I recently purchased the Western Digital WD ShareSpace Network Storage System. It has 4 1TB Hard drives in it in a Raid 5 configuration. If one drive fails I can replace it with another one without losing any data. I lost a hard drive about a year ago and decided that I was not going to ever risk losing data again. For me personally backing up data from one single hard drive to another single hard drive was too risky. I did have to save my money for awhile before I could buy it but it has been very nice addition. Trey -----Original Message----- From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Elaine Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 12:28 PM To: txgen Subject: [TXGEN] backup solutions Hello fellow TXGenWebers I have been looking for a good backup solution for my hard drive. Heaven forbid I should lose all my county info & TXGenWeb info in a HD crash. Today I was given a few good options for this problem and I thought I would share with you. Of course, free is my kind of idea for any solution.......... #1 - FileFort Backup Software <http://nchsoftware.com/backup/index.html> (free) - comes highly recommended as being user friendly. It will backup your critical data to virtually any type of storage media including CD, DVD, Blu-ray and remote FTP servers. Works on Windows Vista/2008 2000/XP/2003 #2 COMODO <http://backup.comodo.com/> (free) - backup files or folders anywhere on your computer, network, DVD-RW, CD-RW or FTP server. Works on Windows Vista/Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or later)/Windows 2000 (Service Pack 3 or later) For MAC users: #3 Time Machine <http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html> (free) - It is built into Mac OS X. It keeps an up-to-date copy of everything on your Mac --- digital photos, music, movies, TV shows, and documents. Then there are some good online backup offers that are free. One of the most well known online backup services that still offers free accounts is Mozy's Free Backup Service <http://mozy.com/> - offers you 2 GB of storage space. Compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista, as well as Mac OS X 10.4 and higher. Another free online backup service is iDrive <http://www.idrive.com/>. - offers you 2 GB of storage space. You have access to automatic and manual backup options, true archiving, versioning, mapped drive backup, continuous backup options and web-based backup management options. Works for both Mac and Windows users. Hope this helps some of you save your info if you should, heaven forbid, have a system crash. Elaine -- I'd rather look for dead people than have them look for me.... ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That makes a lot more sense. Otherwise they would have been too small to sell. Chris ************** Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)

Those droves are actually GB, not MB. Gina Heffernan Rusk Co, Texas ________________________________ From: "Morton1000@aol.com" <Morton1000@aol.com> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:47:01 AM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions MB stand for megabyte. If you look at your files in the folders, most of them will say something like 2KB - 2 kilobytes. A megabtye is 1000 kilobytes. A gigabyte is 1,000,000,000 bytes, 1,000,000 kilogbytes. The external drives you mention at WalMart are not big enough to do much good. You can get thumb drives (usb drives) that are 4 gigabytes - larger than any of the walmart drives you mentioned. Chris ************** Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I bought a 360GB External Drive on Ebay at Christmas time for $49.95 including shipping. Storage is definitely dropping in price. Suzie TXFannin On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Robin Inge <wolfhuntress2002@yahoo.com>wrote: > I think I will look into this instead. Will this also work for photos. I > have so many photos and documents that I need to back up. I dont like > saving to disk as the titles and properties information I have added is > lost. I have them organized by yr and category and so on. Would like to > keep them that way. > > > > Robin R Inge > "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number > of moments that take our breath away" > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Lawrence E. Oliver <oliverl@suddenlink.net> > To: txgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 1:27:36 PM > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > Actually, you can get USB Flash Drives up to 64GB now. They're in the $120 > to $200 dollar range though. > > Larry > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > > >[mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Morton1000@aol.com > > >Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:47 AM > > >To: txgen@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > > > > >MB stand for megabyte. If you look at your files in the > > >folders, most of them will say something like 2KB - 2 > > >kilobytes. A megabtye is 1000 kilobytes. A gigabyte is > > >1,000,000,000 bytes, 1,000,000 kilogbytes. > > > > > >The external drives you mention at WalMart are not big > > >enough to do much good. You can get thumb drives (usb > > >drives) that are 4 gigabytes - larger than any of the > > >walmart drives you mentioned. > > > > > >Chris > > > > > > > > >************** > > >Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 > > >or less. > > >(http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > > > > > >------------------------------- > > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > >TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Kimm, you are very correct... backing up to only an (1) external HD that stays in your office is only going to cover a disk failure, as long as it crashes when you're NOT backing up.... there are too many other catastrophes that can happen. The first thing you must do is decide what is critical enough to need a backup. In other words if you lost your computer what will your "cost" be to recover if you do not have proper backup. Personally, 1)my websites - I have them backed up on a web site (NEVER EVER make updates to a website online. Always make changes on your computer and ftp them online.) 