No complaints about my thumbs, at least 12-15 assorted mfg's & capacities.
After reading through this thread, I'm seeing how computer un-savvy I really am!
My backups are on a WD 'My Book' which I manually 'copy' to, as the auto backup that came with it took forever & slowed this LT down big time.
Critical data is either on a CD or a dedicated thumb, and secondarily on the WD My Book.
That's what I like about ECN, ya never stop learning!