix filesystem.

If you want *real* protection, mount things read-only where 
possible, use a backup system, store backups off site, use a 
UPS, and mirror your disks.


>I took this approach, and saved myself $5K when I accidentally nuked 
>some very important files.  I'd've been screwed if I'd put that data 
>on a Linux partition...

There's an undelete for Linux, although you loose some meta-data and 
may loose everything referenced in the indirect blocks.
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