http://activerain.com/blogsview/Backup-Up-Your-Data-Why-Worry-?11977 by Lawrence Yerkes and http://activerain.com/blogsview/Virtual-Storage-Beam-it-up-Scotty-?9806 by Carl Minicucci are just a couple of good AR blogs on backing up your data files.
With it being Black Friday, there is a $50 Western Digital Passport 60GB External USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive that can be picked up at one of the major electronic stores that starts with a B. Normally this backup unit is $100.
You plug this unit into one of your USB ports and drag and drop the files you want to back up onto the unit. Simple as can be.
How often should you back up? Ask yourself this question, how many days worth of new data additions to my pc am I willing to lose? If the answer is no more than 3 days then back up every 3 days. If you don't want to lose anything, as soon as you enter or receive something on your pc, make a backup either by emailing the file to a 2gig free mail server or to your back up device.
Don't think you need to back up your files? Try reading:
http://activerain.com/blogsview/Computer-Virus?5229 by Pam Hofmann.
http://activerain.com/blogsview/ARRRGGGHHH-sound-made-when-computer-crashes-?9077 by Rich Jacobson.
http://activerain.com/blogsview/Stolen-Laptop-Computer-Bad-Lost-Data-Worse-than-Bad-?11183 by Jim Wolcott.
Thanks!
Rob Lang, ePro, GRI Realtor®
Realty Executives, Hedges Real Estate
300 Rockfence Pl, Lawrence, KS 66049
785-393-2274 (cell) 785-542-1661 (fax)
rob@LetRobDoIt.com (same website name if you want to visit)
NOTE: This blog was written in the past about properties on the market at the time of the blog being written and should not be considered as active listings beyond the date of this blog.
Rob, excellent reminder and some great reading in the links you included! Thanks for tip on the backup unit.
Ann Cummings