[nfbmi-talk] Help needed?

[Evelyn Weckerly]

Fred, the only thing is that flash drives can also fail. Then what?

Evelyn

At 01:40 PM 4/16/2012, you wrote:
>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?
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>
> > 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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