Archives
2011 | Jun 22
Backup Bookmarks for May 20th through June 22nd
“These are my links for May 20th through June 22nd:
Updraft « WordPress Plugins -
GoFlex ...”
| May 10
Backup Bookmarks for May 8th through May 10th
“These are my links for May 8th through May 10th:
How to Automatically Backup Your WordPress ...”
| Apr 17
Backup Bookmarks for April 9th through April 17th
“These are my links for April 9th through April 17th:
Why your backups may disappear - ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for March 1st through April 9th
“These are my links for March 1st through April 9th:
ioSafe SoloPRO Review & Rating | ...”
01 | Mar | Feb 22
Backup Bookmarks for February 3rd through February 22nd
“These are my links for February 3rd through February 22nd:
Snapshot Backup « WordPress Plugins - ...”
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How Much is 295 exabytes?
“http://www.vimeo.com/19779116
Our need for storage—and potential for backup bottlenecks—has grown 23% every year since 1986, according ...”
14 | Jan 21
Backup Bookmarks for December 19th through January 21st
“These are my links for December 19th through January 21st:
Indestructible Portable Storage | News & ...”
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2010 | Dec 18
Backup Bookmarks for December 7th through December 18th
“These are my links for December 7th through December 18th:
HP Portable External Hard Drive (1TB) ...”
| Nov 26 18
Backup Bookmarks for November 15th through November 18th
“These are my links for November 15th through November 18th:
Backup & Share Files Easily with ...”
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Don’t They Teach Backup in School These Days?
“The Ur-Guru pointed me to this sad post on Refreshing News: ...”
| Aug 25
Should You Store Your Files Online?
“This week we have a guest post from Sally Davison from Fire Science Degree. And ...”
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Catching Up on Backups
“Well, this is embarrassing. The last time I wrote my so-called weekly column was ...”
| May | Apr | Mar 28 21 11
Why You Need Your Own Website Backups
“I was listening to Marketing Over Coffee a few weeks ago and heard a sad ...”
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Winners of the CloudBerry Online Backup Giveaway Contest
“Our three winners in the CloudBerry Online Backup giveaway contest are: ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for February 18th through March 1st
“Backup bookmarks for February 18th through March 1st:
Online Backup For Wordpress - Plugin to backup ...”
| Feb 28 26 19 16
Backup Bookmarks for February 1st through February 16th
“Backup bookmarks for February 1st through February 16th:
Trafcom News: Singing the hard drive blues - ...”
05 | Jan 31 28 27
Backup Bookmarks for January 16th through January 27th
“Backup bookmarks for January 16th through January 27th:
Acronis launches multi-PC friendly online backup app - ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for January 14th through January 15th
“Backup bookmarks for January 14th through January 15th:
Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 NAS brings enterprise chops to ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for January 9th through January 12th
“Backup bookmarks for January 9th through January 12th:
Music Rescue came to my rescue – again! ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for January 3rd through January 5th
“Backup bookmarks for January 3rd through January 5th:
Lexar - USB Backup Drive - Echo SE ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for December 30th through January 2nd
“Backup bookmarks for December 30th through January 2nd:
Online backup is the Trojan Horse of the ...”
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2009 | Dec 28
Backup Bookmarks for December 26th through December 28th
“Backup bookmarks for December 26th through December 28th:
Spare Backup Launches Customer Portal Offering Data Backup ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for December 22nd through December 24th
“Backup bookmarks for December 22nd through December 24th:
ChronoSync | ChronoAgent | Econ Technologies -
RIM ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for December 15th through December 20th
“Backup bookmarks for December 15th through December 20th:
Spare Backup in Definitive Agreement With Saveology.com(R) to ...”
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Even Geeks Suffer from Data Loss
“Yesterday the Ur-Guru pointed me to a post on Coding Horror entitled “International Backup Awareness ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for December 11th through December 13th
“Backup bookmarks for December 11th through December 13th:
Oops!Backup - Software that allows you to go ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for November 26th through December 5th
“Backup bookmarks for November 26th through December 5th:
Google Backup is what I want for Christmas ...”
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Back Up, or Purge? A Question Worth Asking
“After last week’s meditation on using external hard drives instead of DVDs to back up ...”
| Nov 25
Backup Bookmarks for November 20th through November 25th
“Backup bookmarks for November 20th through November 25th:
Palm And Sprint Having Profile Backup Issues(Palm Pre ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for November 9th through November 16th
“Backup bookmarks for November 9th through November 16th:
Five Best Online Backup Tools - online backup ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for November 4th through November 6th
“Backup bookmarks for November 4th through November 6th:
YuuWaa -
Yuuwaa usb backup drive - The ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for October 31st through November 2nd
“Backup bookmarks for October 31st through November 2nd:
Choose the best way to back up your ...”
| Oct 31
Backup Bookmarks for October 24th through October 31st
“Backup bookmarks for October 24th through October 31st:
Bridging the archive-backup divide - Infostor -
Yadis! ...”
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Putting Your Data in Danger
“Would you entrust your data to a company called “Danger”? Microsoft and T-Mobile did. And ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for October 16th through October 21st
“Backup bookmarks for October 16th through October 21st:
Sun, Oracle save Microsoft's Pink after Danger data ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for October 15th
“Backup bookmarks for October 15th from 18:47 to 18:48:
Spare Backup and iYogi Partner to Offer ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for October 11th through October 14th
“Backup bookmarks for October 11th through October 14th:
Don't Blame Cloud Computing for the T-Mobile Mess ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for October 8th through October 11th
“Backup bookmarks for October 8th through October 11th:
Sidekick™ - T-Mobile Forums - Regrettably, based on ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for October 5th through October 6th
“Backup bookmarks for October 5th through October 6th:
Double-Take's Backup isn't • The Register -
What ...”
| Sep 29
Backup Bookmarks for September 29th
“Backup bookmarks for September 29th from 19:27 to 19:29:
Backup Here, Backup There, Backup Everywhere - ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for September 20th through September 22nd
“Backup bookmarks for September 20th through September 22nd:
WD urges users: back up to ensure data ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for September 12th through September 19th
“Backup bookmarks for September 12th through September 19th:
An Iomega 1TB external hard drive for $75 ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for September 9th through September 11th
“Backup bookmarks for September 9th through September 11th:
Backup Strategies for Data, Multimedia, System Files - ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for September 7th
“Backup bookmarks for September 7th from 12:43 to 16:48:
Storage and Security in SMBs: 2009 survey ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for September 2nd through September 7th
“Backup bookmarks for September 2nd through September 7th:
Info 101: Backups for small business - A ...”
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Outsmarting Microsoft Word
“You might be wondering what Microsoft Word has to do with backups. Well, if you ...”
01
Backup Bookmarks for September 1st
“Backup bookmarks for September 1st from 12:55 to 13:29:
AXPORT :: ipod song and movie exporter ...”
