Backup, Backup & Backup Some More 
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| Just about a year ago today, I lost my hard drive on my main office computer. And insufficient backup. Man, was that painful. Now I use Carbonite on all my computers, the cost is worth it for the ability to sleep at night. Other advantages as well. Tip Credibility: 15 (Best Tip!) |
| If you use a computer, you absolutely, positively MUST have a backup system in place - NOW! If the “ones and zeros” that make up your life disappear. . . it will be as if you never existed. Backup to an external drive and backup remotely. Tip Credibility: 7 |
| After a few incidents myself, not only do I have a backup system in place but I also clone my discs. I added another Seagate disc drive and loaded Seagate DiscWizard. Every Friday I clone my hard drive and always have a perfect clone just in case. Tip Credibility: 7 |
| Backup on macs is easy using time machine. Attach an external drive (by firewire if possible), turn on time machine. Instant access to old files, plus full recover if main harddrive fails. Tip Credibility: 6 |
| Be sure to do an offsite backup of your local backup! If your hardware is stolen or a natural disaster you'll have a backup of your backup somewhere else! I'm a big fan DataDepositBox.com - Mozey.com & Amazon S3 storage using Jungle Disk (cheap & easy!) Tip Credibility: 6 |
| I have a portable back up that I take home with me at the end of the week plus I use Carbonite just in case. Both are inexpensive and also let me get a hold of info on my office system when I'm not in the office. Tip Credibility: 6 |
| It is not possible to have too many backups. I just lost a 1TB drive on a Windows Home Server that took some things with it that I didn't have backed up properly. Test your backups regularly by restoring from them. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Clone backups are ok untill you get a virus, Lots of the online backup systems let you go back to different points in time, So if backed up daily you wont lose any of your work, For a free 1 GB account visit www.tbak.co.uk Tip Credibility: 5 |
| We use carbonite, but you can only backup like 5GB/day - so its not great for bigger things. extra drives in mirrors are the way to go. servers should have raid 5 or 10 and backed up offsite regularly. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| I love www.mozy.com Its inexpensive and reliable and automatic. Every night at the time I set, Mozy quietly backs up everything to their remote servers. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Just learned the hard way (again). Backup your system diligently or lose everything. OK, not original, but ever so important! Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Don't forget your email filing system backup; I did. I didn't have a retrievable backup system in place. After tech mind melds, a few headaches, & valuable time, I gratefully retrieved these lost items. I now use Mozy Home, & have a WD 500G external. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| I keep 2 Seagate Free Agent external drives and a WD MyBook drive, all 500GB. I download and save files directly to those disks. Music, video, everything. I use an Outlook Express mail backup weekly, too. In triplicate! USB devices can fail. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Back up your information to offsite backups to protect yourself if there is a fire. You can also back up information to DVDS for quick restores. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| I have a 1TB ext hdd that i use to backup my 2 computers automatically with apple's time machine and now thanks to 5buckguy i will also use Carbonite on both my mac's as well. thanks for the excellent software backup. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| It pays to have a 2 part strategy, 1 - local full image backup that is automated with a powerful backup program like Acronis. 2 - Online or remote backup so that you have an extra layer of protection. If it's automatic it will get done. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Time machine backups with a mac are easy. But what if the backup drive fails or your appartment is flooded/burned? Computer and backups are lost. Time Warp sends your encrypted time machine backups to amazon servers. www.jumpingbeansoftware.com Tip Credibility: 4 |
| 3 Good tips for backing up. 1. Use an external drive (Maxtor 1 Touch is good). 2. Use an online service (Mozy Remote Desktop Backup service). 3. Use your own domain provider, most provide unlimited storage, like Justhost.com bit.ly/4hnJi Tip Credibility: 4 |
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