2)photographs - I'm a major pack rat (hence D drive being too small), so 90% probably should be deleted anyway!! The decent ones are online anyway! 3)Documents - Resume, spreadsheets, tax returns, etc... Awww, it would be a pain to recreate if I had too... If these are important I have a paper copy in the file cabinet. So bottom line - nothing that is going to be more than a royal pain... Actually I'd be more upset by just loosing the computer than about what's on it!!! And yes, I have had a disk crash! I have my computer set up with 2 hard drives - a C drive and a D drive (I actually have 3 - an E drive because D wasn't big enough!!) The C drive contains only the "install" programs... Windows, Office, PSP, FTM, Expression Web, Adobe, etc.etc. I've got those "backed up" simply by having the install CD's for them or I can download from the web. So I don't worry about backing up the C drive. What I should also do is to create a backup of my install CDs and store them off site. Another reason I don't worry about the C drive is about once a year I format it and rebuild it anyway... cleans it up and the computer runs better, but I don't recommend doing that unless you know and understand what you're doing. With a D drive I don't worry about having to copy my data first - well, for the most part!! The D drive contains anything I "create". Webpages, documents, spreadsheets, photographs, etc. Also anything I download is downloaded into a "zip" directory, especially fonts that I add, or programs that I download and install, and can't get back later. ie: If you purchase software online, but only have a 90 day window in which you can download. Now backup the D drive. So if the C drive crashes, I rebuild it... if D crashes I restore it... if computer is stolen or destroyed I get really upset and then I get a new one (ugh) and do both! Backup rules: Never backup to only one medium. Whether external drive, CDs, DVDs or whatever, a minimum of TWO mediums are required. What if your system (hard drive) crashes during a backup, then you have nothing!! (I've had that happen and had to travel to GA to rebuild the entire system and it wasn't a PC). Just be sure when a backup occurs, it's not writing over the only backup you have. Always send a copy off site. Someone mentioned a safe deposit box which is a good idea for what we are talking about. Corporations will send to a different region of the country, but usually able to get it back in hours. Keep one copy (-1) onsite, and one copy (0) off site. (0 is the current backup, -1 is the first previous, -2 is the next one etc). Be careful of disk images. Odds are if you have to replace your computer it won't have the same configuration. There's a lot more to this than what I've mentioned, or anyone else has mentioned... we are only hitting some of the basics!!! An online back up like Kimm is talking is backing up off site. No matter what happens, fire, flood, hurricane, she is has access to her backup and is able to recover. I'm not advocating any online service, or any brick & mortar method - just saying if you want to be completely covered that's what you should do, and I probably have forgotten something!! In the corporate world it's called "Disaster Recovery"... It's up to you to determine just how much of a disaster it would be at home??? My 2 cents jimmy Kimm Antell wrote: > I am confused as to why everyone is spending time buying external hard > drives and what-not. These would be damaged in a fire or flood as well and > all of the information is still lost. I really think people should be > looking into online solutions that will save your information electronically > for access in case of an emergency. That's why I moved everyone to > Carbonite so that if the unthinkable happens, all I have to do is access my > account from a different and it all comes back. >

My brain is going into overload reading the different solutions.  I have a backup hd on my computer, but still rely on my old, handy cds.  By reading all of the wonderful information being shared, I know I'll find a third option eventually.   Kimm, what is Carbonite?   Jo === Chahta Ohoyo Holahta, Honorary --- On Sun, 3/22/09, Robin Inge <wolfhuntress2002@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Robin Inge <wolfhuntress2002@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions To: txgen@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 4:13 PM This backup stuff is greek to me, but you guys are making it so much easier.  Thanks   Robin R Inge "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away"     ________________________________ From: "Morton1000@aol.com" <Morton1000@aol.com> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:54:54 AM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions Microsoft keeps certain information in the registry. If you're able to copy the information over to another drive, microsoft might not let you run the operating system because it's on a different hard drive. Everyone should make sure they have the license key before they do anythiing. There is a freeware program called Keyfinder - see http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/ In addition to a flat copy of your drive, if you get a larger drive and manage to do a copy, you may lose all the extra size of the new drive, because the operating system you just copied from doesn't "know" about the rest of the drive. However, you can partition the drive first, into two parts, one the size of the old drive (make sure you make it the "C:" drive) and one the size of the rest of the new Hard Drive. Chris ************** Feeling the pinch at the grocery store?  Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Robin - The additional information should be kept since the flash drives are seen an simply another hard drive. Larry > >-----Original Message----- > >From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > >[mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robin Inge > >Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 4:09 PM > >To: txgen@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > > >I think I will look into this instead.  Will this also work > >for photos.  I have so many photos and documents that I need > >to back up.  I dont like saving to disk as the titles and > >properties information I have added is lost.  I have them > >organized by yr and category and so on.  Would like to keep > >them that way. > >  > > > > > > Robin R Inge > >"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but > >by the number of moments that take our breath away" > >  > >  > > > > > > > > > > > >________________________________ > >From: Lawrence E. Oliver <oliverl@suddenlink.net> > >To: txgen@rootsweb.com > >Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 1:27:36 PM > >Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > > >Actually, you can get USB Flash Drives up to 64GB now. > >They're in the $120 to $200 dollar range though. > > > >Larry > > > > > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > >> >[mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > >Morton1000@aol.com > >> >Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:47 AM > >> >To: txgen@rootsweb.com > >> >Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > >> > > >> >MB stand for megabyte. If you look at your files in the > >folders, most > >> >of them will say something like 2KB - 2 kilobytes. A > >megabtye is 1000 > >> >kilobytes. A gigabyte is 1,000,000,000 bytes, 1,000,000 > >kilogbytes. > >> > > >> >The external drives you mention at WalMart are not big > >enough to do > >> >much good. You can get thumb drives (usb > >> >drives) that are 4 gigabytes - larger than any of the > >walmart drives > >> >you mentioned. > >> > > >> >Chris > >> > > >> > > >> >************** > >> >Feeling the pinch at the grocery store?  Make dinner for > >$10 or less. > >> >(http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > >> > > >> >------------------------------- > >> >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> >TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >> >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am confused as to why everyone is spending time buying external hard drives and what-not. These would be damaged in a fire or flood as well and all of the information is still lost. I really think people should be looking into online solutions that will save your information electronically for access in case of an emergency. That's why I moved everyone to Carbonite so that if the unthinkable happens, all I have to do is access my account from a different and it all comes back. > -----Original Message----- > From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robin Inge > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 4:09 PM > To: txgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > I think I will look into this instead.  Will this also work > for photos.  I have so many photos and documents that I need > to back up.  I dont like saving to disk as the titles and > properties information I have added is lost.  I have them > organized by yr and category and so on.  Would like to keep > them that way. >   > > > Robin R Inge > "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but > by the number of moments that take our breath away" >   >   > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Lawrence E. Oliver <oliverl@suddenlink.net> > To: txgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 1:27:36 PM > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > Actually, you can get USB Flash Drives up to 64GB now. > They're in the $120 to $200 dollar range though. > > Larry > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > > >[mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Morton1000@aol.com > > >Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:47 AM > > >To: txgen@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > > > > >MB stand for megabyte. If you look at your files in the > folders, most > > >of them will say something like 2KB - 2 kilobytes. A > megabtye is 1000 > > >kilobytes. A gigabyte is 1,000,000,000 bytes, 1,000,000 kilogbytes. > > > > > >The external drives you mention at WalMart are not big > enough to do > > >much good. You can get thumb drives (usb > > >drives) that are 4 gigabytes - larger than any of the > walmart drives > > >you mentioned. > > > > > >Chris > > > > > > > > >************** > > >Feeling the pinch at the grocery store?  Make dinner for > $10 or less. > > >(http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > > > > > >------------------------------- > > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > >TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks to all of you for the warm welcome. I look forward to helping Jane. I also hope to be the co for San Augustine County soon. -- Suzanne

Absolutely nothing! LOL Nan wrote: > Elaine, > > What's the difference? ;-) > > Nan > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Elaine <McStumped@suddenlink.net> wrote: > >> Welcome Suzanne! You have joined a great bunch of genealogy >> nuts....err, addicts! >> >> Elaine >> >> Shirley Cullum wrote: >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- I'd rather look for dead people than have them look for me....

