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Expert: Brian Benosky 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 Hi John
You are correct. As the desktop is part of Windows (or any other O/S), if the O/S drive crashes, so does the desktop. A simple solution is to use a USB flash drive in place of the floppies. You can get a 2GB flash drive for between $10-$20US, which will hold a lot more than the floppy disk. Alternatively, if your laptop has a cd/dvd burner, you could use those mediums for storage. Hope that helps.
