My hard drive crashed last week...I wrote about it in my newsletter
Here's a few of the things I learned
- Several of you shared good experiences with Mozy and Carbonite, both online backups and Norton Ghost. I think one of these will be the way for me to go.
- Even if you have backups...it isn't easy or fun to reinstall everything. I'd been using a Maxtor Drive for backup and there seems to be some compatibility issues with Vista that are giving us fits. Bottom line if their program isn't able to open and restore.
- I was thrilled I had Carolyne's Organizer (You too could get one from Carolyne [carolyne@carolyne.com]) because I've kept all my disks, and purchase information in one place.
- The old saying about if your hard drive hasn't crashed... it will, is one to believe.
I have been considering Carbonite for a long time. I think you just motivated me to act.
Joeann,
Not a happy event...!!! Thanks, Fran
Tony & Libby, Go for it before you wish you had...
Thanks, Fran. It actually hasn't been too bad and I've learned a lot!
Joeann, good reminder. I need to back up my drive!
~Chanda
I used CARBONITE to back up my computer and it was definitely easy to use. Several months later, I lost a major file, over 4 GB of customer data. When I went to Carbonite to get it back, I found out they had not backed this particular file up because of its size. I retraced my steps and could find no signs that this information was ever asked of me. I AM NOT A FAN OF CARBONITE, THEY WON'T EVEN TALK TO ME ABOUT IT.
Glenn, what a bummer of a situation. I am familiar with Carbonite, too. I recently read that they had server crashes resulting in the loss of 7500 of their customer's data. At the time I was searching for a data backup service myself. After a little due-diligence, I discovered Mozy. It's a company that provides enterprise-level solutions to data loss, but with a small-business price-tag. Check it out at www.mozy.com.