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Spring’s on its way. Backup now — before you’re too busy.

March 12, 2010

I’ve written a lot about backing up your data over the years. But even though backups are important, somehow they’re always 2^nd or 3^rd on the priority list. ‘Something to do when I get time’. And as Spring approaches, time is one thing that there’s going to be less of as priorities shift from inside […]

Tagged as: 13th, Backup, Backups, ClickFree, contest, Data, hardware, Murphy, process, safety, software, Spring, Time, Transformer

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Friday the 13^th: Refuge in the backup

November 13, 2009

Ok, it’s a lousy title for a movie, but it is a great reminder to review and execute your data backup strategies, both at home and online.
Why Friday the 13^th?
Simply, it’s a day-date combination that happens infrequently, almost ad-hoc. When it does occur, you can easily plan to take time out to perform your maintenance […]

Tagged as: Backup, Backups, Data, Friday, Friday the 13th, hardware, Murphy, process, safety, software

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Backups don’t have to be painful

November 3, 2009

In a previous post (on my personal blog) about preparing for your Windows 7 installation, I briefly discussed backups. Aside from the obvious reason of having a copy of your imortant stuff stored safely, backups have another benefit; they give you the confidence to work on your computer yourself — not having to rely on […]

Tagged as: Backup, Backups, ClickFree, hardware, Murphy, USB, Windows

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2 More Simple Home Backup Solutions

October 2, 2008

photo credit: nickwheeleroz

With the financial crisis swirling around this week, I took another look at ways I keep my data safe. To best achieve this, offsite backups are a must. Should my computers become damaged or stolen, my data is still secure.
I’ve written before about Mozy, an effective automated online backup system, but recently […]

Tagged as: Backup, Backups, online, Reviews, software, Windows

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Fast, free and effective Palm Pilot backup with NVBackup

May 24, 2007

Earlier this morning I had despaired; my Palm Pilot had fallen and couldn’t get up. It had crashed. Hard. I had to force a Hard Reset to even get it back to the factory default condition.
I’d lost my ebooks, schedule, contacts, everything. Sure, it was backed up on my computer, in a backup folder, but […]

Tagged as: Backup, Backups, Palm, Palm Pilot, palm tx, software

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