I bought a D-Link DNS-323: 2-bay Network Storage Enclosure and placed two 250GB drives in it in a RAID1 configuration - this insures that if one of the drives dies, the information is not compromised/lost. Larry > >-----Original Message----- > >From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > >[mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Billie > >Nichols Bennett > >Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 1:02 PM > >To: txgen@rootsweb.com > >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