Genie-soft: Always have a backup plan…
When was the last time you backed up your data? Have you EVER backed up??? If you do back up, do you backup to MULTIPLE locations? I violated the last statement once… never again! I backed up my CD collection to mp3 files on a Maxtor USB drive… about 25GB of music. One day the drive disappeared from Windows… all of my mp3 music gone! And I didn’t have an alternate back up of the music anywhere… I was looking at the prospect of re-ripping several hundred CDs again! So I was diligent but STILL lost all of my mp3 music! Lesson learned: BACKUP TO MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. I was able to recover the dead drive and get my mp3 music back eventually, but that is the topic of another post…
I looked at many backup solutions including Nero, Backup MyPC, Norton Backup, Windows built-in backup, Retrospect, Arcsoft, XDrive, and the open-source Amanda. All of these are either very expensive, hard to use, or not robust enough. I was looking for one that could backup anywhere, including USB/Firewire drives, FTP, and Internet. In addition, I wanted encryption, password protection, and a easy to use interface.
I found a great solution at a site called Genie-soft. Their solution called Backup Manager 7 does everything I need and more. I downloaded the trial version and tried various backups to USB drives, FTP to a site I own, and an Internet account with Genie-soft (free limited trial account). The interface is very intuitive and crisp. I have been using it for almost a month now and it has worked flawlessly in both XP and Vista64.
So don’t wait!! Backup your data now to more than one location and sleep like a baby using Genie-soft.
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