Well, you could have more than one flash-drive. They can be flaky so it's not a great choice but if you have a few it might work. I prefer external hard-drives. Some people don't. You could get a free Amazon Cloud account and back up to there. As the discussion has gotten to, people don't recommend using your files FROM the cloud but it can used to make backups. Dropbox, SugarSync, Google Drive, Windows SkyDrive. There's lots of them and you could probably get enough space for your needs for free. In fact, with a small database, you could email your backup file to GMail periodically and leave it there.
Syncback is a program that's used to automate the backup process. I highly recommend it. It's really not hard to use. And there's a free version that's plenty. I use Synback to back up from my desktop computer to an external HD and then use the hard-drive and Syncback to back up to my laptop that I hardly ever use except as another backup drive. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 8/11/2012 6:12 PM, MJ SA wrote: > What more could I do? > > On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 9:03 PM, JLB<j...@jgen.ws> wrote: >> I hope that's not all you have. You 'should' have at least 2 or 3 backups. >> >> JL Beeken >> JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists >> http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ >> >> On 8/11/2012 5:48 PM, MJ SA wrote: >>> Wow, this is so over my head, I never even heard of syncback. I have >>> around 300 people on my family tree, I think I should be good with a >>> thumb drive. >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Ian GARDENER<ijg3...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Here's what I settled on, it works for me. >>>> >>>> I have continued using dropbox (free) for syncing my machines but my main >>>> genealogy folder (the one legacy access at home) is no longer in dropbox, >>>> it's in my documents area like it used to be. >>>> >>>> I now use syncback (free) to automatically perform 3 tasks: >>>> >>>> 1- It syncs my genealogy folder with dropbox every 30 minutes. >>>> 2- Every 6 hours it makes a backup of my genealogy folder to my external >>>> hard drive. >>>> 3- Every 24 hours it backs up my genealogy folder to my new (free) amazon >>>> cloud account. >>>> >>>> And soon I will be setting up a fourth function of having syncback send a >>>> copy of all my genealogy material to my cousin via email on a monthly >>>> basis. She in turn is going to burn it to disk and keep all disks forever >>>> basically, in her storage unit. >>>> >>>> I'm determined not to lose data again, at least no more than 30 minutes >>>> worth and because legacy is no longer directly accessing and activating >>>> dropbox, my bandwidth overheads have dropped and I have faster accessible >>>> internet browsing. All in all keeping my primary legacy file in dropbox >>>> was a bad idea. >>>> >>>> Ian >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Laura Johnson [mailto:rngad...@madisontelco.com] >>>> Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2012 9:11 PM >>>> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >>>> Subject: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy> Dropbox> Syncback >>>> >>>> I would be very wary of putting anything on a Wordpress site. Wordpress >>>> is a prime target for hackers as it is easily hacked into. I just had one >>>> of my sites hijacked back in February and I am still cleaning up messes >>>> from that. >>>> >>>> >>>> -------- Original Message -------- >>>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy> Dropbox> Syncback >>>> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:17:53 +0100 >>>> From: Charani<charan...@gmail.com> >>>> Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >>>> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >>>> >>>> I think I'd be more inclined to deposit files in a private area of one of >>>> my domains - so long as I could remember the URL, of course! :)) I also >>>> have a couple of Wordpress sites. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Legacy User Group guidelines: >>>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >>>> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >>>> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >>>> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >>>> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and >>>> on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >>>> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Legacy User Group guidelines: >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >>> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >>> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >>> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >>> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >>> our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >>> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5194 - Release Date: 08/11/12 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >> our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5194 - Release Date: 08/11/12 > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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