I think this might be just what I'm looking for. If you have ever had to do a disk transfer "one step at a time, you know that it is a VERY PAINSTAKING process.   _________________________________________ Eddie Cope: Pecos County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txpecos2/ ________________________________ From: Gina Heffernan <ginagaleh@yahoo.com> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 9:48:01 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions The Acronis program that Larry uses will do it and they do have a home version. you might call and ask them point-blank if the software will ghost your hard drive. > >Acronis ( www.acronis.com) > Gina Heffernan Rusk Co, Texas ________________________________ From: Eddie Cope <eddie.cope@sbcglobal.net> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 9:36:45 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions I guess I will just jump in the middle here and put my 2+ cents worth in. What I would like to see is a backup program (regardless of type) that would backup the complete HD, Operating system, boot track and whatever else Microsoft has not told us about. This would enable us to go to Wal Mart (or wherever), buy a new HD and restore every bit from one disk to the other. The old DOS system would let you do a "Disk Copy" but that term has gotten lost in "lets make more money"! I bought a Segate disk from WalMart a couple of years ago and it claimed that it would do this but I was never successful at doing so. Anybody have any ideas on this? _________________________________________ Eddie Cope: Pecos County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txpecos2/ ________________________________ From: collingsworth <collingsworth@dcolson.com> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 7:43:31 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions I have an external hard drive that I back up everything of  importance.  Email, web browser bookmarks, photos, web pages, videos,  etc.  Every thing.  Two type of people back up.  Those that wish they  had after a crash and those that back up.  Small external hard is  very cheap now days. My self I use Synchronize! Pro X for the  Mac.  It can be set to backup or synchronize two files.  It can be set to  do this task on a regular basic; daily, weekly, or monthly.  Some of  my things are backup daily and other less often.  Backup only changes  the files since the last backup.  Works really great for me. I lost a lot of things one time, never again. On Mar 20, 2009, at 2:54 PM, Gina Heffernan wrote: > You can get relatively inexpensive externals. Since we have 2  > computers and my husband makes music, I got a "notebook" which is  > about 160GB. It's about the size of one of those little New  > Testament Bibles they used to give away at Sunday school. > > If you don't need that much storage, you can get a "flash drive".  > You can easily hide it in the palm of your hand. > > One of my customers bought a 933 GB drive to store 9 GB of photos  > and videos - that's a little extreme. It's the size of a regular  > drive. > > Most important, you have to be careful about the software you use  > to backup. Most of them come with "sync" software, which doesn't  > work if you lose a hard drive. Some backup software won't work if  > you lose a hard drive. It's a security thing that keeps a stranger  > from finding your backup and putting it onto his PC. > > The best way to backup is the old fashioned way - copy and paste  > the folders from one drive to the other. Then put the backup drive  > somewhere safe. And if something happens to your backup - get a new  > one right away. Murphy's law says if you lose your backup, you'll  > lose your original, too. > > Putting EVERYTHING onto an external is a good idea but then you  > don't have a backup so you still need to consider that. > > I've lost everything twice. The second time was not as bad as the  > first because I'm using webmail these days. It's amazing how much I  > lost the first time because it was in my Outlook email (including  > about 2000 cemetery photos). > > I don't worry so much about physical damage to my computer. If I  > lose my house, the stuff on my PC will be of little consequence. I  > store my backup on a shelf above my PC. It's small enough to pick  > up and run AFTER I get my dogs. I do have a flash drive in my purse  > with all my genealogy data. Flash drives are cheap these days, you  > can keep several of them updated. > > > > Gina Heffernan > Rusk Co, Texas > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Cheryl <cburks@glade.net> > To: txgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 1:11:49 PM > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > Thanks Billie...I would rather use an external also but wasn't sure  > what to > look for. > 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: "Billie Nichols Bennett" <nichols1836@windstream.net> > To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 1:02 PM > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > >> I was backing up my computer on DVD's.... but I bought a Maxtor  >> external >> hard drive and now I have it set to backup my whole computer once  >> a week. >> I know that involves a purchase, but it is minor compared to the  >> computer >> and I'm not giving anyone access to my computer by subscribing to  >> a online >> service or leaving it to memory to do the DVD's. >> >> Billie Nichols Bennett >>  ----- Original Message ----- >>  From: Elaine >>  To: txgen >>  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 >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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