If you are like me then you’ve got the message that you need to back up your data regularly and have been doing so for quite a while now. But now you have backups all over the place. On CDs, DVDs, USB Pen Drives, Hard Disks, and all sorts of other types! The problem is keeping up with the organisation of all these backups. You know a file is backed up - but on which CD, DVD etc? It can take longer to find the backup of a file than to recreate it sometimes. The second problem is the ‘place’ whether your home or office. All these backups are in one location and if something were to happen, such as a flood, a fire or burglary then all your data could easily be gone.
This is why is helpful to use an online backup service such as Mozy.
All your backups are easy to find.
All your data is safe from disasters such as flood, fire, theft, earthquake, the kids etc.
All your data is backed up automatically - you don’t have to remember to do anything.
Home users can store unlimited amounts of data - all your photos, music, videos etc. You haven’t got to worry about running out of backup space.
You get all these great features all for one low monthly fee of $5 (about £2.55).
Other online backup services usually increase their fees as the amount of data you back up increases. So you may get 2Gb free, then pay $1 per Gb after that. It can get very expensive. But Mozy only has the one fee for home users and, after that, you can store as much as you like.
When you register with Mozy you download a small software utility program that will control the backup on your PC. Select the folders to back up and let it run. The initial backup may take several hours or sometimes days to complete, but after that it only takes about 30mins a day and can run while you are using your computer for other things.
Don’t wait for the disaster to happen before you sign up when all your data can be kept safe for about 10p a day.
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