Dear Dave Re: your comment "I work on a laptop for home and self-employed work -- plus, being in South Africa, I'm at risk to burglary and all my computer equipment being ransacked, no matter where I hide it" I was coming into my house in England about 6 months ago when I met two Hoodies walking out with my laptop (It was never recovered - they were faster than I was) . So you don't need to be in SA to lose it all. I had been using the laptop as a backup. Fortunately the Desktop computer survived along with my data. So now, irrespective of hard drive failure, theft or fire, the data (which is worth more than $4.95 a month) is on a server in the US of A, ready to be recovered at a convenient time. My email is on it too, addresses, inbox and sent items. Let me know what your IT son thinks of the Remote Backup idea. (My trip through SA, Durban to Mombasa, is described on my Genealogy website at the URL http://postmanbill2.tribalpages.com) Liam "A bird in the bush is worth two in the cat" > Thanks, Liam > > Will take a look and consult my IT son! > > At first glance, it sure looks a whole lot better than the PT of using an > external harddrive every once in a while. > > Do you do your email on it too? > > I work on a laptop for home and self-employed work -- plus, being in SA, > I'm at risk to burglary and all my computer equipment being ransacked, no > matter where I hide it (worst case scenario), it wouldn't help leaving the > external HD all convenient and connected, at one easy neat and tidy > workstation. > > Kind regards > > > Dave > Cape Town > South Africa > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Liam Martin" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > "IRL-CO-Donegal" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:30 PM > Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] File Recovery > > >>I was working on a 17 page Word file last week (The McSheffrey Diaspora) >>when the whole thing went pear shaped. Microsoft Word crashed and none of >>the data could be recovered. You know the feeling!! >> >> Then I remembered that I had subscribed to Mozy (Mozyhome Remote Backup). >> A good time to put it to the test. Within about 2 minutes the file had >> been recovered and was back on my system as "The McSheffrey Diaspora >> (I)" - Yeeee Hah! >> >> Mozy costs me $4.95 per month, has all my important data on a remote >> server and every day automatically backs up any files that have been >> changed. >> >> A remote backup could save your genealogical bacon too. - see the review >> at the URL >> >> http://www.webuser.co.uk/products/Storage_backup_2216_index.html >> >> Liam >> >> "A bird in the bush is worth two in the cat" >>