Need input (not ttcal/pg/baby related)

lindsay.lou

If you use your computer a lot for your work and/or personal life, how and how often do you backup your work?

(I used to never backup, then my laptop crashed last year. I've been pretty good about backing up with a flash drive this year, but I HATE it because I always forget where the "most recently updated" version of different documents is - on my laptop or flash drive).

Well, I lost my flash drive last week so now I'm screwed again.

I'm debating putting all my important documents on google docs, so that they're just always online and I can never LOSE them. Is this crazy?

 

Scout05

I email myself important docs and store them online that way, in addition to a flash drive.

So no, I think it's a great idea.

shall923

We used to use an external hard drive and about 2 months ago it crashed. None of the tech people can get the information off of it. So, we lost a lot of stuff. We use Shutterfly to back up our pictures but nothing for documents.

SpeedGlenn

I have an external hardrive that you can set up so it backs up everything again, or only backs up new files.  You can leave it plugged in all the time and it'll do it automatically if you put it on a schedule.  I don't like leaving mine plugged in, so I just back stuff up periodically when I think about it.  Usually after a photo job is completed.

sweetbossom83

lindsay.lou:

If you use your computer a lot for your work and/or personal life, how and how often do you backup your work?

(I used to never backup, then my laptop crashed last year. I've been pretty good about backing up with a flash drive this year, but I HATE it because I always forget where the "most recently updated" version of different documents is - on my laptop or flash drive).

Well, I lost my flash drive last week so now I'm screwed again.

I'm debating putting all my important documents on google docs, so that they're just always online and I can never LOSE them. Is this crazy?

 

we do google docs!

ShellShockedMama

I bought a Maxtor backup thingie, best $80 I ever spent. Backs up the entire computer. I do it weekly ever since a techie told me that laptops are built to die within 5 years.

 

schen0510

DH and I use google docs all the time.  It is great if you have gmail too because if anyone emails you a document or you email one to yourself you can open it directly in google docs and it will automatically save it there as well. 

JuJuBe3

I have an external hard drive that I plug into my USB to update any new files.  It was pretty cheap and can store a lot.  It's a Western Digital.  My computer alerts me when I have a certain number of new or updated files to back up.  Then it allows me to run a full backup or just add the new/replace the updated files.  Super easy.