This backup stuff is greek to me, but you guys are making it so much easier.  Thanks   Robin R Inge "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away"     ________________________________ From: "Morton1000@aol.com" <Morton1000@aol.com> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:54:54 AM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions Microsoft keeps certain information in the registry. If you're able to copy the information over to another drive, microsoft might not let you run the operating system because it's on a different hard drive. Everyone should make sure they have the license key before they do anythiing. There is a freeware program called Keyfinder - see http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/ In addition to a flat copy of your drive, if you get a larger drive and manage to do a copy, you may lose all the extra size of the new drive, because the operating system you just copied from doesn't "know" about the rest of the drive. However, you can partition the drive first, into two parts, one the size of the old drive (make sure you make it the "C:" drive) and one the size of the rest of the new Hard Drive. Chris ************** Feeling the pinch at the grocery store?  Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I think I will look into this instead.  Will this also work for photos.  I have so many photos and documents that I need to back up.  I dont like saving to disk as the titles and properties information I have added is lost.  I have them organized by yr and category and so on.  Would like to keep them that way.   Robin R Inge "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away"     ________________________________ From: Lawrence E. Oliver <oliverl@suddenlink.net> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 1:27:36 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions Actually, you can get USB Flash Drives up to 64GB now. They're in the $120 to $200 dollar range though. Larry > >-----Original Message----- > >From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > >[mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Morton1000@aol.com > >Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:47 AM > >To: txgen@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > > >MB stand for megabyte. If you look at your files in the > >folders, most of them will say something like 2KB - 2 > >kilobytes. A megabtye is 1000 kilobytes. A gigabyte is > >1,000,000,000 bytes, 1,000,000 kilogbytes. > > > >The external drives you mention at WalMart are not big > >enough to do much good. You can get thumb drives (usb > >drives) that are 4 gigabytes - larger than any of the > >walmart drives you mentioned. > > > >Chris > > > > > >************** > >Feeling the pinch at the grocery store?  Make dinner for $10 > >or less. > >(http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To all the newbies....   Robin R Inge "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away"

Actually, you can get USB Flash Drives up to 64GB now. They're in the $120 to $200 dollar range though. Larry > >-----Original Message----- > >From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > >[mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Morton1000@aol.com > >Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:47 AM > >To: txgen@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > > >MB stand for megabyte. If you look at your files in the > >folders, most of them will say something like 2KB - 2 > >kilobytes. A megabtye is 1000 kilobytes. A gigabyte is > >1,000,000,000 bytes, 1,000,000 kilogbytes. > > > >The external drives you mention at WalMart are not big > >enough to do much good. You can get thumb drives (usb > >drives) that are 4 gigabytes - larger than any of the > >walmart drives you mentioned. > > > >Chris > > > > > >************** > >Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 > >or less. > >(http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Microsoft keeps certain information in the registry. If you're able to copy the information over to another drive, microsoft might not let you run the operating system because it's on a different hard drive. Everyone should make sure they have the license key before they do anythiing. There is a freeware program called Keyfinder - see http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/ In addition to a flat copy of your drive, if you get a larger drive and manage to do a copy, you may lose all the extra size of the new drive, because the operating system you just copied from doesn't "know" about the rest of the drive. However, you can partition the drive first, into two parts, one the size of the old drive (make sure you make it the "C:" drive) and one the size of the rest of the new Hard Drive. Chris ************** Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)