Backup Bookmarks for September 1st
“Backup bookmarks for September 1st from 07:14 to 07:31:
Data Recovery Software. File Recovery & File ...”
| Aug 31
Backup Bookmarks for August 30th
“Backup bookmarks for August 30th from 11:58 to 12:58:
Backup - Reviews and Price Comparisons from ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for August 27th through August 30th
“Backup bookmarks for August 27th through August 30th:
CONTINUOUS DATA PROTECTION: ADDRESSING TIMELY DATA RECOVERY AND ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for August 24th through August 26th
“Backup bookmarks for August 24th through August 26th:
How I Back up My Computer | Blogs ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for August 15th through August 20th
“Backup bookmarks for August 15th through August 20th:
Backup Made Easy: Robert J. Elisberg: The Writers ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for August 12th through August 14th
“Backup bookmarks for August 12th through August 14th:
Cash for Disk Clunkers = 1000 dollars per ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for August 10th
“Backup bookmarks for August 10th from 08:37 to 09:24:
Could your hard drive survive this? If ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for August 2nd through August 3rd
“Backup bookmarks for August 2nd through August 3rd:
I Am Jack's Catastrophic Hard Drive Failure | ...”
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Studies Show Business Owners Confuse Backup with Disaster Preparedness
“In the past few weeks, I’ve received news of two different surveys that reach similar ...”
| Jul 30
Backup Bookmarks for July 29th through July 30th
“Backup bookmarks for July 29th through July 30th:
SugarSync extends backup/sync/share service to Android, eyes netbook ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for July 26th through July 27th
“Backup bookmarks for July 26th through July 27th:
HP SimpleSave: Backup solution for dummies | Crave ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for July 23rd through July 26th
“Backup bookmarks for July 23rd through July 26th:
No excuses for no backup -
How To: ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for July 21st
“Backup bookmarks for July 21st from 08:38 to 20:02:
Fire at Web Host Caused Windows Secrets ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for June 10th through July 19th
“Backup bookmarks for June 10th through July 19th:
Slashdot Hardware Story | Best Home Backup Strategy ...”
17 | Jun 30
Backing Up Firefox
“A couple of weeks ago, the Ur-Guru helped me reinstall my main computer, Enheduanna. (Alas, ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for June 3rd through June 6th
“Backup bookmarks for June 3rd through June 6th:
Paragon Snapshot for Mac OS X - disk ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for May 23rd through June 2nd
“Backup bookmarks for May 23rd through June 2nd:
Iomega Offers New Triple-interface Portable Hard Drives - ...”
| May 29
Backing Up from a NAS Drive
“Sometimes I get backup questions from readers. They make my life much easier, as I ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for May 19th through May 22nd
“Backup bookmarks for May 19th through May 22nd:
Back up your data easily | Nero BackItUp ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for May 14th through May 16th
“Backup bookmarks for May 14th through May 16th:
This is why you make backups - InternetNews:The ...”
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New Backup Blog
“Tim McGuire very politely contacted me to let me know he’d be republishing some of ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for May 8th through May 12th
“Backup bookmarks for May 8th through May 12th:
How to Back Up Your Online Photos - ...”
Backup Bookmarks for May 12th
“Backup bookmarks for May 12th from 17:53 to 17:55:
How to Back Up Your Online Photos ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for May 1st through May 8th
“Backup bookmarks for May 1st through May 8th:
The Clickfree Traveler: The backup device that’s the ...”
02 | Apr 28
Backup Bookmarks for April 22nd through April 28th
“Backup bookmarks for April 22nd through April 28th:
Seagate's Replica makes backup copy of entire PC ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for April 15th through April 20th
“Backup bookmarks for April 15th through April 20th:
New SpiderOak Sync Delivers All-in-One Backup, Sync, and ...”
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Why You Still Need an Optical Drive
“CDs and DVDs are a pretty clumsy way to make backups now that external drives ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for April 9th through April 14th
“Backup bookmarks for April 9th through April 14th:
Half of IT Directors Plan to Dump Their ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for April 7th
“Backup bookmarks for April 7th from 05:30 to 14:04:
Backup your Linux, Mac, or Windows machines ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for March 29th through April 3rd
“Backup bookmarks for March 29th through April 3rd:
What to Backup? -
What computer files to ...”
02 | Mar 25
Backup Bookmarks for March 23rd through March 25th
“Backup bookmarks for March 23rd through March 25th:
Start-up unveils hybrid cloud/on-site backup service -
Axcient ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for March 18th through March 21st
“Backup bookmarks for March 18th through March 21st:
Data backup firm sues 2 hardware suppliers - ...”
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You Know That One About Human Error?
“I woke up at 2 AM this morning. Don’t ask why, because I haven’t the ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for March 15th through March 18th
“Backup bookmarks for March 15th through March 18th:
CapeCodTimes.com - You should back up if you ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for March 13th through March 15th
“Backup bookmarks for March 13th through March 15th:
10 Best Ways to Backup Data - by ...”
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And Now, a Word from Our Sponsors
“Received on Thursday, March 12th: We're writing to let you ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for March 9th through March 12th
“Backup bookmarks for March 9th through March 12th:
Secure Hard Drives: Lock Down Your Data - ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for March 6th
“Backup bookmarks for March 6th from 17:21 to 17:26:
123-drive - free online storage, online backup ...”
Backup News Roundup
“While I’ve got a couple of guest posts promised (both on Mac backups), nothing has ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for March 1st through March 4th
“Backup bookmarks for March 1st through March 4th:
Data Domain speeds up backup device -
WD ...”
| Feb 28
Backup Bookmarks for February 27th
“Backup bookmarks for February 27th from 20:17 to 20:18:
HP To Shutter Upline Online Storage Backup ...”
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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 ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for February 21st through February 26th
“Backup bookmarks for February 21st through February 26th:
MyBook Disk Drive Handles Lots of Easy Backups ...”
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Plugins Podcast Addresses WP-DB-Backup
“Episode 8 of Plugins: the WordPress Plugins Podcast focuses on the WP-DB-Backup plugin I mentioned ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for February 18th through February 19th
“Backup bookmarks for February 18th through February 19th:
Disruptive Backup Platform | milek's blog -
Western ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for February 13th through February 18th
“Backup bookmarks for February 13th through February 18th:
Spare Backup Named as Backup Software Finalist - ...”
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Call for Reviews: Dmailer Backup and Dmailer Sync
“I did actually have a plan for what to write about this week. Two plans, ...”
12
Backup Bookmarks for February 11th through February 12th
“Backup bookmarks for February 11th through February 12th:
Twitter Backup | TweetBackup -
TweetBackup Promises to ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for February 6th through February 10th
“Backup bookmarks for February 6th through February 10th:
Mozy Computer Nightmare Contest Winners -
The Mozy ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for January 31st
“Backup bookmarks for January 31st from 17:47 to 17:47:
Personal Technology | Windows can be slow ...”
Backup Bookmarks for February 4th through February 6th
“Backup bookmarks for February 4th through February 6th:
Backup And Share Your iPhone Contacts For Free ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for January 31st through February 4th
“Backup bookmarks for January 31st through February 4th:
INSIDE MOBILE: Backup and Recovery-A Personal Story - ...”
| Jan 30
Backup Bookmarks for January 29th through January 30th
“Backup bookmarks for January 29th through January 30th:
Google GDrive online storage & backup service leaked ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for January 26th through January 28th
“Backup bookmarks for January 26th through January 28th:
CommVault, Arkeia Unveil Backup Software For Virtual Servers ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for January 24th through January 26th
“Backup bookmarks for January 24th through January 26th:
Backup Vendors Roll Out Upgrades - Information Lifecycle ...”
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10 Reasons to Back Up During a Recession
“Earlier this week the Ur-Guru sent me a link to a Tech Republic article entitled ...”
