[nfbmi-talk] Help needed?

fred olver goodfolks at charter.net
Mon Apr 16 17:40:41 UTC 2012


Thanks, Evelyn, I think I may try the flash drive idea, cheaper, and 
probably will serve my needs, thanks, though.

Fred Olver

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Evelyn Weckerly" <weckerly at i2k.com>
To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Help needed?


> Hi, Fred,
>
> If you want something automatic and off site, you could consider 
> Carbonite. It's encrypted and accessible. It does come for a price, 
> however. It is $59 per year for the least expensive plan. You can try it 
> for fifteen days, and if you enter Kim Komando's first name in the 
> appropriate box when you first sign up, you get two months free. Then you 
> don't have to think about backing up.
>
> I don't currently use this service, but if I should decide I want an off 
> site back-up, I would seriously consider Carbonite. Most certainly, if I 
> had a business or a lot of confidential information on my computer, I 
> would do this. Most likely, I would also back everything up on an outboard 
> hard drive as well.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Evelyn
>
> At 09:49 AM 4/16/2012, you wrote:
>>I had a real scare yesterday. My talking computer quit talking. I've got a
>>couple external hard-drives with a fair amount of storage on them and I
>>probably am using to much memory with software being loaded right from the
>>start, but yesterday my computer quit talking. I wasn't sure if I had used
>>up all the memory or if I had a virus. Anyway, I had pretty much scrapped
>>the idea of having dinner for the rest of the month in favor of getting 
>>more
>>memory for the puter and opened up the case to have a look inside to see
>>where it was placed so a friend could more easily get to it later today.
>>Anyway, After checking for what I thought might be a clump of dog hair, I
>>have a long-haired dog, and putting the case back together, it's working
>>just fine. Must have had a loose plug which I inadverdently fixed, but 
>>what
>>about the next time? Looking for a back-up solution for my documents,
>>outlook express address book and favorites. Any ideas short of backing 
>>that
>>stuff up on a weekly basis would be welcome. I'm not averse to that, just
>>looking for an easier way to get it done. One folder in my documents is 
>>more
>>than 10 GB.
>>
>>Fred Olver
>>http://www.dealingwithvisionloss.com  For some of us it's a way of life 
>>and
>>for some of us it just makes life easier. Fred Olver
>>
>>
>>
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