MB stand for megabyte. If you look at your files in the folders, most of them will say something like 2KB - 2 kilobytes. A megabtye is 1000 kilobytes. A gigabyte is 1,000,000,000 bytes, 1,000,000 kilogbytes. The external drives you mention at WalMart are not big enough to do much good. You can get thumb drives (usb drives) that are 4 gigabytes - larger than any of the walmart drives you mentioned. Chris ************** Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)

I noticed here in Fort Stockton Wal Mart (not a super center), they have an eight gigabyte usb/thumbdrive/memorystick (various names). The problem here is the size because 8 gb is just not big enough to backup a complete hard disk and...... they are very slow. As Chris says, there is still a problem with the "register" files that we are forbidden to copy. The bottom line is, Microsoft wants us to buy a new hard disk (which is only good for 3 different computers which is questionable). That leaves us the only option of installing a new windows program before we can copy our backed up files to and hopefully....... they are compatible.   _________________________________________ Eddie Cope: Pecos County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txpecos2/ ________________________________ From: "Morton1000@aol.com" <Morton1000@aol.com> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:47:01 AM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions MB stand for megabyte. If you look at your files in the folders, most of them will say something like 2KB - 2 kilobytes. A megabtye is 1000 kilobytes. A gigabyte is 1,000,000,000 bytes, 1,000,000 kilogbytes. The external drives you mention at WalMart are not big enough to do much good. You can get thumb drives (usb drives) that are 4 gigabytes - larger than any of the walmart drives you mentioned. Chris ************** Feeling the pinch at the grocery store?  Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Suzanne, Welcome. You'll love working with Jane. Jean Smoorenburg co with Jane @ Montgomery County At 11:33 PM 3/21/2009, you wrote: >Hey Folks! > I am feeling better so let's all two-step on over to the > TXGEN list TXGEN@rootsweb.com to welcome Suzanne Sowell to the TXGenWeb. >Suzanne will join Jane Keppler as the new co-CC of Shelby County. > >Welcome to the TXGenWeb, Suzanne! > >Shirley > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >TXGW-NEWS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Jean Huot Smoorenburg 614 Orangewood Drive Conroe, TX 77302-1180 Tel 936-273-1936 Fax 281-857-6142 Email jeans@hal-pc.org The information contained in this email communication is privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual it was addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copy of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.

Welcome, Suzanne! Nan Cameron County > Shirley Cullum wrote: >> Hey Folks! >>          I am feeling better so let's all two-step on over to the TXGEN list TXGEN@rootsweb.com to welcome Suzanne Sowell to the TXGenWeb. >> Suzanne will join Jane Keppler as the new co-CC of Shelby County. >> >> Welcome to the TXGenWeb, Suzanne! >> >> Shirley >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGW-NEWS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > -- > I'd rather look for dead people than have them look for me.... > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Chris for that information lesson.  I dont know the inner workings much... I just know how to use the computer.    Robin R Inge "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away"     ________________________________ From: "Morton1000@aol.com" <Morton1000@aol.com> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:47:01 AM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions MB stand for megabyte. If you look at your files in the folders, most of them will say something like 2KB - 2 kilobytes. A megabtye is 1000 kilobytes. A gigabyte is 1,000,000,000 bytes, 1,000,000 kilogbytes. The external drives you mention at WalMart are not big enough to do much good. You can get thumb drives (usb drives) that are 4 gigabytes - larger than any of the walmart drives you mentioned. Chris ************** Feeling the pinch at the grocery store?  Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message