Earlier this week the Ur-Guru sent me a link to a Tech Republic article entitled “10 Reasons to Purchase New Hardware During a Recession.” He encouraged me to write a post giving 10 reasons to back up during a recession. I’d actually been trying to persuade him to write a column, because one of his older systems went up in smoke recently. (He suspects an overloaded capacitor. I had to ask what … [Read more...]
A Backup Plan for Ricardo and Amigo Audio
Backups—and the consequences of not backing up—have appeared twice in as many weeks on my favorite podcast, For Immediate Release. First my Podcast Asylum colleague and fellow FIR correspondent Lee Hopkins reported on a hard drive meltdown, and then frequent commenter Ricardo from Amigo Audio in Costa Rica called in with a request for tips on developing a backup plan. While I’m a little dismayed … [Read more...]
PC Mag Lists Backup Among Last-Second Gifts
PC Magazine offers suggestions for the procrastinator: what you can buy as late as Christmas morning. Number one is Amazon.com Gift Cards (always a good thing to get Sallie), and number two is…backup. Backup Tools PC backup is one of those things that everybody needs, and nobody really wants to pay for. Make the tough decisions for them by gifting an online backup account. For PC users, a … [Read more...]
A Backup SMTP Port?
This morning my outgoing mail abruptly refused to go out. Any of it. My housemate’s mail, too. Now, given that I have at least 8 separate e-mail accounts (I own four domains and co-own a fifth, as well as having e-mail through the Ur-Guru’s servers and, of course, an account provided by my ISP), that seemed like a problem that had to originate with Comcast. And this time it wasn’t a general … [Read more...]
Even My Printer Backs Up: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-21-08
Things have been just a trifle busy here at FileSlinger™ Central lately. Not that this is really an excuse for not producing a Backup Reminder last week and being late with this week’s, but it’s the best I’ve got. I hope you remembered to back up anyway. The web hosting account for FileSlinger.com was due to expire on November 18th, and I decided that rather than renew my account with iPowerWeb, … [Read more...]
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