[Snuffy]

Yes, I have seen some of what happens to some. The City Clerk 15 miles away, seen the Download-update info from MS in his EMAIL... and opened the file. This computer had all the town records, on it... lucky for him, I had told him some time ago... when things simply look "WEIRD or CRAZY" unplug the computer instantly... It only took a few hours to fix... every link from the Desktop was gone. Many Directories were missing, or renamed, many files had been compressed.. and re arranged... all the bank accounts, all accounting files, simply every file that a small town had was ready to be sent somewhere...
I told him unplug the Internet first... restart the system... and do a FORMAT of the HD... He then replaced his OS, set the Internet back, and reinstalled all files minus about 2 hrs... from his ON LINE Backup Server...

I also have seen computers that had been TOTALLY FORMATTED, due to not knowing UNPLUG and corruption is better than TOTAL LOSS.. many 3rd party programs can restore DELETED/FORMATTED files.

It is easy to BACKUP every day or nite with a simply click of the mouse using XCOPY or todays ROBOCOPY. WRITE YOUR BACKUP.BAT using word or notepad and click it any time and it is FAST and done.... unplug that external USB HD and it is SAFE...100%