usgenweb.com - Join Mercer co Wv and Folyd and VAFLOYD-L@rootsweb.com <VAFLOYD-L@rootsweb.com>; WVRALEIG-L@rootsweb.com <WVRALEIG-L@rootsweb.com>; WVMERCER-L@rootsweb.com <WVMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> After you subscribe' send a email to these sites telling who you are looking for i just brought a new computer for back up 369 efter rebates and a 80 gig external drive for 49 before rebates this week at COMPUSA could affort a laptop -oh i wish you could back up all your info on it but make sure each file that you save over to the backupcan be open and try ( dont know how ) to save a good copy of your family tree program or any updates . I just started 6 years ago and had 160,500 persons in my tree i Dont think i will be able to find all the info since it also took me that 6 1/2 years to down load it look on the Floyd co site and look at barbs file on families of Floyd co 1850-1900 census info you can even get a 1.5 meg zip drive (Pocket size) and save to it also a cd isnt good since my file outgrew the cd and also a 512 keychain zip imy new computer has 100 on c drive and my external has 80 so i wont have to buy any more Clarence send me some of your families and ill keep watch when im looking to restor mine ----- Original Message ----- From: CLIFFORD SANDS To: fmds8119 Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 3:50 PM Subject: Re: Surnames being researched Clarence, sorry for the computer glitch. I don't know what I would do if mine failed. Am new at this computer thing. Only got started about five years ago and am still trying to get acquainted with this reserch. I have some of my files copied to a CD but don't know if it would replace what I have or not. Need to get another kind of backup. I hear that these flash drives store a lot of information. May get one and try it. Thanks for anything You can find on the Mabe's for me. Sure need a lot because they are as plentyful as the sands at the beach. Thanks and keep in touch. Clifford Sands Madison, N.C. ----- Original Message ----- From: fmds8119 To: cliffords01@earthlink.net Sent: 10/4/2005 11:51:36 PM Subject: Re: Surnames being researched It may be a while before i can do any research my Generations family tree some how got hit on my disc and i can not open my family tree over 11830 hours down the drain. so far i had three backup copies and none of their will open that just keep stoping at different places each time i try and open them and I had to stop running the program and that causes a loss of Data. wioll let you know if ever recover it i dont even had a paper copy to reinput it. Clarence ----- Original Message ----- From: CLIFFORD SANDS To: fmds8119@msn.com Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 10:47 PM Subject: Surnames being researched Clarence, thanks for the reply. I am trying to get as much information on the Mabe family and their marriages etc. that I can. My grandmother was born in Tazewell Co. Va. in 1875 and most of her family lived there and a lot still do. Got a lot but still need more. Will get a list of names togethr and see if you have anything on this surname or marriages of any of them in your file. thanks for the offer. Clifford Sands Madison, N.C. CLIFFORD SANDS cliffords01@earthlink.net EarthLink Revolves Around You.

As someone who works in the computer field everyday, Backups are very important. Remember that there are two different types of backups. 1. Disaster recovery 2. Current data A Disater recovery backup is one that will allow you to get your computer & apps up and running from a major problem. Hard drive crash, lightening strike (yes a surge protector helps, but 99% of the folks I see forget about the phone line or cable), Motherboard failure, etc. A data backup might include the programs themselves, but you will need the ORIGINAL disks to reinstall the programs if something catastrophic happens. Also, consider offsite storage of a backup if you are in an area prone to flooding, tornados, hurricanes, or other natural disaters. If a fire were to rage through your house, where would you be? Your computer would be gone, anything attached to the computer would be gone. So what kind of backups do you need? Make at least one "ghost" copy of your computer. There are many different hard drive imaging programs Symantec's Ghost is just one. Every time you add a major program to your computer make another Ghost image. I recommend using a DVD-RW as most people can back an image to 2-4 DVDs. If you use RWs you can use them over and over. Make sure you have one good backup offsite. This could be a bank safe deposit box, your son/daughters house out of the area (if there is a natural disaster that can affect a large area, you don't want to lose them all), Parents house, friend on the other side of the country who is researching also. Data backups should happen often. Everyday if you can. If you have broadband internet there are places you can host your backup copy fairly inexpensively. At least once a week (or however often you feel that it would be OK to redo what you have done). Again, make sure you have a copy offsite. Yes, this can be time consuming but so can recreating a genealogy database of 10-150K people. Just my professional opinion, and no I make no money on the sale of any item discussed here. Though I do offer disaster recovery planning services through my business. Laura Curry Loding Researching many names throughout SW WV... Including Plumley from Raliegh co. -----Original Message----- From: fmds8119 [mailto:fmds8119@msn.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 4:56 PM To: WVRALEIG-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVRALEIG] Re: Surnames being researched usgenweb.com - Join Mercer co Wv and Folyd and VAFLOYD-L@rootsweb.com <VAFLOYD-L@rootsweb.com>; WVRALEIG-L@rootsweb.com <WVRALEIG-L@rootsweb.com>; WVMERCER-L@rootsweb.com <WVMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> After you subscribe' send a email to these sites telling who you are looking for i just brought a new computer for back up 369 efter rebates and a 80 gig external drive for 49 before rebates this week at COMPUSA could affort a laptop -oh i wish you could back up all your info on it but make sure each file that you save over to the backupcan be open and try ( dont know how ) to save a good copy of your family tree program or any updates . I just started 6 years ago and had 160,500 persons in my tree i Dont think i will be able to find all the info since it also took me that 6 1/2 years to down load it look on the Floyd co site and look at barbs file on families of Floyd co 1850-1900 census info you can even get a 1.5 meg zip drive (Pocket size) and save to it also a cd isnt good since my file outgrew the cd and also a 512 keychain zip imy new computer has 100 on c drive and my external has 80 so i wont have to buy any more Clarence send me some of your families and ill keep watch when im looking to restor mine ----- Original Message ----- From: CLIFFORD SANDS To: fmds8119 Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 3:50 PM Subject: Re: Surnames being researched Clarence, sorry for the computer glitch. I don't know what I would do if mine failed. Am new at this computer thing. Only got started about five years ago and am still trying to get acquainted with this reserch. I have some of my files copied to a CD but don't know if it would replace what I have or not. Need to get another kind of backup. I hear that these flash drives store a lot of information. May get one and try it. Thanks for anything You can find on the Mabe's for me. Sure need a lot because they are as plentyful as the sands at the beach. Thanks and keep in touch. Clifford Sands Madison, N.C. ----- Original Message ----- From: fmds8119 To: cliffords01@earthlink.net Sent: 10/4/2005 11:51:36 PM Subject: Re: Surnames being researched It may be a while before i can do any research my Generations family tree some how got hit on my disc and i can not open my family tree over 11830 hours down the drain. so far i had three backup copies and none of their will open that just keep stoping at different places each time i try and open them and I had to stop running the program and that causes a loss of Data. wioll let you know if ever recover it i dont even had a paper copy to reinput it. Clarence ----- Original Message ----- From: CLIFFORD SANDS To: fmds8119@msn.com Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 10:47 PM Subject: Surnames being researched Clarence, thanks for the reply. I am trying to get as much information on the Mabe family and their marriages etc. that I can. My grandmother was born in Tazewell Co. Va. in 1875 and most of her family lived there and a lot still do. Got a lot but still need more. Will get a list of names togethr and see if you have anything on this surname or marriages of any of them in your file. thanks for the offer. Clifford Sands Madison, N.C. CLIFFORD SANDS cliffords01@earthlink.net EarthLink Revolves Around You.