Backup Bookmarks for January 22nd
“Backup bookmarks for January 22nd from 19:02 to 19:03:
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive (320GB) Hard Drive ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for January 20th
“Backup bookmarks for January 20th from 06:46 to 06:46:
Seagate offers fix, free data recovery for ...”
Backup Bookmarks for January 16th through January 19th
“Backup bookmarks for January 16th through January 19th:
In case you still haven't, back up now ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for January 14th through January 15th
“Backup bookmarks for January 14th through January 15th:
Data Recovery Software - Hard Drive Recovery - ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for January 12th
“Backup bookmarks for January 12th from 16:28 to 16:32:
Backup Your Data -- Especially if You ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for January 11th
“Backup bookmarks for January 11th from 18:16 to 18:17:
For 2009, resolve to back up your ...”
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Lessons from the Demise of Journalspace
“If you’ve never heard of journalspace, don’t feel bad—I hadn’t either until it popped up ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for January 6th through January 8th
“Backup bookmarks for January 6th through January 8th:
Verizon expands backup service -
SanDisk Ultra Backup ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for January 4th through January 6th
“Backup bookmarks for January 4th through January 6th:
BetaNews | Disgruntled IT guy fells blogging site ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for December 31st through January 2nd
“Backup bookmarks for December 31st through January 2nd: Journalspace ends with ...”
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2008 “So far so good!” | Dec 25 23 22
Hard Drive Failure Brings Down Podcast Network
“That announcement leapt out at me from my Podcasting News feed today. (If you’ve been ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for December 19th through December 21st
“Backup bookmarks for December 19th through December 21st:
How to: Back up third-party applications on your ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for December 19th
“Backup bookmarks for December 19th from 16:30 to 16:30:
Remember to back up your data - ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for December 16th through December 18th
“Backup bookmarks for December 16th through December 18th:
FarStone Releases New DriveClone Version 6 with Powerful ...”
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Backup All the Way
“Rebecca Salie over at i365 (which used to be EVault) sent this to me today, ...”
Backup Bookmarks for December 16th
“Backup bookmarks for December 16th from 11:13 to 11:13:
Rebit Secures Round B Financing -
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Backup Bookmarks for December 15th
“Backup bookmarks for December 15th from 17:52 to 17:52:
Clarkston Community School District Transforms Data Backup ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for December 12th through December 14th
“Backup bookmarks for December 12th through December 14th:
Please Back Up!! | Postcards From Myself - ...”
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Still Figuring Out This FeedBlitz Thing
“Automating a process is not necessarily automatic, as I’m finding with FeedBlitz. Among other things, ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for December 11th
“Backup bookmarks for December 11th from 17:10 to 17:11:
Online Backup from Backblaze -
Information Technology -Backblaze ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for December 10th
“Backup bookmarks for December 10th from 08:42 to 08:42:
DMailer Sync: it now works and they ...”
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WordPress is Made of Awesome
“Welcome to the new, improved FileSlinger(TM) Backup Blog. I’ve been a fan of WordPress for ...”
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Backup Bookmarks for December 8th
“Backup bookmarks for December 8th from 18:24 to 18:24:
WIN! A 160GB backup device from Clickfree ...”
Backup Bookmarks for December 7th, 2008
“Backup bookmarks for December 7th from 16:52 to 16:52:
Backup your Gmail -
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A Backup SMTP Port?
“This morning my outgoing mail abruptly refused to go out. Any of it. My housemate’s ...”
| Nov 28
Undelete 2009—Nice Theory, but No Substitute for Backups: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-28-08
“Some weeks ago I was approached by Diskeeper and asked to review two products: Diskeeper ...”
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Why Caroline Chose BackUPMax over Mozy: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-31-08
“Today’s Backup Reminder comes courtesy of Caroline Xerxes, who posted a comment to the Backup ...”
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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 ...”
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Special Offer on Mozy Home Unlimited Ends 10/21/2008
“If you’re thinking of signing up for Mozy Home Unlimited (the $4.95/month plan for Mac ...”
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Tracey’s Time Capsule Story: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 09-19-08
“This week’s Backup Reminder comes to us from Tracey Franks of Words and Money. Like ...”
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A Plea to Companies That Publish White Papers
“Every week, it seems, I get a call from a diligent salesperson, calling to follow ...”
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What Archives Really Are and Why You Might Need Them: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 09-12-08
“Back in July when I put out my call for guest bloggers on HARO, a ...”
05 | Aug 22
Saved by SuperDuper: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 08-22-08
“This week’s (very late) backup reminder is one for the Mac users. It comes from ...”
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Data Disasters: Did You Forget Your Mobile Workforce? FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 08-15-08
“The Ur-Guru and I have just returned from a week of Extreme Tourism in Chicago. ...”
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Cheers for Carbonite (and Some Vacation Musings): FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 08-08-08
“This week’s guest contributor is Confident Marketer Sue Painter, but first a brief update from ...”
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In Praise of Tape Backup: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 08-01-08
“This is a guest column by Jeff Mordkowitz, The Profit Coach. Jeff is the first ...”
| Jul 26
Backup with Room to Spare: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 07-25-08
“When I put out my request for backup stories on HARO, two of the first ...”
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Wait a Minute! Back Up! FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 07-18-08
“Our first guest columnist of the summer is Elizabeth Rodgers from Ben’s Ranch. (The original ...”
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Hurray for HARO
“The Ur-Guru is about to arrive for another visit, and in the interest of spending ...”
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Back Up Your Passport with Gmail
“In response to last week’s Backup Reminder, Loyal Reader MKR wrote:
I use a very simple ...”
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Garbage In, Garbage Out: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 07-11-08
“I have a friend(?) whose chosen backup strategy is to e-mail me copies of her ...”
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The Drawbacks of Dell DataSafe
“Yep, this is late again. Sorry. I had a completely insane week last week. Part ...”
04 | Jun | May 30
System Restore Can Save Your Skin, but Not Your Data: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 05-30-08
“Last week I did something impulsive: I installed Windows XP Service Pack 3. None of ...”
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Thanks, Mom: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 05-08-08
“Yes, this Backup Reminder is late. Sort of like my Mother's Day card. It's getting ...”
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I’m Crushed: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 05-02-08
“I thought I knew what I was going to write about for this week's reminder. ...”
| Apr 25
Jumping on the Online Backup Bandwagon: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 04-25-08
“Everyone seems to be jumping on the online backup bandwagon these days. Enterprise software giant ...”
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More about the Cloud
“The Ur-Guru has kindly pitched in with some sources for the use of “the cloud” ...”
Is Your Data Safer in the Cloud? FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 04-18-08
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The other day I attended a presentation by someone who works for Google Sites, the ...”
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Why It’s Worth Writing About Backup: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 04-11-08
“Yesterday I upgraded several of my blogs/sites to WordPress 2.5. (If you're a WordPress user, ...”
We’re Number 205
“I got a message yesterday saying that the Backup Blog ranks #205 on Wikio's list ...”
03 | Mar 28
Backing Up Social Networks, Part 2: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 03-28-08
“Last week I talked about backups for two different Web 2.0 services: del.icio.us and LinkedIn. ...”
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New Backup Resources from Tech Target
“How could anyone fail to read an article entitled “Five Signs that You Are Headed ...”
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A Real Live Backup Scam: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 03-14-08
“It was only a few days after publishing last week's “Are You Paranoid Enough?” Backup ...”
