Comments on: Automatically Backing Up Your PC Daily, Part 2 of 2

By: investorblogger

investorblogger — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:13:30 +0000

We often underestimate the value of the scheduling program in Windows… I don’t think I’ve used it more than once since I found it in Windows 98SE… nearly 10 years ago.

Always one OS behind!

Kenneth

By: Tyler Cruz

Tyler Cruz — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:55:51 +0000

I actually have a very expensive surge power protector which should protect my computer from any lightning strike, and I do plan on making my DVD backups every 5 weeks or so still.. but now I have daily backups as well which is great.

It’s just impossible to backup onto DVD every day… it’s annoying enough doing it once a month as it is..

By: Tyler Cruz

Tyler Cruz — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:53:44 +0000

Oh, but I hate waiting And shipping isn’t cheap, especially if it’s shipping from the US.

By: Tyler Cruz

Tyler Cruz — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:40:02 +0000

Yes, there are a lot backup software/solutions out there, but I like to keep things as simple as possible and this does the basics of backing up for me, and is completely free and ships with Windows.

SmartSync Pro costs money, although it is very affordable at $35 a license.

By: ToddW

ToddW — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:25:26 +0000

If you want a real backup solution I suggest SmartSync Pro.

It allows you to backup to another hard drive, ftp account, network drive, or even e-mail yourself zip pieces of the backup. It can do all files, incremental, etc.

You can schedule more than 1 backup/type/location.

I backup only selected files/folders/emails to my external USB HD, and then mirror that USB HD to another external HD for safety. THis way when I travel or go on vacationI take the drive with me as “backup” in case something happens when I’m gone.

I plan to setup FTP backup in the future in case of localized fire, etc. I do DVD backups rarely for offsite.

-Todd

By: trigatch4

trigatch4 — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:28:47 +0000

Hmm. I like the idea of burning to a CD more than this. Mostly because this isn’t the best way to minimize your risk. What happens if lightning zaps your computer? Both hard drives are gone.

That’s why storing off-site is ultra safe and burning a disc is good, too. Personally, I can’t point any fingrers because I do a poor job at backing anything up and don’t have any system in place so…

1) you’re ahead of me
2) different winds float different boats

By: DerekBeau

DerekBeau — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:48:15 +0000

Tyler, you got ripped off on that hard drive. You paid $1/GB for a slow IDE drive when you could have gotten a Seagate SATA, 300GB-500GB hard drive online for $0.20-$0.25/GB. I would try to get a refund if I were you

By: tke71709

tke71709 — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:16:39 +0000

Tyler,

Just buy a USD HD next time so you don’t need to worry about installing it.