Blue Screen of Death

[srkruzich]

drives. 

One thing to consider though backup onto a USB flash drive, I get them for about 5 - 10 bucks for a 4 gig flash and replace them every year or two.  their cheap and efficient.

OfficeMax has Verbatim 16gb UBS Flash Drives on sale right now at $39.99 if anybody's interested.  They normally go for $80 bucks.  Sold me on the price.

I've been picking up the 32gb ones for about the same price for a while.  But they will soon drop drastically as the U3 flash is coming into the market heavy.  The U3 are secureable and will be the new standard soon.

[dnalexander]

I am using my new computer after going through the hard drive that would not boot and made noises that sounded like a pod of  angry dolphins or maybe a power steering pump that went out. While I had back ups of individual files I did not have back ups of everything like my internet book marks. For a while I was using an old laptop with ME which reminded me why it was such a disaster when it was new. I just bought a BIC disposable computer with Vista on it until Windows 7 comes out. Waldo I have some old dos programs too and I have them on a separate old hard drive that I keep adding to my new computers.

David

[W. Gray]

I have had both fixed hard drives and USB hard drives crash on me.

In the future, under the 64 bit windows systems, I may try to have a USB Drive dedicated to DOS assuming one can still get the MSDOS program from somewhere.

Only problem then is that all the new Windows printers are USB.

I currently get around that problem in XP and even 32 bit VISTA with a program called DOSPRN, but not sure how or if that will work with a DOS partition.

However, there is also a program out there called DOSBOX that supposedly allows running MSDOS in 64 bit systems without the MSDOS program. The older I get, I sure don't like running into these situations but I am not giving up my favorite DOS applications.

By the way, when we leave town, a flash drive with a lanyard and a backup of all my data goes around my neck. I started that when flash drives first held the tiniest of data.

[dnalexander]

I have had both fixed hard drives and USB hard drives crash on me.

In the future, under the 64 bit windows systems, I may try to have a USB Drive dedicated to DOS assuming one can still get the MSDOS program from somewhere.

Only problem then is that all the new Windows printers are USB.

I currently get around that problem in XP and even 32 bit VISTA with a program called DOSPRN, but not sure how or if that will work with a DOS partition.

However, there is also a program out there called DOSBOX that supposedly allows running MSDOS in 64 bit systems without the MSDOS program. The older I get, I sure don't like running into these situations but I am not giving up my favorite DOS applications.

By the way, when we leave town, a flash drive with a lanyard and a backup of all my data goes around my neck. I started that when flash drives first held the tiniest of data.

Waldo thanks for telling about the other programs that help you run Dos applications, I am saving that for future reference.

David