In article >,
Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:

> My computer crashed - again. Crash reformatted it - again. I need
> people's e-mail addresses - again. I'm tearing out my hair - again.
>
> I need Mom's recipes, which I didn't find the last time around. Does
> anyone have that cookbook? I've got my own recipes taken care of.
> Thanks, Dora!
>
> Barb, I'm taking your advice and writing everything down. Thanks for
> the tip!
>
> I appreciate every

Backup, backup, backup! There's no need to maintain written records of
any computerized information if you do backups on a regular basis.