>>Hey Cy,
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>>One of the times I did that, the ZIP was corrupted along with the SCT files. Really pissed me off. Maybe create the ZIP and then copy it to floppy or something.
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>>>If you are working with the project on your local drive under w2k, just zip everything up before shutting down (this also gives you a backup) and this will cause w2k to commit everything to disk.
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>Fortunately, I actually use VSS for that, and its on another computer in another location (several miles away actually). <grin> I access it through my cable modem. This lets me keep an offsite backup easily.

You know, I hadn't thought of that. That may well be a very good use for a zip drive. They are not buffered, and that would at least give you a good copy for when the problem occurs.