Greetings TOM!   
      
      
    RW>> Is Juno even around after all this time?   
      
    TW> Yes it is. I keep my address for junk mail one gets since everybody   
    TW> one deals with o nthe internet demads an "E" Mail address.   
      
   I use an add-on for that. It's called 'DoNotTrackMe' and will give them an   
   email address that is good for 24hours or so, if asked. Otherwise, it will   
   allow you to enter your 'usable' email address if you wish. There are a   
   couple of versions for most of the browsers out there. You can get it   
   at http://www.abine.com/maskme/faq/ ...   
      
    RW> RW>>> I prefer not having any email stored on my system. It is very   
    RW> RW>>> safe where it is.   
      
    TW> Same here. While I review my Gmail address on line to delete the junk   
    TW> I download it into Thunderbird for reading and archiving.   
      
   I used to do that, but T-bird was a pia to keep up with. When I want to   
   read email, I just goto Yahoo and read mine online. Best part is I can do   
   that from anywhere with anything that will browse the Inet. i.e. I have a   
   tablet that I use on wifi occasionally and read mail on it with the   
   Android browser.   
      
    RW> EV>>> I make backups so I know if this PC's HDD goes belly up I still   
    RW> EV>>> have my messages up to the point that I last made a backup.   
      
    TW> Being a belt and suspenders man I do a data backup periodicly and   
    TW> also do a Boot Drive "Clone" at least once a month   
      
   If you use the NTFS, that's an automatic thing. FAT32 doesn't have that   
   feature.   
      
    RW>> The only way to make a truely safe backup is to save it on a HD or   
    RW>> USB flash drive. A USB flash drive can lose files to if you don't   
    RW>> use the USB 'release' feature in windoz...   
      
    TW> I do Both for the Wifes machine. I use xcopy in a batch file to   
    TW> automate the data back up to both the second Hard Drive and an   
      
   I have partitioned my 300gbte HDD into 5 sections. C:, D:, E:, F: and   
   G:...The only 'bootable' partition is the C: drive and the D: drive is the   
   system backup...E: is used for DOS apps and Fidonet only, while F: and G:   
   have files, JPGs and programs that I don't want on the OS drive, C:...   
      
    TW> Internal Flash Drive, the usb card I installed also had an interanl   
    TW> USB port on it   
      
   That's cool. I just bought a PNY 8g flashdrive and it has a feature that   
   will allow a bootable system to be installed on it. I've been wanting to   
   do that for ages. Then you don't have to have an OS on your desktop, just   
   plugin the flashdrive.   
      
       Have a day!   
      
            R\%/itt - K5RXT   
      
      
      
      
      
      
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