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   micky to nospam@needed.invalid   
   Re: OT Take backup drive with me on trip   
   11 Feb 26 18:59:50   
   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:11:21 -0500, Paul   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Wed, 2/11/2026 8:58 AM, micky wrote:   
   >> OT  I'm going out of town for 3 months, and I'm 1) making an image of my   
   >> SDD  before I go, and 2) separately backing up all my data except maybe   
   >> the stuff in the User folder, on two diffeent drives.   
   >>   
   >> Should I take drive 2, my 2.5 inch spinner data backup drive, with me?   
   >> I'm afraid I'll lose it, because of the airline or somewhere else, and   
   >> I'll have nothing.   In the past it never even occurred to me to take   
   >> it.   
   >>   
   >   
   >007, you should sew an SD card into your jacket :-)   
   >   
   >They are available up to around the 1TB level.   
   >   
   >My laptop has a connector hole for one, but then   
      
   I have that too, come to think of it. I'd never had a use for it.   
      
   >the hardware there only runs at 10MB/sec.   
      
   I'm not in a hurry.   
      
   >There will be a lot of activity at borders and airports,   
   >so lots of opportunities to "lose this and that".   
   >   
   >There are various rules about bringing personal   
   >items across borders. Generally speaking, traveling   
   >naked is the absolutely safest option when it comes   
      
   I will be partially naked.  I won't wear anything on my hands.   
      
   >to bureaucracy. Nobody can ask you "do you have   
   >anything to declare?" when they can see you don't   
   >have anything to declare.   
   >   
   >   Paul   
      
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