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Beginner’s Guide to Backup in Milpitas
“The Internet Wealth Group in Milpitas is hosting an Evault seminar entitled “A Beginner’s Guide ...”
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Are You Paranoid Enough? FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 03-07-08
“Now and again I talk about aspects of data security that aren't directly related to ...”
| Feb 29
The Hard Drive in the Sky: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-29-08
“Seems like everyone's talking about backup these days. Last week it was Marketing Over Coffee; ...”
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Backing Up Over Coffee: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-22-08
“It wasn't until I was listening to Marketing Over Coffee last night that the subject ...”
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Throttling ShadowProtect: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-15-08
“PC Magazine raved about ShadowProtect Desktop 3.1. They called it “the fastest and smoothest backups ...”
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Shampooing Your Backups: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-08-08
“I don't write a lot about CDs and DVDs these days. For most things, they're ...”
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Why Ted Loves Western Digital: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-01-08
“This week we have a guest column from my colleague Ted Prodromou of Net Biz ...”
| Jan 25 18 16
The Backup Blog Gets a Compliment
“Nic Darling from ION Backup, who just started writing a new backup blog in the ...”
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HP Offers Course in How to Back Up
“Hewlett Packard is offering a course entitled Protect Your Data: Back Up to Tape, Disk, ...”
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It's Time for the Annual Archive: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 01-11-08
“This is the post I was planning to write last week, your annual reminder that ...”
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Backups Are Del.icio.us: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 01-04-08
“I had a different post in mind for starting off the New Year, but that ...”
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2007 | Dec 28
How do YOU Back up Your Computer? FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-28-07
“Here it is the end of another year of backups—almost time to make those special ...”
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What the Top 10 Data Disasters of 2007 Teach Us: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-14-07
“Every year Ontrack Data Recovery posts a list of the top 10 data disasters they've ...”
10 07 06
Free Chapter from O’Reilly Backup Book
“SearchStorage.com (which gave this blog an award last year, to my considerable surprise) is offering ...”
01 | Nov 26
Revelations from a Reinstall: FileSlinger(TM) Backup Reminder 11-23-07
“No, I was not sleeping off Thanksgiving overindulgence instead of writing this backup reminder on ...”
15
Rebit: Worth Waiting for, After All: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-16-07
“The good people at Rebit—notably Dennis Batchelor of Tech Support and Product Manager David Schwaab—were ...”
12
Seagate “Spy Scare” a Tempest in a Taipei Teapot: All They Want is Your Warcraft Password
“The Ur-Guru sent me a link this morning to an article in The Inquirer entitled ...”
09 02
Time Travelers Wanted: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-02-07
“People have been asking me about Time Machine, the backup program built into Mac OSX ...”
| Oct 30
Special Offer on ION Backup through November 2nd
“You may remember that I reviewed/beta tested Universe Point's ION backup service back in August. ...”
26
Do You Have a Backup Internet Connection? FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-26-07
“I started writing this on Thursday afternoon while waiting for the Comcast repair guys to ...”
21
Test-Driving the (Maxtor OneTouch) Mini: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-19-07
“Yes, I'm two days late with this. Friday morning we were in Dunsmuir. It was ...”
12
A New Backup Blog on the Block
“This morning's Google Alert brought me the press release about AmeriVault's new Backup Blog. (Note ...”
05
I Need a Backup Blogger: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-06-07
“Okay, be honest: who forgot to back up last week? Anyone?
That's the "Does anyone actually ...”
| Sep 21
Sounds You Never Want to Hear: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 09-21-07
“Long-time readers will remember that it was just over a year ago that Seagate kindly ...”
15
Testing the GParted Live CD: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 09-14-07
“Last week I mentioned that I'd seen an intriguing post on Lifehacker entitled "Copy and ...”
09 07
The Shortest Post Since 2003: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 09-07-07
“It's 4:20 PM and I've had some very long days this week, with more to ...”
| Aug 31
How Much Is Your Data Worth? FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 08-31-07
“Last week the VP of Marketing at Data Risk Management contacted me in response to ...”
29
Zoogmo Follow-Up
“Dov Sugarman from Zoogmo answered some of the questions I posed in Friday's writeup in ...”
24
Connecting Your Backups: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 08-24-07
“Apologies for the late posting of this week's reminder. I had to attend a 4-hour ...”
17
Slightly Famous Backups: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 08-17-07
“Yesterday I received a copy of the 2nd edition of Steven Van Yoder’s book, Get ...”
10 03
Grading the F Drive: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 08-03-07
“I haven't had a chance to check out ION Backup yet, but I did manage ...”
| Jul 27 20
Shaking Up Your Backups: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 07-20-07
“The earthquake at much-too-early-AM today reminded me that it really might be a better idea ...”
17 13
Examining Backups: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 07-13-07
“I’m writing this on Wednesday evening, because I’m going to be at a conference all ...”
06
No One Is Spared: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 07-06-07
“In response to my sulk last week about my dying disk drive, one Mac-using friend ...”
| Jun 29
The Backup Sulks: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 06-29-07
“I have at least half a dozen possible backup topics sitting in my “Backup Info” ...”
22
Back Up Your Passwords: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 06-22-07
“After reading last week’s backup reminder, Mike Van Horn wrote in to ask (or complain) ...”
15
Hacking Your Backups: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 06-15-07
“So here I am on vacation with my family (10 adults and 3 children, including ...”
09
A Vacation from Backups? Not So Fast! FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 06-08-07
“I’m getting on a noon flight to the East Coast for the biennial Goetsch family ...”
01
The End of the Drive as We Know It? FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 06-01-07
“I’ve written more than a few columns about hard drive failures. The hard drive is ...”
| May 24
Close Encounters of the Backup Kind: FileSlinger(TM) Backup Reminder 05-25-07
“Mike Van Horn responded to last week’s Backup Reminder about audio recordings with the following:Free ...”
How to Back Up Your Data for Free (Podcast)
“A couple of weeks ago, George Smyth had me on the One-Minute How To podcast ...”
18
Make a Backup Recording: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 05-18-07
“Some of you may know that I have an alter-ego: ‘Professor’ Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with ...”
11
Another Vision for Backup
“After I published last week’s Backup Reminder about FAM, I got a snarky response from ...”
08 04
A Vision for Backup? FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 05-04-07
“Yesterday I woke up to one of the worst product pitches I’ve ever received in ...”
03
Better than Backup?
“And while we're on the subject of seminars, time)spring, maker of TimeData continuous data production ...”
Ziff-Davis eSeminar: On-Demand Data Protection
“I get invited to a lot of seminars and events related to backup and storage, ...”
01
Backup Blog on TechDispenser
“ The FileSlinger™ Backup Blog is now part of TechDispenser, the Computerworld Blog Network. As ...”
| Apr 27
Back Up Engagingly: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 04-27-07
“Last week Loyal Reader Mike Van Horn wrote this in response to the Backup Reminder ...”
25
What Your Hard Drive Really Looks Like
“Tech Republic's Mark Kaelin decided to peel open an old (1998) hard drive, layer by ...”
20
Rearranging Your File System? Recheck Your Backups. FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 04-20-07
“My mind is almost blank this morning. I’m distracted by the fact that I’m in ...”
13
Never Underestimate the Power of Human Error: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 04-13-07
“Sometimes I think my readers must be ambulance-chasers, because two of them sent me links ...”
