Larry, My husband tried setting up an automatic save, but a couple nights when I had insomnia, the computer was working. So now I do it manually even though I have to remember every now and then to set up the contraption. During the summer, I remember very well. We are also prone to lightning strikes. My daughter and I watched one hit the house out the kitchen window this summer. Thank goodness for the old lightning rods on the old house. I always unplug the computers and TVs every time a storm moves in. We lost a TV, computer, a microwave and a CD player a couple years ago. That was after the year that the substation got hit and the wires extending on either side of the road into the woods caught fire. Diane -----Original Message----- From: paallegh-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:paallegh-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Larry Thompson Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 9:02 PM To: paallegh@rootsweb.com Subject: [ALL] Backing up files Hi group: You can find external usb hard drives of various sizes very cheap these days. You should try to find one the same size, or larger, as your built in drive. I picked up a 320gB Maxtor One Touch drive for about $80 two years ago. It can be set up to automatically back up your entire hard drive periodically. I set mine for weekly. Once my drive is backed up, I wait until I shut down the computer, I then disconnect the back up drive and unplug the power and usb connection, which prevents damage from a lightning strike. About once a week I plug it back in, at which time it notices it missed a backup and automatically does the latest backup. Larry ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Diane: That's what I like about the Maxtor One Touch. When you install it, it automatically sets up automatic backups. You only have to set up the frequency. A plus to disconnecting the backup drive when not in use, is it prevents a virus you pickup from infecting the remote drive. Larry On 1/17/2011 9:26 PM, Diane Nichols wrote: > Larry, > > My husband tried setting up an automatic save, but a couple nights when I > had insomnia, the computer was working. So now I do it manually even though > I have to remember every now and then to set up the contraption. > > During the summer, I remember very well. We are also prone to lightning > strikes. My daughter and I watched one hit the house out the kitchen window > this summer. Thank goodness for the old lightning rods on the old house. I > always unplug the computers and TVs every time a storm moves in. We lost a > TV, computer, a microwave and a CD player a couple years ago. That was > after the year that the substation got hit and the wires extending on either > side of the road into the woods caught fire. > > Diane > > -----Original Message----- > From: paallegh-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:paallegh-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Larry Thompson > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 9:02 PM > To: paallegh@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ALL] Backing up files > > Hi group: > You can find external usb hard drives of various sizes very cheap these > days. You should try to find one the same size, or larger, as your built > in drive. I picked up a 320gB Maxtor One Touch drive for about $80 two > years ago. It can be set up to automatically back up your entire hard > drive periodically. I set mine for weekly. Once my drive is backed up, I > wait until I shut down the computer, I then disconnect the back up drive > and unplug the power and usb connection, which prevents damage from a > lightning strike. About once a week I plug it back in, at which time it > notices it missed a backup and automatically does the latest backup. > > Larry > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- My genealogy page http://twothompsongenealogies.com/ Allegheny County Maps page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lt0168/maps/