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Subject:Re: Do X-rays Damage Disks? From:Sarah Perrault <sarah -at- TELEPORT -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 15 Aug 1995 16:38:22 GMT
In article <40q6d9$g1c -at- nnrp2 -dot- primenet -dot- com>, callie -at- writepage -dot- com (Callie) wrote:
> Eric -
> I don't know about you, but I often travel while developing technical
> material and would be really upset if my work in progress got damaged.
> Protecting data intgrity is part of the job of being a technical writer. It
> is as much a part of the profession as putting words on paper in a
> gramatically correct manner, and using the politically correct pronouns to do
> it with.
I agree. I also travel with my work sometimes, and loss of data could be
very bad if not catastrophic. Keeping my hard drive safe is as important
as making regular backups. I think this is relevant to the group.
