Sunday's Kickstartnews Revue podcast (still playing in my headphones as I start to type) features an interview with the team that created Lifeboat: Judy Tyabji Wilson, Jonathan Lyster, and James Mogan of Canada's Tugboat Enterprises. Lifeboat is a single-minded program: all it does is give you a way to take data off your computer when your Windows operating system fails. (Lifeboat can also help in … [Read more...]
And speaking of archiving programs…
Yesterday I mentioned the fact that archives (and backups too, actually) are often compressed so that they take up less storage space. Nathan Cser has a website dedicated to compressing and extracting files. Set out in table format, the Compression Guide and Extraction Guide show you which types of compressed files you can create/open with what program. Below the tables are links where you can … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 5-20-05: Retrospect 7 vs. TrueImage 8 (and let’s not forget Ghost 9)
(Note: this post is late (and back-dated) because I was out of town over the weekend for my 20-year high school reunion and my mother is the only person in the country without an internet connection. Those of you subscribed to the e-mail list got your newsletter on time, though.) Last week I promised to check out TrueImage and Retrospect for those who don’t want to go the Bart-PE route of … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 5-13-05: Kids, Don't Try This at Home
Last week I was lamenting about not being able to use Ghost 8 anymore. While Ghost 9 worked in my trial backup-and-restore, that didn’t cure me of my case of the sulks, nor of my bafflement as to why Ghost 8 couldn’t see my USB drive—an experience I have had before, on another machine, and which led indirectly to one of the worst computer consulting experiences of my life. The Ur-Guru suggested I … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 5-6-05: The Ghost of a Chance
After three attempts to repair the power-connector problem with my laptop (and then-only computer), I realized that I would need not one but two computers to replace her. New computers come with warranties, which is good—but to have repairs done under warranty usually means sending the computer back to the manufacturer, which takes a week to ten days, and is NOT good. So I needed not just to back … [Read more...]
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