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Pete C.[_2_] Pete C.[_2_] is offline
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sf wrote:
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> My desktop's hard drive was giving me messages of an impending crash,
> so I had it replaced. I was using an old version of Agent that I kept
> on my desktop and I backed up my desktop to Google drive before I took
> it in. Wow! I don't have any saved messages, but here I am using it
> as if nothing happened. Thank you Google Drive! Life is a lot easier
> when I don't have to download the program, fill in all the blanks and
> cripple it back to the way I want it.


I keep most of my "data" as well as backup images from my many machines
on a mirrored NAS storage box. Similar functionality to stuff like evil
Google's "services", but 100% under my control.