In the course of investigating Memeo for last week’s Backup Reminder, I discovered I had a problem. I’d been using Memeo to back up my F drive, Freya (a Seagate FreeAgent Go USB drive) to my L drive, Lachesis (a Buffalo LinkStation Mini). However, I was not letting Memeo run in the background, because I had previously had problems with that. Memeo sends out little warnings if you turn its … [Read more...]
If Your Hard Drive Crashed, What Would You Miss Most?
Titan Backup has partnered with LaCie (a manufacturer that has never seen fit to send me any drives to test) to create a contest. Just fill out the form on Titan’s website telling them what you would miss most if your hard drive (I presume they mean the one inside your computer) crashed tomorrow, then hand over the e-mail addresses of three unwitting friends or colleagues—or irritating people who … [Read more...]
Free Titan Backup Software for Backup Blog Readers
Flavius Saracut over at Neobyte Solutions just made me a very generous offer: free copies of Titan Backup 1.5 (the not-quite-latest version) for readers of this blog/newsletter. If you want to upgrade to the latest version, 2.5, you can do so at a discount by using the coupon code NEOB-B916. The regular price for the software is $39.95. I’m just taking a quick look at Titan myself. It has all the … [Read more...]
Who Wants to Review Backup Software? FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-24-08
Yes, I was bad. I missed last week’s Backup Reminder. It’s those pesky clients again. I did want to mention that last week I had the opportunity to visit United Layer’s data center in San Francisco, and was impressed. For most SOHO users, colocation (that means paying someone to store, power, and maintain your computer hardware in a secure location) is overkill. Even the Ur-Guru hasn’t seriously … [Read more...]