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"I
finally did join Mozy.com for
my automatic back-up service!
First, they give you a free
membership for a fixed amount
a space. I utilized their free
service about six months and
limited my backup to the most
important files (like
accounting and family photos);
then I just bit the bullet and
joined full-service. For the
cost (less than half of what
my computer repair shop
charges to attempt to recover
my files when my computer
invariable crashes) it was a
great idea. Wish I had
done it sooner!" ~ Paula
"We
subscribe to an online backup
service called Carbonite.
It is $50 a year, which might
not be cheap (I don't really
know). To me it is worth it for
all the pictures I have stored
on it, etc. That is what
insurance is... paying for
something you hope you never
have to use!" ~ Julie
"We use the portable USB drives. You can get them at a relatively low cost and they can hold several gigabytes of information. Our local hospice also uses this method of backing up their files." ~ Anonymous
"I use two flash
drives for backup and storage; one for personal use (4mb) and
one for work (1mb). I work from home and backup once a week. I
also keep emails stored on the hotmail site, not my hard drive.
I have had a hard drive crash, and it wasn't fun, especially
when I had to have my supervisor resend me several years' worth
of emails that we have to keep for reference! These methods are
inexpensive and have worked well so far. I haven't tried any
on-line pay-for backup sites." ~ Carolyn
"I’ve tried a number of online backup services including some 'free' ones. The free ones are generally worth what you pay for them! We have a directory called 'data' on our hard drive. Every program saves its data files to that directory. Every day at 4:00 a.m. the backup program looks for changed files in that directory and uploads them to the server. The best one I’ve found so far is QuickBooks Online Backup. It has 10GB of online storage and costs $149 annually." ~ Maynard Editor's Note: Thanks to these subscribers for taking the time to respond. |
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