I go as far as disconnecting my external backup drive from the computer after backing up, in case there is a power surge/lightning strike/act of God/act of wife Rick > Keep in mind that I'm utterly paranoid about the drives. They > stay off most of the time. (Their job is primarily backup and > secondary storage) And I always unmount and power-off > before rebooting/shutting down, etc. > > -- Erica