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Crikey, It’s 2010—Time for the Annual Archive Again

January 12, 2010 by Sallie Goetsch Leave a Comment

Just occasionally, I think I might have been writing this blog for too long. Only very occasionally, because it won’t be “too long” until everyone backs up, the technology to do so is completely mature, and no one needs to hear about the subject any more. But the end of one year, and the beginning of another, is one of those times. How many ways are there to say “Okay, make a copy of all your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Archiving, Backup Practices Tagged With: annual archive, year-end backup

Why You Still Need an Optical Drive

April 18, 2009 by Sallie Goetsch Leave a Comment

CDs and DVDs are a pretty clumsy way to make backups now that external drives and online backup services are so readily available. They only hold so much data, they’re subject to scratching, and they tend to pile up. If you keep them in jewel cases the way you’re supposed to, they can take up a quite a lot of room, too. What with all these new netbooks and lightweight laptops being made without … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Archiving, CD & DVD Backups Tagged With: HP Pavilion dv8040us, LightScribe, reminder, taxes

What Archives Really Are and Why You Might Need Them: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 09-12-08

September 12, 2008 by Sallie Goetsch Leave a Comment

Back in July when I put out my call for guest bloggers on HARO, a kind PR professional referred me to Casdex. I was initially a bit skeptical about their digital archiving service, or rather, I expected my readers to be skeptical because of the price tag. $99/month for 5 GB? Compared to online backup services, that’s an outrageously high price. But archives are not the same thing as backups. You … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Archiving, Offsite Backups

It's Time for the Annual Archive: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 01-11-08

January 11, 2008 by Sallie Goetsch Leave a Comment

This is the post I was planning to write last week, your annual reminder that you need to archive your data at the end of each year. (If your fiscal year is different from the calendar year, you should create these archives then.) I've written about year-end backups on several occasions before. Because (as I pointed out in December 2005) these aren't really backups, I'm going to stop talking about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Archiving, Backup Practices, CD & DVD Backups Tagged With: annual archive, Flickr, year-end backup

Is It Time for Year-End Backups Again? FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-29-06

December 29, 2006 by Sallie Goetsch Leave a Comment

We interrupt this program for a special announcement: 2006 is at an end! Okay, you knew that, and I knew that, but I was all set to write the next installment of the website backup series when it finally hit me that this was the last posting of 2006 and therefore time for me to say something about archiving your data at the end of the year. This is the fourth December of the FileSlinger™ Backup … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Archiving, Backup Practices, CD & DVD Backups

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