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Pearl & Leslie;
If InfoSelect is shareware, where do you find it on the net?
My answer is to _ruthlessly_ cull (if anyone saw my office they'd know what
a sacrifice this is) anything I don't think I'll need, but the system will
work just as well if you save everything.
Figure our what size active file you'd like to keep. For most drives this is
a meg or two. When your file gets this big, use a shareware program called
PKZip and compress the file. Then store it on either a floppy or a tape
drive if you have one. If you don't have a tape drive, buy one, because my
best guess is you're not backing up your system regularly with is a formula
(pun intended) for certain disaster at some point in your life--usually when
you need the info the worst.
The drawback to this system, which Leslie has solved, is knowing what's on
the disk. I haven't been interested enough to segregate the listings, but
you can create directories of broad headings. When you zip a file, zip it by
your directories. Then you have a much smaller number of files to review to
find what you want.
BTW, I gave up on the digests. Seemed every one had something I wanted to
keep and I was having to keep the whole thing. After the time I've been on
the Lactnet I've gotten to know who is tracking what subjects so I review
them first. Then I scan the first paragraph of the remaining ones. I use
Eudora Light for my mail system which lets you sequentially view.
Blessings on whatever you choose!
At 11:33 PM 11/15/95 -0700, you wrote:
>Pearl--
>I can relate to your need to archive and save. My hard drive is definitely
>filling up and I'm a little concerned.
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>This is what I do so far. I have a program called InfoSelect. I save all the
>dates and message header listings in there because I can search for a word,
>see which Digest the message I wanted was in, and then go get that Digest. I
>am going to start archiving the Digests onto a tape drive (which I use for
>back-up) as soon as I figure out how best to do that and still be able to
>retrieve things fairly easily.
>
Richard G."Dick" Copeland
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