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Old 07-05-2007, 02:06 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by mary
I keep mine plugged in mostly, but I've always assumed it would be okay to keep it disconnected.

I will likely buy another one so I can backup the external drive and keep the second one in a seperate location from my computer.
Now that's an idea. I could just mirror it on two seperate USB drives and then not have to worry about the DVD copies (which are a pain).

I would have complete faith that the liklehood of two HDD failures is astronomic.
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