06
Worst Practice Warnings from TechRepublic: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 04-06-07
“Among the many backup-related items which landed in my inbox this week was a link ...”
| Mar 30
Rotating Backup Media and Other Tricks: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 03-30-07
“Alas, I am in a tearing hurry this morning. I hate being in a hurry. ...”
23
Where Do Those Statistics Come From? FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 03-23-07
“Last week I got an e-mail asking about sources for statistics on hard drive crashes:I've ...”
16
Backing Up Applications: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 03-16-07
“It’s always nice to get questions from readers. For one thing, it makes writing this ...”
09
Restoring Your Data: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 03-09-07
“Last week a Loyal Reader asked if I could write something about restoring data from ...”
02
Shocking Truths About Drive Failures: FileSlinger ™ Backup Reminder 03-02-07
“That’s not really a hard drive inside your computer. It’s a time bomb. And if ...”
| Feb 23
NASty Surprises: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-23-07
“Those of you who have been reading for a while may remember that Seagate gave ...”
16
Backup School—Coming to a City Near You
“Storage Decisions is sponsoring a free "Backup School" seminar with Curtis Preston (of whom I've ...”
There Are No Guarantees: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-16-07
“This week’s InfoWorld GripeLine addresses the lack of warranties from online backup providers. A careful ...”
09
Downloads, DRM, & Backups: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-09-07
“I haven’t written about backing up downloads before, because it’s not something I do much ...”
More Blogger Backup Tips
“The Google Operating System blog posted some tips about backing up Blogspot blogs which use ...”
02
The CrashPlan Social Backup Club: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-02-07
“Rafe Needleman of Webware came up with a great headline for his post about CrashPlan: ...”
| Jan 26
WordPress Backups, circa 2007: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 01-26-07
“This week we’re moving from Blogger backups to WordPress backups. I have two WordPress blogs, ...”
19
Blogger Backup
“We return at last to our regularly scheduled program: the series of articles about backing ...”
18 17
The Reader Response Issue: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 01-12-07
“Last week’s backup reminder prompted some reader responses, which I thought I’d share with you ...”
05
Preserving Your Memories: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 01-05-07
“ Happy New Year!Rather than talk about New Year’s Resolutions, which always seem made to ...”
|
2006 | Dec 29
Is It Time for Year-End Backups Again? FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-29-06
“We interrupt this program for a special announcement: 2006 is at an end! Okay, you ...”
22
Back Up Your Website, Part 2: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-22-06
“ Last week we discussed two ways to back up your website, both of which ...”
15
Back Up Your Website: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-15-06
“ A few weeks ago, one of my Faithful Readers wrote to say:I'm pretty rigorous ...”
01
Backup Modems: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-01-06
“These days, our livelihoods and businesses depend on internet access. I’ve noticed a rash of ...”
| Nov 25
Back Up Your Brain
“Not satisfied with mundane backups of computers, Unusual Software has come up with a tool ...”
24
Give the Gift of Backups: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-24-06
“It’s the day after Thanksgiving and one of the biggest Christmas-shopping days in the U.S. ...”
17
Top Ten Reasons to Back Up Your Data: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-17-06
“ OnTrack Data Recovery has just published its third annual Top 10 list of “most ...”
11
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-10-06: Xbox "Backups" and Dual-Layer DVDs
“I don’t own an Xbox 360 and I suspect most of my readers don’t, either, ...”
03
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-03-06: Just One More...
“ Most backup strategies have weak points, which is why it’s good to have more ...”
| Oct 28
The Halloween Backup Reminder: Wanna See Something Really Scary?
“'Tis the season when folks hang skeletons in their windows and visit haunted houses, and ...”
20
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-20-06: Don't Back Up Your Spam
“First, I’d like to apologize for not sending a Backup Reminder last week. I was ...”
06
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-06-06: This Is Why We Back Up
“ Last week at this time I was preparing to deliver my presentation at the ...”
| Sep 26 22
RAZR-Sharp Backups
“Lest anyone think this has become the Maxtor backup reminder, I’m going to talk about ...”
16
Student Arrested for Backup
“From The Collegian:Back in December of 2005, a student at the University of Richmond contacted ...”
15
Backup Con-Fusion
“Last week a client sent me a link to a New York Times article about ...”
08
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 09-08-06: CD Backups in Mac OS X
“Last week I arrived at a client’s place for a non-IT-related job and found a ...”
05
Some People Are Just Rude
“I received an e-mail message this morning with the return address "thomas.l.ray@gmail.com on behalf of ...”
01
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 09-01-06: Maxtor Shared Storage, Part II
“ I asked my housemate, with whom I’m sharing the new Maxtor Shared Storage II, ...”
| Aug 29
PC Mag Reviews Portable XHDs
“Jen Trolio's "Handy External Hard Drives" article of August 24th compares the Western Digital Passport ...”
25 24
Wacky Thumb Drive Slide Show
“ComputerWorld is offering a Wacky Thumb Drive slide show. I've mentioned some of these, like ...”
18
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 08-18-06: And in Backup News...
“Last week NBC San Diego ran a short piece called “Computer Backup Tricks Revealed.” The ...”
11
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 08-11-06: Survey Says…
“ There’s a poll on the home page of the FileSlinger™ Backup Blog (top of ...”
04
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 08-04-06: Versions of Backup
“A couple of weeks ago, right before his mail & web server crashed, the Ur-Guru ...”
| Jul 31
Hard Drive Swan Song
“Greg Hess of Crossbow Design has posted a recording of his hard drive's death throes. ...”
28
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 07-28-06: Back Up Your Presentation
“I have to be in San Rafael at 7:15 this morning to give a presentation ...”
21
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 07-21-06: Mozying on with Backups
“This past week I had an appointment with a client to set up a backup ...”
14
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 07-14-06: Backup to the Future 2
“Yesterday the Ur-Guru and I drove down to San Jose to speak to a group ...”
07
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 07-07-06: Geek Up for Backups
“Yesterday morning I got a message from my brother—the one who lost most of his ...”
01
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 06-30-06: Back Up While You Can Still Afford To
“Backup Awareness Month is over, but that doesn’t mean you should stop thinking about backups. ...”
| Jun 24 23
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 06-23-06: Celebrate Backup Awareness Month
“June is Backup Awareness Month. Hard-drive manufacturer Maxtor (now Seagate) added this holiday to a ...”
16
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 06-16-06: You Can Lead a Horse to Water...
“As I write this, the Ur-Guru is running TrueImage on his laptop. The new version ...”
09 02
FileSlinger ™ Backup Reminder 06-02-06: Slashdotting Backups
“This isn’t actually what I planned to write about today, but I couldn’t resist. I ...”
| May 26
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 05-26-06: Disappearing Partitions, Part II
“ This week (as I prepare to dash out to a 7:30 AM meeting) we ...”
19
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 05-19-06: Disappearing Partitions
“Tuesday morning I got a message from my not-so-little brother in Cleveland:OK computer expert, I've ...”
12
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 05-12-06: Will They Be Bidding on YOUR Data?
“This week’s topic isn’t precisely about backups, but it’s of sufficiently mind-boggling importance that I ...”
05
The Ur-Guru's Laptop Alarm
“After reading today's Backup Reminder, the Ur-Guru suggested I post a link to the Targus ...”
