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Larry Medina <[log in to unmask]> 
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11/18/2005 07:21 AM
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Re: departing employees hard drives






>>
>> I'm not certain why you would want to store the hard drive of someone 
who
>> has left. Finding information on that hard drive is a little bit like
>> finding a needle in the haystack. You have no idea as to how the file
>> structure was setup, naming conventions etc.

>... and I know of one firm who had a disgruntled employee blow the
>whistle on them for destroying documents prior to their retention period
>(because they were on her hard drive!) but because they had made an image 
of
>the drive, they were able to avoid a penalty.
>
>....
>Larry Medina

My employer has a stated (and re-stated...) policy that all work-related 
files are to be stored on network drives.
I keep a "paranoid backup" on my desktop unit, but the "real thing" is 
kept where the corp can find it if we part ways, or I get hit by a bus, 
etc.
If a company has such a policy, then couldn't the company sue the 
ex-employee (who tries what Larry mentioned above) for failure to comply 
with stated policy?

Re backing up disks and types of compression:
The only place where "lossy" compression is normally used is for media 
files (sound, video, photos) where the message/content is adequately 
expressed despite any losses.
A drive can be "imaged" to a  single file for storage and transmission. 
Some kinds of "images" can be accessed without having to restore them 
first..

Re: lossy compression, part II:
What do you think scanning is, if not compression?
Faxing is especially lossy...

;-)

cheers
Jay





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