Dan, It won't do me any good for my automatic backup (which goes to my hard drive) if that fails. It won't do me any good either if I back up to a CD/DVD or a flash/thumb/USB drive if there's an earthquake here in CA or the neighbor above me has a flood and everything is damaged down here. Or what about the person whose computer is a laptop? The laptop is in the car and the car is stolen. And they haven't bothered to back up in awhile or they backed up on their hard drive. I think you have been lucky. Sit on my side for awhile and read the messages that come to me personally. The person who wrote me the other day had the computer in the shop. I'm sure a great sum of money was paid, but the genealogy could not be retrieved.
I need another place for my genealogy back up files. Dropbox (DB) has 2 GB for free (and there's some referral program to get you a little more as Yvonne has mentioned). I think I still need another place to backup my whole computer too (besides the external hard drive - which can fail, be lost in an earthquake, or be damaged in a flood). For my security software, I have Zone Alarm, AVG, Malwarebytes, Spybot, and Windows Defender. None of them back up my system. None of them fully protect me either. As for the outside source, some are $5, 6, 7 a month. So that's maybe $84 a year. I'll round that to $100. The amount of money that I have put into my genealogy is worth that $100 to me. And many do provide automatic back ups where you can set it and forget it. This is just another source for people to use. This is not a promotion, just another tool. I have no affiliation with DB or anything else. Like I said, it's sad for me to see these messages in my email about lost genealogy due to computer problems. Do what works best for you. If backing up to your hard drive is all you need and you have a great computer tech and it works for you, then that's great. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
