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From: tw@Atherton.COM (Tw Cook)
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Subject: Re: REMOVABLES TRASHING HARD DISKS ???!!!
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Date: 24 Sep 90 19:00:48 GMT
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I have been using a Mass Micro Syquest at work for some time and recently 
got one at home as well. I've never had a reliability problem of any kind. 
I use it as a combination of backup device and extra hard disk. At work, I 
can back up ~180mb in only a few minutes, which is an incredible win. As 
phil sohn suggests, I also have a few cartridges with special applications 
and related files which I use as though they were standalone hard disks 
(for example, I keep slide templates, clip art, and slide-making program 
on one). This is really convenient for me; it is difficult to back them 
up, but since most of the bits on these are easily re-creatable from the 
original installation disks, all I really need to worry about are the data 
files. I can back those up to my internal hard disk or to floppy if I feel 
they're worth it.