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From: taxchat@yahoogroups.com [mailto:taxchat@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Warman
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 2:57 PM
To: taxchat@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: RE: [taxchat] online backup services
“I also create an image periodically of my primary Windows disk. I had a hard disk go on me once and being able to restore a backup image once the disk was replaced, saved me untold hours of grief.”
I couldn’t agree more strongly with Mel on this. One of my backups is always a mirror image, and I’ve had the same restore experience as Mel. Every program on the mirrored copy ran perfectly. Acronis True Image is all I need, and they practically give it away.
Chuck
From: taxchat@yahoogroups
.com [mailto:taxchat@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Mel Wolfson
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 1:34 PM
To: taxchat@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: RE: [taxchat] online backup services
Again, sorry for the delayed response. My feeling is that the more ways you can protect yourself, the better off you'll be in the long run. I use both internet and a local backup routines. I do a full backup to the internet once a week and incremental backups nightly. The product I use does all its work on a scheduled basis and the data is encrypted as part of the backup process. Some people discussed cost here. I wouldn't focus on that as much as getting the type of backup service that works best for you. My full backup is close to 1 gigabyte compressed so having fast servers at the other end is important. I also am very happy with the support I've gotten. Whether the products discussed are as good as what I use (or better) is an open question since I've never tried them.
I also use a program called Second Copy to run automated backups of data to an external drive. You can set up backup profiles to run as frequently as you want and include an option to do a backup at shut down.
I also create an image periodically of my primary Windows disk. I had a hard disk go on me once and being able to restore a backup image once the disk was replaced, saved me untold hours of grief.
Now that everyone is going paperless, what will they do if they lose the data? That makes having some sort of backup essential. I'm a nutcase on this issue because I've had problems in the past and when I didn't have a recovery option, I paid dearly.
I'd suggest that you discuss this with the person who deals with your computer hardaware and network issues.
From: taxchat@yahoogroups
.com [mailto:taxchat@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Donna J. Perrone
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:52 PM
To: taxchat@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: RE: [taxchat] online backup servicesI don't know anything about any of these backup services, Mel. I am trying to figure out if this is something that I should do, or backing up to an external device will be sufficient. People have offered some interesting opinons....I just don't know which is the best one.
Thank you to all who have responded to this question.
Donna
Donna J. Perrone, EA
East Haven, CT
203-469-4939
203-468-2038 fax
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From: taxchat@yahoogroups
.com [mailto:taxchat@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of mwolfso@optonline. net
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 7:28 PM
To: taxchat@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: RE: [taxchat] online backup servicesDoes Carbonite have a mehtod whereby you encrypt the data you save on their servers or do you first encrypt it and then in a separate step save it?
Mel Wolfson
----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Warman
Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 10:18 am
Subject: RE: [taxchat] online backup services
To: taxchat@yahoogroups.com
> CR is welcome to its opinion, and no doubt they're right from a
> technicalstandpoint. I made my own evaluation from the two
> companies' websites. I
> chose Carbonite based on price, ease of use, and no limit on storage.
>
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> Chuck
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> From: taxchat@yahoogroups.com [mailto:taxchat@ yahoogroups. com]
> On Behalf Of
> Donna J. Perrone
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 7:44 AM
> To: taxchat@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [taxchat] online backup services
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>
>
> Mozy is rated better than Carbonite by Consumer Reports...
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> Donna J. Perrone, EA
>
> East Haven, CT
>
> 203-469-4939
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> 203-468-2038 fax
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> From: taxchat@yahoogroups.com [mailto:taxchat@ yahoogroups. com]
> On Behalf Of
> JoJo Zawawi
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 9:42 PM
> To: taxchat@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [taxchat] online backup services
>
> You know what, it's Carbonite that I had decided to use, not
> Mozy. I forgot
> ! Thanks ! for remi nding me. Carbonite definitely came out ahead
> of the
> others, when I researched them all.
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> From: taxchat@yahoogroups.com [mailto:taxchat@ yahoogroups. com]On
> Behalf Of
> Hans Buchmann
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 6:37 PM
> To: taxchat@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [taxchat] online backup services
>
> I started using Carbonite a few months ago. It's wonderful!
> You select
> what you want to back up...once! It handles backups in the
> background and
> any time something changes or is added to the areas you're
> backing up. It
> even emails you an alert if it hasn't been able to get to your
> system (I had
> it turned off while on vacation) It's cheap too...$50 a year.
> I haven't
> had to use it to restore yet, thankfully, but have been told by
> others that
> it's an easy and painless process.
>
> Hans
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