6, 8 and 16 free, not-free, and online-backup solutions.
DaleA backup of your information is only good if it is stored in a separate place, such your office. Or stored with a web Online Backup service. This list last…
What my 3-2-1 backup looks like.
There are people who do backups, and there are those who have not lost data yet. I use the 3-2-1 Backup strategy, which is: 3 copies of anything I want…
Dealt with a “backup” problem today.
I’d like to say it was a backup problem, but see if you can spot the flaw in the customer’s “I make backups” argument, which I’ve condensed down to the…
“It is better to have and not need, than need and not have.”
As I said to the boss the other day when he asked if we wanted a final backup of the Windows 2000 Server we were decommissioning. Now where I first…
Windows Mobile backup program – Sprite Backup
There are “free” backup programs, if you have a search around XDA Developers. Sometimes “free” is a code word for pirated. I much prefer to purchase my software. So I …
Backup mistakes I’ve made.
Confessions can be good. Here are mine around backup mistakes I’ve made. Copy “new” backup disk over the “old” backup disk. The “new” disk was blank! I (almost) “lost” 5…
Backups with the 3-2-1 rule
A simple rule I’ve learnt over time, with backups. 3 Backup copies of anything you want to keep. 2 different storage media. 1 offsite storage site. 3 There have been…
Tape backup, reliable? Never ever!
Or how tape backups have failed my customers over the years, and wasted our collective time, because of customer stupidity. Melted tapes The school which stored their entire backup…