On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:56:25 -0000, wrote:

On 12 Dec,
"Paul D Smith" wrote:

BTW, make sure that the new mobile is storing contacts to memory and not
SIM; that way if you DO need to replace the SIM, the numbers are still
there.

Having just had to recover from my phone going though the washing
machine I'd
say make sure numbers are stored on both sim and phone.

Mine were on the phone, but I did manage to recover most from an old
backup
on the computer, and an even older phone.


Indeed. My wife once had her phone pinched and over the years I have
trashed 2 hard drives at work and a Seagate Barracuda at home.

I am giving up our domain because we will be moving about following
retirement. Now use Gmail and Hotmail and save offline.

Back ups go to an old PC and an external hard drive on alternate weeks.
Important stuff including photos is backed up off site daily.

I despair of people at work who kept stuff on their local drive and
relatives who have all their photos on one standalone computer.