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Date:	Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:55:05 -0800
From:	J R FOX <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: AMD x2 questions

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--- Ray Davison wrote:

> Are you planning to
> use laptop HDDs in
> a USB case? You can, but it is a lot of money just
> to save a little space.

No, just for the purpose of cloning.

> Burners? The only burners I know anything about is
> opticals. What are
> you referring to?

Yes, opticals. The chipsets in the USB ext. cases for
them are pretty bad, for the most part.

> I just don't see any advantage to compression. Back
> when HDDs were
> expensive, yes. And how do you retrieve a single
> file if you want it?

I've done it extensively, in the case of single
partition backups. If the image is good, it can be
accessed from wherever and so restored. Under about
4.4G, you could put it on a DVD. Otherwise, you'd
park it on a HDD somewhere.

Jordan

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