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Hello, I find myself in a tricky situation. At present, we have 2 shared drives (the J & P drives) and each member of staff has a personal area on the H drive. To discourage staff from storing work related information on their H drives and to make sure they store it within the appropriate section on the J drive, we adopted a policy about a year ago of no longer backing up the H drives. This has now posed a question, on the back of a major server melt-down, where staff should store confidential personal information (i.e. appraisal reports, reports relating to staff members etc) if they cannot be sure that this information will be retained safely. As a Records Manager, I believe the policy of not backing up personal drives is sensible as I want to make sure corporate information is stored in corporately accessible areas. However, I understand the concerns of staff if they feel they don't have a safe area to store work related personal information. Does anybody have any suggestions for a fair compromise? Grateful for any views. Many thanks, Jenny Jenny Godfrey Information Manager, Postcomm, Hercules House, Hercules Road, London, SE1 7DB Tel: 020 7593 2132