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New Computer = New Backups

July 13, 2010 by Sallie Goetsch Leave a Comment

At the beginning of June, I got a new computer. It was high time: Enna is more than four years old now, and she’s pretty sluggish, and Windows XP is getting just a tiny bit outdated, though I preferred it to Vista. The new machine is a thing of beauty: a 17.3” ASUS G72GX with 6 GB RAM and a bunch of other drool-inspiring specs, plus flash gamer details like a backlit keyboard (the Ur-Guru … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Backup Practices, Backup Software Tagged With: Acronis, ASUS G72GX, Karen's Replicator, SyncBack Freeware, Windows 7 Backup

GoodSync—and File Backup, Too

February 19, 2010 by Sallie Goetsch 2 Comments

A good two months ago—or perhaps not so good, from his point of view—the long-suffering Richard Krueger of SS|PR contacted me about GoodSync Enterprise, the new corporate version of  GoodSync Pro, a consumer tool that’s been around since 2006 but about which I hadn’t written before. (So much software, so little time.) It was a good press release: nobody was excited, and the quote from a VP … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Backup Software Tagged With: Amazon S3, GoodSync, Karen's Replicator, reminder, SyncBack Freeware, synchronization

Rearranging Your File System? Recheck Your Backups. FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 04-20-07

April 20, 2007 by Sallie Goetsch Leave a Comment

My mind is almost blank this morning. I’m distracted by the fact that I’m in the middle of the Online International Podcasting Expo, at which I’m speaking tomorrow morning. (My computer is distracted, too, because the Expo interface sucks bandwidth and RAM.) A couple of days ago I decided to restructure my file system and make the Podcast Asylum a top-level directory instead of a sub-directory of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Backup Practices, Backup Software Tagged With: Karen's Replicator, SyncBack Free, SyncBack Freeware

Give the Gift of Backups: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-24-06

November 24, 2006 by Sallie Goetsch 1 Comment

It’s the day after Thanksgiving and one of the biggest Christmas-shopping days in the U.S. That means it’s time to start giving the gift of backup. This past Monday, the author of the Securosis blog recommended computer backup systems as “The best gift for non-geeks that isn’t on their list (and they won’t appreciate, but really need.” This followed a post from November 16th about why backups are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Backup Software, External Drives, Mac Backups, Online Backup Tagged With: Acronis, Geek Squad, Karen's Replicator, Maxtor, Mozy, Retrospect, super duper, SyncBack Freeware, True Image 10

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