>The fun of backups. I had a brand new 3 M formated tape and backed up a system. The system crashed that weekend so I went to do a restore after resolving the hardware issue. The tape was defective and there was no data. I have no words I wish to express about that experience.
"I have no words..." Certain four-letter words may cause you some relief. Although they don't really solve the problem.
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)