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 05-05-06: There's Data Protection, and Then There's Data Protection
“Last week Faithful Reader Mike Van Horn suggested that since the real purpose of backup, ...”
| Apr 28
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 04-28-06: Back Up Sagaciously
“Apologies for the late reminder message. On the fourth Friday of every month I go ...”
21
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 04-21-06: Not-So-Stupid Drive Tricks
“Now that you’ve all got your tax returns safely backed up (you do, don’t you?), ...”
14
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 04-14-06: Back Up Your Taxes 2006
“Yes, it’s that time of year again. Of course, you may be up to your ...”
07
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 04-07-06: The Limits of Drive Imaging
“ The Ur-Guru, as I may have mentioned, practically has a data center in his ...”
| Mar 31
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 03-31-06: Missed Backups
“There once was a woman whose laptop was newAnd she had so much storage, she ...”
17
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 03-17-06: The Downside of Automatic Backups
“In case any of you are wondering, Heidi Miller did find the relevant clause about ...”
10
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 03-10-06: Apple's Dead Drive Repossession Policy
“Yes, it’s true—Macs can suffer hardware failure. Many years ago, when I had a PowerBook, ...”
03
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 03-03-06: Unreliable Backups
“Vindication is a bittersweet thing. For years, the Ur-Guru has told me, and I have ...”
| Feb 24
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-24-06: Avoiding Catastrophic Loss
“Yesterday I got a chance to hear Jeffrey Fox speak about “How to Become a ...”
17
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-17-06: A Potent Reminder
“ 'Tis a swamped sort of morning for me, so I’m going to be brief ...”
10
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-10-06: Re-establishing Backups
“I reinstalled my computer last weekend in the hopes of eliminating some peculiar and fairly ...”
04
Back Up Your TypePad Blog
“Neville Hobson (of "For Immediate Release" fame) has just posted a reminder to TypePad users ...”
03
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 2-3-06: The Mother of All Computer Errors
“Today we have another reader contribution, a cautionary tale from writer Noreen Braman:
It may take ...”
| Jan 27
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 1-27-06: Three Cautionary Tales
“Today’s Backup Reminder comes courtesy of faithful reader Mike Van Horn (mvh@businessgroup.biz).
Here are my three ...”
20
Worst Backup and Recovery Practices: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 1-20-06
“Earlier this month Tony Bradley, the About.com guide for Internet and network security, wrote a ...”
13
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 1-13-06: Cell Phone Backups, ca. 2006
“One of this newsletter’s loyal readers suggested that I write something about the proliferation of ...”
08
Backup to be a top tech trend in 2006—we can only hope
“The Small Business Trends blog is running a series of articles on trends for 2006. ...”
06
ComputerAct!ve Buyers' Guide for Backup Software
“British mag ComputerAct!ve has produced a buyers' guide to backup software. In keeping with the ...”
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 1-6-06: Don't Resolve, Just Back Up
“Yikes! It’s 6:30 AM on Friday, and I just remembered now that I have to ...”
|
2005 | Dec 30
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-30-05: Don't Use CD-RWs for Year-End Backups
“Another year is drawing to a close, which means it’s time for your year-end backups. ...”
23
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-23-05: Pick Any Two
“I just found a link to a two-part MacWorld series on OSX backups. The articles ...”
16
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-16-05: A New Approach
“After some serious reflection, I’ve decided to take a new approach to the FileSlinger™ Backup ...”
09
The Case of the Self-Destructing Database: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-9-05:
“Just to prove that Mac users can have computer disasters too, here is the story ...”
07
Ontrack Data Disaster League Table
“British data recovery company Ontrack has published its 2005 League Table of the funniest and ...”
01 | Nov 30
Dead Servers and RAID vulnerabilities
“This is a follow-up to last Friday's Backup Reminder. The Ur-Guru pointed out to me ...”
25
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-25-05: Give Thanks for Your Backups
“The United States celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday with the usual exuberant overindulgence in turkey, cranberry sauce, ...”
18
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-18-05: Getting the WinBackup Uniblues
“The first thing you notice about WinBackup 2.0 Pro is that Uniblue not only provides ...”
11
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-11-05: Online Backups—All You Need is Broadband
“Reading cue: items separated from the rest of the text by + are quotations from ...”
04
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-4-05: The Ur-Guru's Backups
“The Ur-Guru has created his own automated backup routine to handle his frighteningly large array ...”
| Oct 31
Would You Buy a Backup Blook?
“I've thought for some time now that I should collect my backup reminders and republish ...”
30
Podcasting Backups
“I'd never actually heard of Free-Backup.info until I went searching for backup-related podcasts, but they've ...”
29
Backups and Organizing
“In her new "Don't Agonize—Organize!" blog, Eve Abbott describes the nightmare that hard drive failure ...”
28
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-28-05: Before You Buy a New Computer...
“Apologies for posting this so late in the day. I overscheduled myself on Thursday, which ...”
26
John Cleese Returns to LiveVault 11/15/05
“From Bob Cramer's "Backup to the Future" weblog:
LiveVault is bringing back John Cleese —who starred ...”
21
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-21-05: Word Backups, Part II
“Welcome back to the Microsoft Word Backup tutorial, courtesy of Word Annoyances by Guy Hart-Davis ...”
14
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-14-05: Backing Up Word Part I
“Last week I was reviewing Word Annoyances by Guy Hart-Davis (O’Reilly 2005) for Kickstartnews.com, and ...”
13
Backups on Entrepreneur Magazine Radio
“Last week Lee Mirabal of Entrepreneur Magazine Radio recently interviewed Gary Doan of Intradyn on ...”
12
"Protect Your Computer and Your Business" Audio Now Online
“If you missed Pat Wiklund's "How to Protect Your Computer and Your Business" teleseminar ...”
07
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-07-05: Backup for the WordPress-Obsessed
“I’ve got blogs on the brain this week. Yesterday Steven Van Yoder interviewed me for ...”
| Sep 30
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 9-30-05: More Tales from the Backup Trenches
“I seem to have had my hands on a lot of computers lately. On the ...”
22
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 9-23-05: Tales from the Backup Trenches
“This week I thought I’d share some real-life backup stories. If you want to go ...”
21
The Hard Drive is the New Bling
“Really, I'm not making this up.Hitachi does the hard drive rap in this Flash animation ...”
LiveVault CEO Now Blogging
“Okay, the truth is, Bob Cramer of LiveVault been blogging since June, but I only ...”
19
Are you Backing Up Your Business Intelligence?
“If you're a consultant, an employee, or a home user, you probably don't have specialized ...”
16
Getting Your Data Offsite
“Last week I got a phone call from Ilana Debare of the San Francisco Chronicle ...”
15
Free Backup Teleseminar on September 28th
“Pat Wiklund of 1PersonBusiness.com and Jeannie Shea of Bay to Bay Technical Solutions are presenting ...”
12
Guest Article from KRS Edstrom: Computers as Monasteries
“KRS Edstrom wrote to me recently with her experience of a computer crash which has ...”
09
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 9-9-05: Backups and Insurance
“Backups are frequently compared to insurance policies, primarily because you hope not to have to ...”
08
Guest Article from the E-zine Queen: WHOOPS — There Goes My List!
“Have you backed up your mailing list lately? This article, published in the 9/7/05 edition ...”
07
Better Backups Coming to .Mac
“In the September 2nd MacCast, Adam The Mac Geek says that Apple's recall of unsold ...”
