Yep, it's a very good idea to keep an "off-site" backup. Emailing file attachments to yourself will certainly work. But if you've got a lot of files (like hundreds of photos, songs, etc), it could take a long time to get it all done. Plus all email services have attachment size limits - I think Gmail is now limited to 25MB a message. Some free tools have been created to make backing up your files with Gmail very fast and simple. You can google for "email file backup" to see some. Here's one I've heard about that lets you just drag and drop your files into a window, and the they'll automatically be attached to emails and sent to your account (instead of having to create an email and attach each file): http://techie-buzz.com/tech-news/using-gmail-to-back-up-files-with-ease.html I've never tried it, but I've heard it works well and is very easy.
Good luck, Donk On 10/31/2010 3:30 PM, catrina_satc2000 wrote: > Someone suggested sending back to yourself and "saving it" as backup for your > files instead of using online backup services > > I have a Maxtor backup but I know those drives can also go bad and If I have > fire in my house or something-I am screwed > > So i was also thinking of using online backup services-but I dont really care > for that so much > > So how does the idea of just "saving" the files to yourself via email and > saving the emails as backup? > > What does anyone think about that? > Catrina > > > > ------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
