Dick Eastman uses Mozy and brags on it. http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/ His search engine for past articles is in the right column down near the bottom. I'm headed out of town NOW or I would find the best articles and send a link. Sorry. Suzie TXFannin On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Cheryl <cburks@glade.net> wrote: > Has anyone ever used Mozy.com and how trustworthy is it? > > Cheryl > Check out the NEWEST ITEMS > Check out my Bargains Galore at > http://www.countrysister.net/bargainsgalore/index.htm > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://countrysister.net > http://shhstigers.com > http://www.txgenweb2.org/txleon > http://www.txgenweb2.org/txfreestone > http://www.txgenweb2.org/txlimestone > http://www.txgenweb2.org/txwalker > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elaine" <McStumped@suddenlink.net> > To: "txgen" <txgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 12:27 PM > Subject: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > > > Hello fellow TXGenWebers > > > > I have been looking for a good backup solution for my hard drive. > > Heaven forbid I should lose all my county info & TXGenWeb info in a HD > > crash. Today I was given a few good options for this problem and I > > thought I would share with you. > > > > Of course, free is my kind of idea for any solution.......... > > > > #1 - FileFort Backup Software <http://nchsoftware.com/backup/index.html> > > (free) - comes highly recommended as being user friendly. It will > > backup your critical data to virtually any type of storage media > > including CD, DVD, Blu-ray and remote FTP servers. Works on Windows > > Vista/2008 2000/XP/2003 > > > > #2 COMODO <http://backup.comodo.com/> (free) - backup files or folders > > anywhere on your computer, network, DVD-RW, CD-RW or FTP server. Works > > on Windows Vista/Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or later)/Windows 2000 > > (Service Pack 3 or later) > > > > For MAC users: > > #3 Time Machine <http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html> > > (free) - It is built into Mac OS X. It keeps an up-to-date copy of > > everything on your Mac --- digital photos, music, movies, TV shows, and > > documents. > > > > Then there are some good online backup offers that are free. > > > > One of the most well known online backup services that still offers free > > accounts is Mozy's Free Backup Service <http://mozy.com/> - offers you 2 > > GB of storage space. Compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP and > > Windows Vista, as well as Mac OS X 10.4 and higher. > > > > Another free online backup service is iDrive <http://www.idrive.com/>. - > > offers you 2 GB of storage space. You have access to automatic and > > manual backup options, true archiving, versioning, mapped drive backup, > > continuous backup options and web-based backup management options. > > Works for both Mac and Windows users. > > > > Hope this helps some of you save your info if you should, heaven forbid, > > have a system crash. > > > > Elaine > > > > -- > > I'd rather look for dead people than have them look for me.... > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.20/2012 - Release Date: 03/19/09 > 12:26:00 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >