Two unrelated tips

1) Don't blindly follow TomTom instructions if you choose "shortest route". It might send you down farm tracks axle deep in mud that are *slightly* too narrow to drive down without scratching your car :eek:

2) When was the last time you did a proper computer backup? If you're the smug type who has done one recently, :P, have you checked that's it's actually readable? This especially applies if you use tapes

I hope this helps someone

I've learnt number 1 the hard way - Even "quickest" is sometimes really bad down here as it assumes you can do 60mph down all the narrow lanes around my way. Motta is, stick to main roads/Dualies/Mways wherever possible and ignore its shortcuts unless you sort of know the road its taking you down.

2) eh? Might transfer any data from this PC to my laptop and vice versa.

1) Don't blindly follow TomTom instructions if you choose "shortest route". It might send you down farm tracks axle deep in mud that are *slightly* too narrow to drive down without scratching your car :eek:

TomTom has taken me down some 'interesting :eek: ' routes, but it has always guided me safely to my destination.

This especially applies if you use tapes

Why does anyone bother with tapes, I mean backing up to strips of rust?!?

Why does anyone bother with tapes, I mean backing up to strips of rust?!?

They still have their uses. Hopefully holographic disks will obviate that though.