I use Carbonite. It's about $50 a year, but it really works. Takes a few days for the original backup, but it backs up any new or changed files automatically which is nice because I am sure that I wouldn't remember all of the files that change. > -----Original Message----- > From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Elaine > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 12:28 PM > To: txgen > 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 >