06
Take your data to safety in Lifeboat
“Sunday's Kickstartnews Revue podcast (still playing in my headphones as I start to type) features ...”
E-mail Archiving Seminar
“Storage Central has added e-mail archiving to its Storage School online seminar offerings. This one ...”
02
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 9-2-05: Backups in the Air, on the Air, and Underwater
“It seems like everywhere I turn these days I hear about backups. I was reading ...”
| Aug 26
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 8-26-05: Backup in the New York Times—Don't Let This Happen to You
“Yesterday two different people sent me links to David Pogue’s column in the “Circuits” section ...”
21
Time to Restore vs. Time to Back Up
“On Friday, while I was writing my weekly backup reminder, Henry Newman (a man who ...”
20
Yahoo! Groups=Backup?
“Here's an online backup suggestion I hadn't thought of, posted to the August 19th edition ...”
19
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 8-19-05: The Family That Backs Up Together, Part 3
“Last week we talked about backing up corporate laptops. This week we’ll check in with ...”
16
Replacing Tapes with DVDs
“In his August 15 post Rethinking backup, ZDNet's Paul Murphy suggests replacing standard tape ...”
12
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 8-12-05: The Family That Backs Up Together, Part 2
“Last week we talked about how my brother and cousins and aunt and uncle back ...”
10
FileSlinger™ Backup Blog Appears on the Marketer's Podcast
“I listen to The Marketer's Podcast regularly, and last Friday, fresh from writing my weekly ...”
ComputerWorld Provides 10 Tips for Faster Backups
“Robert Farkalay of Overland Storage's August 4 opinion piece in ComputerWorld offers 10 tips for ...”
08
Learning the Backup Lesson the Hard Way
“Backup has been a hot topic in the ComputerWorld Blogs since July 31st, prompted by ...”
Hard Drives Get Longer Warranties
“Seagate and Western Digital are both increasing their warranties—at least when you purchase in bulk. ...”
05
30 GB DVDs on the way
“Just when you thought that new dual-layer DVD burner would last you a while, Toshiba ...”
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 8-5-05: The Family that Backs Up Together, Part I
“Here as promised is the first installment in the reminder miniseries “The Family that Backs ...”
03
Testing Blog Links
“The Blog Business Summit put out a call for bloggers to link back to one ...”
01
Most Backed Up Company Award
“In a sidebar to an article about lost, stolen, and strayed data, ComputerWorld gives us ...”
| Jul 29
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 7-29-05: Backing Up on Vacation
“I’m back from beautiful British Columbia with all my data intact and some new backup ...”
22
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 7-22-05: The Backup News Channel
“I’m on vacation with my extended family this week, and though we’ve been promised high-speed ...”
14
DriveSavers in the New York Times
“Among the interesting tips in this article about data loss and data recovery services is ...”
08
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 7-8-05: Why Back Up?
“I asked one of my readers what I should write about today, and she suggested ...”
04 01
Tape Wars: "I'm not dead yet!"
“I keep seeing more items about tape in magazines and online, so I thought I ...”
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 7-1-05: Backup Insights from Teens
“For ten days every year, three thousand teenagers from around the country descend on downtown ...”
| Jun 29
What is the Sound of One Drive Failing?
“Sometimes when your computer crashes and won't reboot, it's essentially a software issue, and all ...”
28
It's Backup Awareness Month
“Drive manufacturer Maxtor has declared June "Backup Awareness Month"—but given that Google News didn't pick ...”
27
Great New Backup Resources from Storage Magazine
“Searchstorage.com, sister website to Storage Magazine, has put together a Learning Guide on backup and ...”
24
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 6-24-05: Don't Make Outlook Backup Harder Than It Has to Be!
“Due to a peculiar quirk that appeared in Firefox yesterday, I managed to delete all ...”
17
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 6-17-05: Faster Backup or Faster Restore?
“One reason people put off making backups is that they take time—time during which you ...”
11
And speaking of archiving programs...
“Yesterday I mentioned the fact that archives (and backups too, actually) are often compressed so ...”
10
Backup, Archive, or Storage?
“It’s time for another terminology lesson. If you know all this, you can skip reading ...”
07 03
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 6-3-05: Mirra, Mirra on the Wall
“Mirra, as you might have noticed, has launched a major ad campaign for its personal ...”
| May 30 27
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 5-27-05: Backing Up Video
“Everyone knows that computers are a big part of the film industry, especially when it ...”
20
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 5-20-05: Retrospect 7 vs. TrueImage 8 (and let’s not forget Ghost 9)
“(Note: this post is late (and back-dated) because I was out of town over the ...”
13
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 5-13-05: Kids, Don't Try This at Home
“Last week I was lamenting about not being able to use Ghost 8 anymore. While ...”
06
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 5-6-05: The Ghost of a Chance
“After three attempts to repair the power-connector problem with my laptop (and then-only computer), I ...”
05 | Apr 29
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 4-29-05: Another Victim of the Click of Death
“It finally happened—my ZIP Parallel drive fell victim to the infamous Click of Death. I’d ...”
27 22
John Cleese Does Backup...And So Does Microsoft: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 4-22-05
“Here’s one for the backup bestseller list: John Cleese of Monty Python fame stars in ...”
15
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 4-15-05: Back up Your Taxes!
“According to a 2003 article on the Iomega website, only 38% of people surveyed use ...”
09 08
Hitachi Gets Perpendicular
“Bet you never thought you'd find backup news you can dance to. Hitachi has created ...”
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 4-8-05: Network Storage for the Rest of Us
“I’ve been deluged with possible backup topics this week, including the fact that travelers in ...”
01
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 4-1-05: Clean Up Before You Back Up
“My apologies to those of you who received a newsletter full of strange ASCII code ...”
| Mar 25
Often Imitated, Never Duplicated: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 3-25-05
“Sunday, just as I was about to start working on my taxes, my laptop started ...”
19
Enterprise IT Planet Backup Discussion
“Today Enterprise IT Planet's "AntiOnline" section turns its spotlight on backup procedures, as a contributor ...”
18
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 3-18-05: The Psychology of Data Loss
“Some time ago the Ur-Guru sent me the following question as a suggestion for a ...”
13
Enter the Millipede: Huge Storage Capacity, Tiny Package
“How many DVDs can dance on a postage stamp? 25 of them, if the stamp ...”
11 08
Hope for Bank of America
“Cashing in on the recent highly-publicized disappearance of Bank of America backup tapes, GST, Inc., ...”
07 04
Banking on Backups: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 3-4-05
“Lost backups seem to be the theme of the week. There was the break-in at ...”
02
Don't let this be you!
“The sheer irony of this story makes it newsworthy. The general manager of Lasso Logic, ...”
| Feb 25
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 2-25-05: Backup4All
“Having a blog is supposed to increase your standing with the search engines, and I ...”
24
More alternatives to tape
“The Ur-Guru just sent me a link to an article by Patrick Schmid and Achim ...”
23
Disaster Recovery Nightmare Contest—Win UltraBac Disaster Recovery Pro
“Windows IT Pro wants to hear your data recovery horror stories, so they're sponsoring a ...”
22
Back up that cell phone!
“Attention cell phone users! A recent survey conducted in the UK showed that 1 in ...”
18
No Backup? No Job!: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 2-18-05
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It isn’t just small and home office users who have to create their own backup ...”
12
Backups are Big Business
“According to Investors Business Daily, storage has become a $50 billion market, rife with competition.
