Fear not, I have Carbonite keeping track of my data
I have been listening to a few of the podcasts on the TWIT Network this past year. I can't tell you the number of times I heard Leo Laporte remind everyone to back up their data. He normally recommends Carbonite online backup (because they are a sponsor). I decided that I need to do just that. I did a bit of research and found out that Carbonite is the best bang for the buck when it comes to online backup. $50 per year keeps an automatic backup of your entire hard drive. Some companies charge almost that much (or more) and only give you 20gb of storage. At last check, I have between 60 and 70gb of music, movies, tv shows, documents, etc. backed up securely off-site. The reason for bringing this up is that I used it this week. I got a new hard drive (320gb Western Digital) to add as a secondary drive. I need a way to hold the aforementioned data plus all the new stuff I keep getting. While trying to set it up I ran into some problems and had to format and re-partition my existing drive. The good news is that both drives are up and working and all of my files will be restored over the next few days. So this is straight from a guy that doesn't get paid to endorse anything (although I would like to). I just worry about what would have happened without file backup. www.derekmartin81.com
