Like many people I have become utterly dependant upon my laptop — I use it for work and play. It has my photos, my documents, my music and my games on it. I even use it to talk to people on the phone via Skype (see previous post about the dropped cell phone calls in our new house). My beautiful little HP laptop (who was given the name “Huey” by my dad) is about a year and a half old. Not that old at all, but a little worrying as Huey is no longer on warranty. I’ve had a few friends and colleagues who have spent countless hours trying to restore data after something bad happened to their laptops. I occasionally go on a fit of burning data to CDs after hearing about one of these incidents and then, inevitably, become less vigilant about doing backups until I hear about the next tale of computer meltdown woe.
I mentioned this to a friend the other day, and she told me about Mozy. Mozy is an online backup system that you can configure to automatically back up your files for you. You decide what you want backed up and the frequency of the backups, it does the rest. This is brilliant! Simply brilliant! And the best thing is that Mozy is free. Well, you get 2GB of free storage space and can pay to upgrade if you want more space. This absolutely makes my day and gives me peace of mind in the event something dreadful happens to Huey. I really hope something dreadful doesn’t happen to Huey though as I’ve grown rather fond of him.
