Re: Gone without a backup

From: Bob Hamilton (hamilton(at)cast.navnet.net)
Date: Thu Mar 04 1999 - 14:53:55 CST


Chris,

        Sorry to hear about this. Break a window to get in? They say never to
leave them in hotel rooms even so what are you supposed to do? Tie them
around your neck? I'll be travelling with my laptop next week (not to
Disney) - thanks for the warning.

Later,
Bob

At 03:28 PM 3/4/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I had my laptop stolen from my Ford SUV while vacationing at Disney over
>the weekend. They took it and a portable CD player out of their bags, and
>left everything undisturbed. I saw the bags still there so I figured
>everything was fine until I got back home. I had never backed up my
>"Sunbeam Tech Tips" Word document that I had been accumulating from the
>mailing lists for the last 4 -6 months. Now it's gone :-( I guess I
>could rebuild it from the list archives but I think I will just start over
>again. 2 words of warning:
>1) BACK IT UP!!!!!!!!!!
>2) Don't leave any electronics in your car at Disney!!!!! (We were checked
>out of the Hotel so I had no choice - maybe should have left it home)
>
>Chris
>
>

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The Man of Many Sunbeams - Alpine, Drophead and Saloon 1953-1954
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