AboutShän Lewis Expertise I can answer "how to" and most general Help Desk related questions, with emphasis on desktop support (Windows 95-2000, some XP) and an unfathomable amount of software applications.
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Expert: Shän Lewis Date: 6/11/2008 Subject: General question
Question I have a general question about computers. I want to have two copies of a certain file. I usually keep one copy on my C drive, and one on a floppy disk.
The new laptop I bought does not have a floppy drive, so I figured I could keep one copy of the file on the C drive, and another copy of the file on my desktop.
However, I assumed that if my C drive ever crashed, any files on my desktop would also crash.
Please let me know if this is a correct assumption.
Answer Hello John,
Thank you for asking.
I apologize for the delayed response as I was ill recently. However, I'm doing much better.
To answer your question quickly: Yes.
The long answer: You can try partitioning your hard drive into different drives and put your desktop on a different partition. However, if your entire hard drive crashed, you would still be possibly faced with the same problem.
If you still want to have a floppy drive, you can buy an external one and just plug it into the appropriate port on your laptop. External drives are often available at most electronic stores (like Best Buy and Circuit City). I personally like to shop at used computer stores like Computer Renaissance that have perfectly fine used and tested products available for sale and much cheaper than the electronic stores.
There's also the USB flash drives which work like miniature hard drives. They are usually keychain-size and require little to no installation setup (or knowledge). They work the same as a floppy disk and can easily be popped into most computers with a USB port (which most modern computers have now). Most USB flash drives can now be purchased in department and electronic stores for around 10 - 15 dollars and hold about 100 times more than a standard floppy disk.
