Thursday, September 17, 2009
Personal Backups
A friend of mine lost a bunch of family pictures and video when his hard drives died (he lost both at the same time). As backup people we are all well aware that the current home computer user does not have an easy and safe way to backup all their data easily. Oh, sure they can buy a USB drive but those can also be destroyed in a fire, flood, or even stolen. There are some online options but wanted to ask those out there what their experiences are with them and any suggestions. I currently have 200+GB I need protected so what are the safest options...and no I wont be buying a tape drive. ;-)
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The process I go though to accomplish this is probably a bit different than most. I have a safety deposit box at my local bank. I keep many important items and documents there. It is not that expensive, and provides me with an off site vault of sorts that I use. I have 2 external USB drives, and I will go swap them out, usually about once a month. I use sync programs to keep my system synced to my external drive that sits on my desk.
ReplyDeleteI find this to be fairly inexpensive for what I get, and it seems to work for me.
Just use Mozy or Carbonite. Less likely chance you'll screw it up.
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