Elaine, I use the Western Digital "My Book" external drives. I save almost everything to the external drive and very little to the computer. Then, I made a copy of the external drive onto another "My Book" and then put the 2nd "My Book" in my safety deposit box at the bank. Once a month, we go pick it up and add the new material to it and take it back. May seem like a lot of trouble, but I sleep better at night :-) Teri ----- 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: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.21/2014 - Release Date: 03/20/09 06:59:00