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1. 1. Dayle on Jan 30th, 2004 at 1:27 pm

   Backing up offsite is crucial, too. I have friends who were just robbed, and Dean Wesley Smith often tells the cautionary tale of having his house burn down–he stood and looked at the melted computer and, next to it, the melted box of back-up disks…

2. 2. Mike on Jan 30th, 2004 at 1:37 pm

   Or for free, you can do what I do and backup all your fiction files (and any other important files) to a Yahoo Briefcase. I’ve got a ton of stuff there, including 4-5 novels and drafts and about 40 stories, plus other stuff, and I’m not even halfway near the limit, which is 30 MB.

3. 3. Scott Janssens on Jan 30th, 2004 at 2:28 pm

   I’d also recommend backups in the hardcopy in multiple locations as well.

4. 4. Tim Pratt on Jan 30th, 2004 at 2:44 pm

   I’m generally pretty good about backing up my fiction and poetry, keeping offsite back-ups, etc., so pretty much all I lost was my saved e-mail. Still annoying as hell, but it could’ve been a lot worse.

5. 5. Rachel on Jan 30th, 2004 at 3:37 pm

   Ditto recommendation on the Yahoo! briefcase. If you need more space, you can create a Yahoo! group and save files, bookmarks, etc.