Tag: Murphy
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Fat lady sings. Winners announced soon.
Thus endith my first blog contest. And a very cool ride it was. My good friends at Clickfree, a Canadian backup technology company, agreed to provide the prizes (Clickfree Transformer SE) for a blog contest challenging folks to provide there best (or worst I guess) backup horror story. I’ve received some rather good entries. Check out the…
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How to backup files across a network easily
Before I start, a friendly reminder that you only have a day left to enter the contest for a free Clickfree Transformer backup system. Tell me a backup horror story. It’s one thing to backup the files on your local computer and another to backup files stored on other computers on your network, or Network…
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Monthly Backups: Have you started yours?
Before I start, a friendly reminder that you only have 2.5 days left to enter the contest for a free Clickfree Transformer backup system. Tell me a backup horror story. One thing I like to do is, at the end of every month, verify that I’ve got a full backup of what I like to call…
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Spring’s on its way. Backup now — before you’re too busy.
I’ve written a lot about backing up your data over the years. But even though backups are important, somehow they’re always 2nd or 3rd 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…
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Friday the 13th: Refuge in the backup
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 13th? 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…
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Backups don’t have to be painful
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…