Having a blog is supposed to increase your standing with the search engines, and I believe it. The FileSlinger™ Backup Blog and newsletter archive is starting to attract attention—at least from the makers of backup software. On February 7 I received an inviation to review Backup4All, a shareware product from Softland in Romania, and to become an affiliate reseller if I liked it. So I downloaded … [Read more...]
Three More Backup Products
Just in case there weren't enough Windows backup products out there, PC Magazine notified me of three more this morning: Backup NOW! 4 Deluxe Suite, $79.95 Review TK8 Backup 3.0, $39.95 Review Backup Platinum 2.0, $67 Review I haven't had a chance yet to check any of these out, but all have free trial downloads if you're interested. … [Read more...]
The cat ate my backup
Since it's gotten cold out, the cat has developed a lamentable tendency to take up residence smack in the middle of my laptop. In doing so, she manages to hit some interesting key combinations. (Indeed, she once caused the computer to shut down, though more often she just sets the NumLock key on and has me typing numbers instead of letters, which is not beneficial to my spelling.) I try to shut … [Read more...]
Backup Software: A Bird's Eye View
Storage Magazine provides a round up of enterprise-level backup software. For most of my clients, these products would be overkill, not to mention baffling and impossibly expensive, but not everyone reading this blog is a solo professional, and the article is clear and concise, so I thought I'd provide a link here. … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-5-04: Karen's Replicator
Dear FileSlinger™ clients, colleagues, and friends: This week I want to talk a bit about my new favorite program for making scheduled file backups. It's called Karen's Replicator and I'm now using it in place of RapidBackup to make sure that my most important files are backed up to my external hard drive at least once a day. Why did I switch? I had two problems with RapidBackup, though it was … [Read more...]