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dixiegrrrrl

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2. Ask your tech guy about getting what is called a slave drive

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Original post)

Thu Mar 24, 2016, 05:08 AM

Mar 2016

It is an external hard drive you plug into the puter.

If the main puter dies, the drive can be used on the repair or a new puter, with no loss of date.
Doe not cost very much at all to get a HUGE amount of memory in an external drive.
Then you have pictures like the gorgeous one above all safe and sound.

I have all my e-books, music, pics and important documents on mine, plus a backup disc.
We get bad lightening storms down here, and I unplug the external drive during them, so if the puter gets fried, the important stuff stays safe.

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To celebrate the return, finally, of my computer [View all] Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 OP

What a wonderful photo, my dear Blue! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2016 #1

Ask your tech guy about getting what is called a slave drive dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #2

I am so glad your pictures survived! mnhtnbb Mar 2016 #3

I keep all my pictures and video on a NAS Major Nikon Mar 2016 #4

Lovely pic! CrispyQ Mar 2016 #5

Peter, my tech guy, said that after July Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #7

We love him too, and you, and this PIC!!! elleng Mar 2016 #6