Apologies for the late reminder message. On the fourth Friday of every month I go to the Bay Area Consultants Network meeting in San Rafael, and I have to leave here at 6:45 AM. I'm a morning person, but not enough so that I can necessarily write and send this reminder before I go out. Our main speaker today was Ed Correia of Sagacent Technologies, Inc. His topic was mobile connectivity and … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 03-03-06: Unreliable Backups
Vindication is a bittersweet thing. For years, the Ur-Guru has told me, and I have told clients and readers of this column, that backing up the Windows operating system from within Windows is a Bad Idea. Copying any file while it’s in use makes it more likely the copy will be corrupted in some way, though it usually works all right with ordinary documents and images, at least if you’ve saved any … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-10-06: Re-establishing Backups
I reinstalled my computer last weekend in the hopes of eliminating some peculiar and fairly serious system errors. Since it wasn’t a case of total system failure, I had plenty of time to back up my files before starting. Every time I reinstall my machine, there are new things to back up beforehand and restore afterwards. My big new things for this machine were the newsreader that lets me get blog … [Read more...]
ComputerAct!ve Buyers' Guide for Backup Software
British mag ComputerAct!ve has produced a buyers' guide to backup software. In keeping with the site's dedication to providing "simple clear advice," it's one of the shortest such guides I've seen, with only three recommended choices: Acronis TrueImage 8, Roxio Backup My PC Deluxe 6 (which I'd never actually heard of), and the X-drive online backup service. The ComputerAct!ve website also has a … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-18-05: Getting the WinBackup Uniblues
The first thing you notice about WinBackup 2.0 Pro is that Uniblue not only provides an actual CD, but a printed quick start guide—in almost-flawless English. (Does an “extensible” online libray of white papers stand on telescoped legs like a camera tripod?) There’s also a 54-page PDF manual available from the “Help” menu. Another thing to like about WinBackup is the modest demands it makes on … [Read more...]
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