Storage ...”
Back Up Your Blog
“After a total meltdown that took them offline for five hours (a long time in ...”
11
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 2-11-05: Rotating Backup Media
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends. No discussion of tape as ...”
04
Tape and the Independent Professional: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 2-4-05
“Last week’s newsletter provided some of the history of tape as a backup medium. But ...”
02
Perfect Backups in 10 Quick Steps?
“I thought I'd go look on Technorati and see who else might be blogging on ...”
01
Don't let Tech Support nuke your data!
“Along with other horror stories in his "Customer Support Nightmares" feature, CNET's Dan Tynan warns ...”
| Jan 28
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 1-28-05: Is Tape History?
“Dear FileSlinger™ clients, colleagues, and friends:
Tape of one kind or another is the oldest of ...”
21
Become a Backup Freeloader: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 1-21-05
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I've mentioned online backup services before, but not for a while, so it's time to ...”
19
Remember the LockBox?
“Back in November I wrote briefly about the Micro Solutions LockBox fingerprint access drive. I ...”
18
Three More Backup Products
“Just in case there weren't enough Windows backup products out there, PC Magazine notified me ...”
Test your connection speed courtesy of RBS!
“If you think your "high-speed" connection is too slow, you could be right.
Among the backup ...”
17
OSX Network Backup
“Here at last is a product where Windows doesn't get to play: BRU Server from ...”
14
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 1-14-05: Backup Terminology
“Dear FileSlinger™ clients, colleagues, and friends:
Before I get started on this week's column, I want ...”
12 11
A blog is born
“Okay, here it is: the beginning of the FileSlinger™ Backup Blog, created to allow you ...”
10 08
Backup Software: A Bird's Eye View
“Storage Magazine provides a round up of enterprise-level backup software. For most of my clients, ...”
07
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 1-7-05: Going to Backup University
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
Happy New Year! Get 2005 off to a good start: ...”
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2004 | Dec 31
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-31-04: Year-End Backups
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
Before you go out to ring in the New Year, ...”
24
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-24-04: He's making a list, he's backing it up
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
As any of you who have lost data in the ...”
17
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-17-04: Backup Madness in Europe
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
There was a time when it was difficult to find ...”
10
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-10-04: What's all this about printable CDs?
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
Have you backed up your data this week? If not, ...”
03
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-3-04: Shopping for Storage
“'Tis the season for making backups—at least according to PC Magazine, which included the new ...”
| Nov 30
Backups Don't Get No Respect
“That's the title of Bill Howard's November 30th column in PC Magazine. The article describes ...”
26
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-26-04: Mac Backup Utilities
“Thanksgiving is over and it's time to get back to your backups. This week we're ...”
18
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-19-04: LockBox Drive
“Dear FileSlinger™ clients, colleagues, and friends:
It's time to make backups again, and time for me ...”
12
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-12-04: How far would you go for backups?
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
First, thanks to those who have made comments and suggestions. ...”
05
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-5-04: Karen's Replicator
“Dear FileSlinger™ clients, colleagues, and friends:
This week I want to talk a bit about my ...”
| Oct 29
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-29-04: Backing Up Your Cell Phone
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
The CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment Expo and conference took ...”
22
Backing Up Your PDA: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-22-04
“This week's topic is backing up your PDA. As usual, I have a "What happens ...”
15
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-15-04: No Such Thing as a Free iPod
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
I can't believe that I woke up at 4:30 this ...”
08
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-8-04: USB Flash Drives
“Two weeks ago one of my Faithful Readers sent me a New York Times article ...”
01
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-1-04: Backing Up Outlook Express
“After last week's piece on the Personal Folders Backup tool for Outlook, someone asked me ...”
| Sep 24
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 9-24-04: Personal Folders Backup
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
It occurred to me earlier this week that you could ...”
17
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 9-17-04: Hard Drive Warranties
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
In the past week, I've had one person report problems ...”
10
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 9-10-04: Ghost 9
“Dear FileSlinger™ clients, colleagues, and friends:
It's Friday again and time to back up your data.
I've ...”
03
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 9-3-04: Bits, Bytes, and Backups before SP2
“Dear FileSlinger™ clients, colleagues, and friends:
I'm about to make some very major backups indeed, because ...”
| Aug 27
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 8-27-04: Why Network Backup is Faster
“Dear FileSlinger™ clients, colleagues, and friends:
One of the more tech-savvy readers of this newsletter asked ...”
20
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 8-20-04: Network Backups
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
It's that time again—time to protect your data against the ...”
13
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 8-13-04
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
It's that time again—get out the disks or hook up ...”
06
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 8-6-04: RAID and Redundancy
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
Last week I got to go on a tour of ...”
| Jul 30
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 7-30-04: Microwave CDs
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
It's time to back up your data again. It's also ...”
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FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 7-23-04: Restoring Files with Ghost Explorer
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
It's Backup Friday again—time to hook up the external hard ...”
18
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 7-16-04: Backup by FTP
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
My apologies for being two days late with this reminder. ...”
09
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 7-9-04: Backup Failure Points
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
I see I have accumulated about 40 of these backup ...”
03
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 7-2-04: Backup Links & Tape Backup
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:This week, in addition to the usual reminder to back ...”
| Jun 25
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 6-25-04: Dead Media
“Dear FileSlinger™ clients, colleagues, and friends:
I've been searching the Web for interesting items on backups ...”
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FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 6-18-04: DVD-writing tips
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
A couple of times this week I had a strange ...”
| May 14
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 5-14-04: DriveSavers
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
My webhost is still restoring their e-mail functions after a ...”
07
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 5-7-04: Differential DVD-RWs & reByte
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
It's Backup Friday again—prepare to make your backups. In fact, ...”
01
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 4-31-04: The DVD-writer arrives
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
I've actually been up late two nights in a row ...”
| Apr 26
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 4-23-04: DVD-writer & REV drive
“I have just ordered a combination USB/Firewire CD/DVD writer and will let you know how ...”
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2003 | Dec 05
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-5-03: Disposing of Old Data Backups
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
I'd like to welcome the new members to this list, ...”
| Nov 27
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-28-03: Seeking the Holy Grail
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
I know, I know—this is a week late. And no, ...”
14
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-14-03: Non-Computer Backups
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
It's time for the weekly mish-mash of backup musings. It's ...”
07
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 11-7-03: FTP, Labels, & Mac Backups
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
I've been shifting files from my ancient Mac PowerBook over ...”
| Oct 31
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-31-03: Off-site Backups
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
Though I do try to get these reminders out on ...”
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FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-24-03: Backups & Human Error
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
This week I was reminded that backups don't just guard ...”
17
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-17-03: Be Prepared
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
Here is your weekly backup reminder and storage media update.
A ...”
10
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-10-03: Special-Occasion Backups
“Dear FileSlinger Clients:
Yes, it's time for your weekly backup reminder. Again.
And another reminder: if you ...”
03
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-3-03: 2.5" External Hard Drives
“Dear FileSlinger Clients:
Time for your weekly backup reminder! Before reading the rest of this message, ...”
| Sep 26
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 9-26-03: Use Brand-Name CDs!
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
First, go make your backups. Then, if you're interested, come ...”
| Jul 20
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 7-20-03: Have You Backed Up Your Data This Week?
“Dear FileSlinger clients, colleagues, and friends:
Last week one of my clients suggested that I send ...”
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