Comments on: Should I backup? http://helpmerick.com/should-i-backup.htm Easy to understand computer help Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:54:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Rick http://helpmerick.com/should-i-backup.htm/comment-page-1#comment-6543 Rick Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:57:55 +0000 http://helpmerick.com/wordpr/?p=308#comment-6543 I love it!! Great backup routine with a lot of redundancy ( a good thing when it comes to backup). I can't think of a thing to change!! I love it!! Great backup routine with a lot of redundancy ( a good thing when it comes to backup). I can’t think of a thing to change!!

]]> By: Dave Violette http://helpmerick.com/should-i-backup.htm/comment-page-1#comment-6538 Dave Violette Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:50:00 +0000 http://helpmerick.com/wordpr/?p=308#comment-6538 To paraphrase the old saw about voting in Chicago: backup early and backup often! I use: 1 - MozyHome (free - contact me for info and a referral code). Set to back up selected critical files (accounts, programming, etc) at least nightly and whenever computer is not used during day. 2 - USB drives. I have several, devoted to different groups of files, and back up to these manually at least once a week. The 8 GB holds a lot! 3 - External hard drive. I have a Seagate (1 TB, as I recall) and do extensive backups to it about every 2-3 weeks. 4 - CD/DVDs. I copy photo files to disk periodically to have copies for my wife to use. I use Allway Sync software for #2 and 3, setting up separate jobs for the different groups. Rick: any suggestions or comments? To paraphrase the old saw about voting in Chicago: backup early and backup often! I use:

1 – MozyHome (free – contact me for info and a referral code). Set to back up selected critical files (accounts, programming, etc) at least nightly and whenever computer is not used during day.
2 – USB drives. I have several, devoted to different groups of files, and back up to these manually at least once a week. The 8 GB holds a lot!
3 – External hard drive. I have a Seagate (1 TB, as I recall) and do extensive backups to it about every 2-3 weeks.
4 – CD/DVDs. I copy photo files to disk periodically to have copies for my wife to use.

I use Allway Sync software for #2 and 3, setting up separate jobs for the different groups.

Rick: any suggestions or comments?

]]> By: Rick http://helpmerick.com/should-i-backup.htm/comment-page-1#comment-6535 Rick Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:47:50 +0000 http://helpmerick.com/wordpr/?p=308#comment-6535 Woo hoo! Another backup fan...well can we really be called "fans". We know it's one of those necessities of being a computer user. And no, I don't think backing up your web based mail is obsessive...if it's important, it all should be backed up! Thanks for the comment, Kim...always glad to see you over here. Woo hoo! Another backup fan…well can we really be called “fans”. We know it’s one of those necessities of being a computer user. And no, I don’t think backing up your web based mail is obsessive…if it’s important, it all should be backed up! Thanks for the comment, Kim…always glad to see you over here.

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://helpmerick.com/should-i-backup.htm/comment-page-1#comment-6533 Kim Woodbridge Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:59:35 +0000 http://helpmerick.com/wordpr/?p=308#comment-6533 Backing up is so important and I nag people about it all the time. 2 months after I started backing up on a daily basis my hard drive died. If I hadn't started a back-up plan, I would have lost everything. I do, however, back up my web based email. Maybe it's overkill but I worry about getting locked out of my account and I have so much in there. I back it up every day. I don't know if backing up installation files of downloaded programs is important - can't they be downloaded again? I do think backing up the Application Data folders in Windows is important though - that way I have all my settings when I reinstall a program. Backing up is so important and I nag people about it all the time. 2 months after I started backing up on a daily basis my hard drive died. If I hadn’t started a back-up plan, I would have lost everything.

I do, however, back up my web based email. Maybe it’s overkill but I worry about getting locked out of my account and I have so much in there. I back it up every day.

I don’t know if backing up installation files of downloaded programs is important – can’t they be downloaded again? I do think backing up the Application Data folders in Windows is important though – that way I have all my settings when I reinstall a program.

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