Gladys-You are absolutely correct about seriously thinking about backup systems due to the nasty storms we had here [Memphis] on Thursday. I went to Best Buy yesterday looking for an external hard drive, but it was so much information that I decided to come home and do some research on the matter

I willl check on an online backup service as well as an external backup system.

Wow, glad you & your family are ok and still have your house b/c there were some here in Memphis and Southave that are living in shelters or hotels right now. So be blessed.... b/c I am truly grateful that my house is still standing and I didn't lose a family member in the storm.

Pamela

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Pamela
CMB Business Solutions www.cmbbusiness.com

I use Mozy and a backup CD as well. So far so good!!

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Kasey P. Lian, Owner, KL Virtual Office Solutions
http://www.facebook.com/KLVirtualOfficeSolutions

You guys inspired me! I've been meaning to set up automated backup for ages, but you know how that goes... So today I finally did it.

I've chosen online backup because it's easy to use, affordable, and off-site. For now, Mozy has won out. I get unlimited storage and it will back up my external hard drive. But as soon as Carbonite offers a service that will backup external drives, I'm going to switch over. I read that it offers better customer support and sounds like a slightly better product, overall. But Mozy sounds great, too, so I'm excited to start using it! It will be such a relief to finally have this in place.

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Liz
Blue Canary Design & Virtual Assistance

I use Mozy and sometimes back up to a Maxtor drive a client gave me.

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Carlana Charles - Ciboney Virtual Solutions
Web: http://ciboneyvirtual.com Blog:http://ciboneyvirtual.com/blog

I was looking into buying an External Hard Drive myself. Has anyone used Western Digital? I heard this was supposed to be pretty good. Thanks for the tip on Mozy-it's nice to hear from others who have used this as well.

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http://www.targetstars.com

LaTosha;


Originally Posted by Essential Office Solutions
I bought a Western Digital My Book external 1tb HD. It came with the backup software but after installing (waiting too long) I have found the software included is a demo expiring after 30 days.

Orignally Posted by A_Virtual_Jewel
This is the same HDD I have which came bundled with MioNet software. I'm still running on the limited capabilities but, it didn't expire. The web interface is found at:

https://mionet.senvid.net/mioNetWeb/...ianceID=AWDNAS

I run two laptops (XP) and a Vista 64 using this software

Bottom line - the HDD works great but download a different software perhaps the one above or use the Windows backup program - not the software that comes with the drive - it caused major lock ups with my Windows PC.

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Cindy
www.eoseasy.comThe Chrysalis Plan

I just bought a Seagate external harddrive. And I plan to also use Carbonite.

Carol

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www.cjvbs.com

I back up using an external hard drive. Officemax had great sale on 1TB hard drives. You can program an automatic backup at the frequency that you desire.

I havent started my business yet but I am about to get two external hard drives - one to use excuslively with my laptop and one to back up everything from my desktop and laptop - obviously this will be the bigger harddrive. I will also have DVD backups of archived client files. I will also have a pc exclusively for my own personal stuff so the other two computers will be strictly for client work only.

Sandra

What a good thread. I realise I need to get this sorted now so I've just purchased an external hard drive (Western Digital). I'm also going to look into online backup. Although at first I thought that doing both was unnecessary I think that they each provide security in different ways. If I just went for online backup then what would happen if there was a problem with the provider or internet availability. If I just went for an external hard drive then what would happen in the event of fire and theft..... I'm going to play it safe and go with both!

Thanks,
Sharon