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In article <34BF1CB9.CE7359B0@bigfoot.com>, Alain CULOS 
<Alain.Culos--@bigfoot.com> says...
>
>Gadget wrote:
>
>> If your not using them for a while, take a record of what files are what and
>> archive them. Personaly I use ARJ, but ZIP, LHA, ARC, etc are all OK.
>> Depending on the file format, you can get between 85% and 1% compression.
>> Alternativly get a Jaz or Zip drive (removable media, stores *lots* more
>> than floppies) or a CD writer.
>
>I would not advise a Jaz or a Zip. I personally use a Zip drive. They are very
> slow and very expensive for what they do, more if you make a mistake in manip
>ulating - say you forgot your Zip in the drive, then switch your computer off 
>then take your Zip out, chances are it will be corrupted and you will not reco
>ver the data. This may also happen if your windows system GPFs.
>Instead I would be looking for an extractible hard disk. For the same price as
> a Zip drive plus cartridge, you get five times the capacity and tremendously 
>faster, plus better robustness (except for postage, very hard to mail a hard d
>rive).

True for the external parallel port versions in the Zip family, but
the internal Zips can scream. Not as fast as a modern hard drive, true,
but easily fast enough for active use (working files) as well as a
backup device.

Zips are also handy moving large files between the office and home (or
taking delivery of large multimedia files, etc.) where a removeable hard
disk would be difficult to match between users (my company/your company).

Never had a problem with corrupted Zip disks or files, either, even though,
as a developer, I occasionally *cough, cough* manage to nuke the o/s.

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Rich Webb  rawebb@erols.com
Norfolk, VA