Comments on: How Redundant Are You? http://www.markfeenstra.com/blog/2010/07/15/redundancy/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:49:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trynty http://www.markfeenstra.com/blog/2010/07/15/redundancy/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 Trynty Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:01:33 +0000 http://www.markfeenstra.com/blog/?p=673#comment-1333 I downloaded Dropbox after this post and I love that I don't have to take my laptop to my soon-to-be-in-laws. I just use the internet and go to the site, sign in, open it up, and away I go. :) Thanks for recommending it! I downloaded Dropbox after this post and I love that I don’t have to take my laptop to my soon-to-be-in-laws. I just use the internet and go to the site, sign in, open it up, and away I go. :) Thanks for recommending it!

]]> By: Mark Feenstra http://www.markfeenstra.com/blog/2010/07/15/redundancy/comment-page-1/#comment-1321 Mark Feenstra Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:27:33 +0000 http://www.markfeenstra.com/blog/?p=673#comment-1321 It will have all been worthwhile if I can save just one piece of work from disaster! It will have all been worthwhile if I can save just one piece of work from disaster!

]]> By: Marc Colbourne http://www.markfeenstra.com/blog/2010/07/15/redundancy/comment-page-1/#comment-1320 Marc Colbourne Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:56:54 +0000 http://www.markfeenstra.com/blog/?p=673#comment-1320 Great advice. I should really do this. You know that I am about 200 pages into my major work in progress and it is saved only on my hard drive??? I don't know what I would if I lost it. Mope for several days I would imagine. I am going to back it up right away and then try to do it on a weekly basis. Thanks for this kick in the butt! Marc Great advice. I should really do this. You know that I am about 200 pages into my major work in progress and it is saved only on my hard drive??? I don’t know what I would if I lost it. Mope for several days I would imagine. I am going to back it up right away and then try to do it on a weekly basis.

Thanks for this kick in the butt!
Marc

]]> By: Mark Feenstra http://www.markfeenstra.com/blog/2010/07/15/redundancy/comment-page-1/#comment-1318 Mark Feenstra Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:01:48 +0000 http://www.markfeenstra.com/blog/?p=673#comment-1318 Trynty, using an email account is a great way to back up data, and it's quite safe to email files to yourself, but what's missing in that solution (for me) is the automation. What I love about Dropbox is the fact that every time I hit the save button on my work in progress, it backs up the latest version to the Dropbox server (provided I'm connected to the internet). I set up Dropbox on my girlfriend's computer yesterday, and the whole process took about 7 minutes to download, sign up for a new account, move thesis documents into the Dropbox folder on the hard drive, and change a desktop shortcut to point to the new location. Most online backup software should be similar in ease of use. Trynty, using an email account is a great way to back up data, and it’s quite safe to email files to yourself, but what’s missing in that solution (for me) is the automation. What I love about Dropbox is the fact that every time I hit the save button on my work in progress, it backs up the latest version to the Dropbox server (provided I’m connected to the internet).

I set up Dropbox on my girlfriend’s computer yesterday, and the whole process took about 7 minutes to download, sign up for a new account, move thesis documents into the Dropbox folder on the hard drive, and change a desktop shortcut to point to the new location. Most online backup software should be similar in ease of use.

]]> By: Trynty http://www.markfeenstra.com/blog/2010/07/15/redundancy/comment-page-1/#comment-1317 Trynty Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:18:15 +0000 http://www.markfeenstra.com/blog/?p=673#comment-1317 I'd be screwed. I have a flash drive I use to keep backups so when the computer goes down, as I know one day it probably will, I at least have something. The kicker is, I keep that flash drive in the carrying case I use for my computer so if someone steals my computer (laptop) they get my backups with them. Ugh. One of the other places I keep things is in my yahoo email account. There seems to be either a large storage allowed or it is unlimited. I can email myself copies after copies. Maybe it is not as safe as I think it is? I do carry my computer everywhere I go but what if ... god forbid ... I drop it or something else equally horrible happens! I need to look into the online data storage idea. Didn't know they offered something free. Thanks for that information! Good post! :) I’d be screwed. I have a flash drive I use to keep backups so when the computer goes down, as I know one day it probably will, I at least have something. The kicker is, I keep that flash drive in the carrying case I use for my computer so if someone steals my computer (laptop) they get my backups with them. Ugh.

One of the other places I keep things is in my yahoo email account. There seems to be either a large storage allowed or it is unlimited. I can email myself copies after copies. Maybe it is not as safe as I think it is?

I do carry my computer everywhere I go but what if … god forbid … I drop it or something else equally horrible happens! I need to look into the online data storage idea. Didn’t know they offered something free. Thanks for that information!

Good post! :)

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