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Thread #144757 Message #3347709
Posted By: JohnInKansas
07-May-12 - 05:03 AM
Thread Name: BS: Massive IT scare
Subject: RE: BS: Massive IT scare
The fairly common corporate requirement to put everything on the company network servers usually takes care of the backup problem if the company keeps the servers backed up.
That was, at least at one time, the rule at Microsoft, where even outside contract workers had to "put it on the net," and is also what I believe was the reason several successive Windows versions gave detailed instructions on how to make "backups," with NO ONE at Microsoft ever checking to see if a "Restore" would work. They didn't have to ever restore anything - just call IT and it got put back.
Win95, Win98, and many WinXP machines made WOM backups.
(I'm sure you've heard about the WOM - Write Only Memory. Unlimited capacity, and very fast, but ...)