Tim and Nina say:

<<All of my records in my office outside of receipts I gather from trips
> when I pay in cash are electronic.  Do I have paper, yes, but it is only
> for convenience copies.  Now if my hard drive and backup systems crashed,
> that's another story.>>
>
> Ditto.
>

Okay, so one has to ask...

1) Why is it that you find paper "more convenient" to use/access than
electronic formats?

2) What *IS* your backup strategy?

And I'm not throwing stones, but curious.

As was stated by others, a more common strategy for those who go this route
is to use the electronic "copies" for routine reference because they're "So
much easier to access" (just ask all the folks who regularly support the
enhanced value of EDM systems!) and the paper copies are kept as a deep
backup, in the event the electronic versions fail or become inaccessible
(not that THAT would EVER happen!)

And with backups, again, it's only curiosity, not criticism.  What is your
volume and what is your strategy for backups? Structure (by server, by
folder, by file?) Complete or Incremental? Frequency? Media? Location from
primary place of operation? Commercial storage or private, or a combination?
Firesafe or other?

Larry

-- 
Larry Medina
Danville, CA
RIM Professional since 1972

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