GG> Don't.  I ran Max for two months before it occured to me that all the
 GG> critical stuff fit on a floppy, and that I could make 
 GG> "instant" backups much
 GG> faster than I could run a tape.  Duh!  :-)
It took me a few months to realize that too so I backed up my control files 
on a floppy!!! Opps...I had a crash that wiped out everything...I reached for 
the floppies...Oh-Oh they went bad!!! Couldn't get a single file off them!!! 
Ran the disks through Norton Utilities...bad blocks everywhere!!! I got me a 
tape backup!!! Had 2 virus problems in the past year...cleared everything up 
in 5 minutes off the tapes!!!
 GG> If you have multiple hard drives, you can attain some 
 GG> measure of protection
 GG> by keeping a copy of the files in a separate directory 
 GG> on the other HD.  (In
 GG> case your drive with Max dies on you.)  A simple event that does a "copy
Not a good idea if you have multiple small drives and can't afford the 
space!!! :)
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