Colette Collier wrote: >For any of you who have been thinking they should consider a BPS (backup power >supply), I'd like to highly recommend you get one before you duplicate my >experience of the past 10 or so days. I was sending a message to my "out" >basket when the power flickered off, then on. It was the wrong psychological >moment, as they say--in the middle of an application. Restoring backups don't >work if the file is corrupt. I couldn't retrieve messages, file retrieved >messages, and nearly lost my entire file cabinet and address book. I am back on >line, with backup power protection so that this shouldn't be a problem again. > >Take it from one who now knows. It ain't just doing backups-- > For those of use who use laptops, we already have a built in UPS or BPS, the internal battery!. When the power went out a few weeks ago, I was in the middle of a compiling with Metrowerks Codewarrior, everything finished just fine. In fact, since we were out of power for almost a day, we transfered our Piano Service Manager system to my portable and ran our business from there (with oil lamps lighting the room!). I have an auto-charger, so I just had to take the laptop out to the car once to charge. Dean * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dean L. Reyburn, RPT Sanderson Accu-Tuner * * REYBURN PIANO SERVICE, INC. Authorized Distributor * * 2695 Indian Lakes Rd, NE "Software Solutions * * Cedar Springs, MI 49319 for Piano Technicians" * * Me: 616-696-0500 Fax: 616-696-8121 email: dean@reyburn.com * * (Watch this space for our WWW page comming soon! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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